Commonwealth War Graves Middelkerke
The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940 and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk.
The Commonwealth plot in Middelkerke Communal Cemetery contains 53 burials of the Second World War, ten of them unidentified and two Polish war graves.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge
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