Private
1658259
1st Bn., East Lancashire Regiment
who died on
Friday, 22nd September 1944. Age 24.
Additional Information: Son of George and Helen Maria Garbett, of Park Village, Wolverhampton.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: VALKENSWAARD WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: II. F. 13.
Location: Valkenswaard is located 9 kilometres from the Dutch-Belgian frontier on the main road from Eindhoven to Hasselt in Belgium. The cemetery is 4 kilometres south of Valkenswaard town centre. From the town centre, visitors should follow signs for Hasselt (N69), and the cemetery lies on the right hand side of the road.
Historical Information: Valkenswaard was the first village to be liberated on the main line of the British advance into Holland in September 1944. The cemetery, which lies in a pinewood, contains over 220 graves, almost all of them are those of men who fell in the fighting in the woods around Valkenswaard during that month. All the men buried here belonged to the forces of the United Kingdom.
REGINALD FREDERICK GARBETT
Corporal
2078282
238 Army Field Coy., Royal Engineers
who died on
Wednesday, 21st May 1941. Age 21.
Additional Information: Son of Frederick and Lily Garbett, of Sheffield.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: SHEFFIELD (CITY ROAD) CEMETERY, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: Sec. C.C. Grave 18204.
Second Lieutenant
10th Sqdn., Royal Flying Corps
who died on
Saturday, 5th January 1918. Age 19.
Additional Information: Son of R. P. and W. C. Garbett, of Sandybed, Scarborough, Yorks.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: XXVI. DD. 7.
Location: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located 12 kilometres west of Ieper town centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge. From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308) is reached via Elverdingsestraat, then over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of the J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. On reaching Poperinge, the N308 joins the left hand turning onto the R33, Poperinge ring road. The R33 ring continues to the left hand junction with the N38 Frans- Vlaanderenweg. 800 metres along the N38 lies the left hand turning onto Lenestraat. The next immediate right hand turning leads onto Boescheepseweg. The cemetery itself is located 2 kilometres along Boescheepseweg on the right hand side of the road.
Historical Information: During the First World War, the village of Lijssenthoek was situated on the main communication line between the Allied military bases in the rear and the Ypres battlefields. Close to the Front, but out of the extreme range of most German field artillery, it became a natural place to establish casualty clearing stations. The cemetery was first used by the French 15th Hopital D'Evacuation and in June 1915, it began to be used by casualty clearing stations of the Commonwealth forces. From April to August 1918, the casualty clearing stations fell back before the German advance and field ambulances (including a French ambulance) took their places. The cemetery contains 9,893 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, a few of which were brought in from the battlefields after the Armistice, and 883 war graves of other nationalities, mostly French and German. It is the second largest Commonwealth cemetery in Belgium. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.