History Information (Source: CWGC)

Boussu-lez-Walcourt Communal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the First World War and one from the Second World War, all of them airmen.

The three graves are marked by a granite slab. From the entrance of the cemetery turn right into the third gravelled alley. The graves are at the end of this alley against the boundary wall.

Served with

• United Kingdom (3)

Served in

• Air Force (3)

Serjeant George Eric GRUNDY - 36534 - 205th Sqdn. Royal Air Force and 4th Bn. Wiltshire Regiment

Died 09 November 1918 Age 18

Lieutenant Edward H JOHNSON - DFC - 205th Sqdn. Royal Air Force

Died 09 November 1918 Age 19

Flight Lieutenant Ian MAITLAND - 81408 - DFC - 408 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Died 28 August 1942 Age 37

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Hampden I AE197 – 408 Sqdn

Took off 1954 28 Aug 1941 from Balderton. Shot down by a night-fighter.

Flight Lieutenant Ian MAITLAND (81408) Wireless Operator RAF

Other Occupants in Hampden I AE197

Fg Offr Ralph VAN DEN BOK (83004) - Evader

Flt Sgt G C FISHER - Evader