Commonwealth war cemetery Hotton

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The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defense of Belgium after the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties covering the retreat to Dunkirk. Commonwealth troops did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years many airmen were shot or crashed during raids on strategic targets in Belgium, or on their return from missions over Germany.

The village of Hotton was the western boundary of the great German counter-offensive in the Ardennes in January 1945. Many of the burials in Hotton War Cemetery date from that time, although there are also some from May 1940.

Hotton War Cemetery contains 666 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 21 of which are unidentified.

Willem Vandenameele

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