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Les Hayons Churchyard |
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Bouillon, Luxembourg, Belgium |
Picture courtesy of Jean-Michael Dominique
| Les Hayons is a village
lying half way between Bouillon and Bertrix, 14 kilometres from each. It is
6 kilometres east of the main road from Bouillon to Liege and Brussels. The
churchyard surrounds the church, which is in the centre of the village. The
graves are in the north-eastern corner.
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. Les Hayons Churchyard contains six airmen of the Second World War. No. of Identified Casualties: 6 |
| Flight Details: No details available
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Burial Details:
6 Identified casualties |
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