Memorial Cemetery Stembert

In Stembert cemetery, this monument commemorates the soldiers born or from Stembert who fell during both world wars.

COLLIGNON Guillaume, no further details known.

CORMAN Victor, aged 27, born in Stembert, known in the military records as CORMANNE, corporal in the 12th line regiment, killed 12 days before his 28th birthday in Boortmeerbeek and missing since then.

COUNE Jean, aged 26, from Stembert, soldier with the 3rd regiment Chasseurs (Hunters), died in a German lazaret (64th Sanitätskompagnie) at Vladslo on 27 March 1915.

DAUVISTER Désiré, no further details known

DEBLON Jean, age 29, born in Stembert, soldier in a detachment of artillery support staff, died probably from the Spanish flu on 28 December 1918 at the Élsene military hospital in Brussels.

DEMOULIN Julien, aged 26, born in Stembert, known in military records as DUMOULIN, soldier with the 1st Carbiniers regiment, killed near the Three Moats at Noordschote on 7 April 1915 and missing since then.

DUMOULIN Emile, age 34, from Stembert, soldier with the 10th Line Regiment, died in captivity at Holzminden (Germany) on 22 April 1915.

FAUX Marcel, age unknown, from Stembert, soldier in the 3rd artillery regiment (75 mm rapid-fire guns), died at Haacht on 13 September 1914.

HENDRICK Denis, age 21, born at Stembert, soldier in the 3rd regiment Chasseurs (Hunters), killed by shrapnell on 1 July 1916 at Boezinge.

JAMAR Alfred, aged 21, born in Stembert, soldier with the 6th line regiment, killed on 10 September 1914 at Holsbeek.

NELISSEN Joseph, aged 25, born in Stembert, soldier with the intendance, died of wounds from shrapnel from an aeroplane bomb at the De Panne military hospital on 14 August 1915.

PEROT Auguste, age 23, born in Stembert, soldier with the 3rd Line Regiment, died of wounds from a bullet in the abdomen at Houthulst on 28 September 1918.

SCHUGENS Jacques, aged 24, native of Stembert, soldier with the Central Depot of the Engineers, died of wounds sustained, fractured skull, in the field hospital at Hoogstade on 4 April 1916.

VISE Denis, aged 29, born in Stembert, soldier in the 12th line regiment, died after the war on 20 January 1920 from wounds received during the war.


Being remembered from World War II;

BARBETTE Maurice, no details known.

BOURGUIGNON Modeste, age 40, killed on November 19, 1942 at Löwenberg (Germany).

DEDOYARD Mathieu, age 24, born in Stembert, soldier in the 1st line regiment, killed on May 24, 1940 at Bavikhove.

ELIAS Victor, age 26, private of the 1st Lanciers Regiment, killed on December 4, 1940 at Heemsen (Germany).

ERNST Antoine, 28 years old, from Stembert, brigadier with the 5th artillery regiment, died of wounds in the military hospital in Bruges on May 27, 1940.

FAFCHAMPS Julien, 25, brigadier with the 1st Lanciers regiment, died in captivity at Nienburg (Germany) on November 16, 1940.

GODY Robert, age 29, private with the 31st Line Regiment, killed at Passchendale on May 27, 1940.

HANLET Emile, age 32, from Stembert, Gendarme with the 1st light regiment, killed at Moorslede on May 25, 1940.

KIRFEL Yvon, 20 years old, brigadier with the 1st regiment Genie, killed in action at Hamburg (Germany) on March 18, 1941.

KURTZ Jean, age 28, member of the Armée Secret, executed at Louvigné (Banneux) on September 6, 1944. MAKE REFERENCE !

MICHEL Lucien, age 20, from Stembert, soldier with the Regiment de Fortresse de Liège at the Battice fort, wounded during the attacks on the fort in May 1940, died of these wounds either on June 3 or July 2, 1940 in captivity at Aachen (Germany).

PECHE Servais, 21 years old, from Stembert, corporal in the 2nd regiment Cyclistes Frontières, killed at Geluwe on May 28, 1940.

SAROLEA Alfred, age 55, probably a resistent, shot on April 21, 1943 near the Citadelle of Liège.

WARNIER Jean, no details known.

COUNET Iwan, no details known.

GRAFF Pierre, no details known.

THOMAS Marcel, no details known.

CLENEBERT epouse VIEILLEVOYE, no details known.

LAUNOIS RENÉ, no details known.

CERINX Jean, no details known.

There are also tombstones for the veterans, Belgian and French, from both World Wars.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Joost Verheijden (1, 2, 4, 5), Ed Lewandowski (3)
• wardeadregister.be
• bel-memorial.org
• 18daagseveldtocht.be