Oudenaarde Cemetery
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Oudenaarde Cemetery

Also known as Oudenaarde Communal Cemetery

Oudenaarde, Arrondissement Oudenaarde, East Flanders, Belgium

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  • Get directions Dijkstraat/Groenstraat. B-9700
    Oudenaarde, Arrondissement Oudenaarde, East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen) Belgium
    Coordinates: 50.84899, 3.60926
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Location Information: The town of Oudenaarde (Audenaarde) is located south-west of the city of Gent on the N60. From the motorway E40/A10, which runs between Oostende and Brussels, turn off at junction 15 onto the N60 direction Oudenaarde. Follow this road to the junction with the N459, turn left here along Beverestraat to the centre of town. After crossing the railway turn directly left into J.Braetstraat, then at the first junction on the right take the left hand road called Dijkstraat, then the third turning left called Groenstraat. The cemetery is along here on the left. The graves are located by the Belgian Military plot.

Historical Information: 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. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany. Oudenaarde Communal Cemetery contains 18 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, one of which is undientified. There are also seven First World War burials in the cemetery (one of them unidentifed), mostly of men who died as prisoners of war.

No. of Identified Casualties: 24



Location Information: The town of Oudenaarde (Audenaarde) is located south-west of the city of Gent on the N60. From the motorway E40/A10, which runs between Oostende and Brussels, turn off at junction 15 onto the N60 direction Oudenaarde. Follow this road to the junction with the N459, turn left here along Beverestraat to the centre of town. After crossing the railway turn directly left into J.Braetstraat, then at the first junction on the right take the left hand road called Dijkstraat, then the third turning left called Groenstraat. The cemetery is along here on the left. The graves are located by the Belgian Military plot.

Historical Information: 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. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany. Oudenaarde Communal Cemetery contains 18 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, one of which is undientified. There are also seven First World War burials in the cemetery (one of them unidentifed), mostly of men who died as prisoners of war.

No. of Identified Casualties: 24



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  • Added: 22 Jul 2001
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 639582