Commonwealth Military Cemetery

Hotton Commonwealth Military Cemetery - Belgium

Important note

The World War II Hotton Commonwealth Military Cemetery photo portfolio is provided by Mr. Robert Mary. All photos on this page are copyright Robert Mary and may only be reproduced with his express permission. You may contact me here. The cemetery is located in Hotton, Belgium. 666 soldiers and air crew members from Commonweatlh countries are buried there.
More information about Commonwealth cemeteries in Europe (and especially in Belgium) is available here

You can find precise location of graves per soldier name here (you will have access to the database of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission). You can contact the CWGC there

The following website provides a list of Commonwealth memorial throughout Belgium: Memorial sites listing

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. The village of Hotton was the western limit of the great German counter offensive in the Ardennes in January 1945. A great many of the burials in Hotton War Cemetery date from that time, although there are also some from May 1940. The cemetery contains 666 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 21 of them unidentified.

Location information

Hotton is located south of Liege on the N86. On reaching Hotton follow the N86 towards Menil along the Rue de la Liberation. The Cemetery is along that road on the right.