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Belgian War Graves Ecaussinnes d'Enghien

The information board at the entrance of the cemetery in Ecaussinnes d'Enghien indicates the graves of the military and civilian casualties of the two world wars.
There is a communal of the fallen soldiers and deportees of the First World War. Some of them were buried there.

Spread over the cemetery are the following war graves :

Military casualties
First World War
DUTRIEUX Fernand, soldier, died in Warin, Allewartshof (G) on 24 October 1918
ENGLEBIN Robert, soldier 7th Line, killed in Haacht on 26 August 1914
Second World War
BRISME Raymond, soldier 16th Line, prisoner of war in Wansen (Poland ) killed during an Allied bombardment on 5 February 1945
DUCARME Robert, soldier 25th Line, fell during German attacks on the Belgian positions at the Battle of the Lys on 24 May 1940

Civilian Casualties and Resistance Fighters
Second World War
CUVELIER Henri, died in captivity in Magdeburg (G) on 24 September 1944 during an Allied bombing raid
DAUBIOUL Armand, died in captivity in Magdeburg (G) on 5 August 1944 during a bombing raid.
BOUTON Edmond, died in captivity in Regensburg (G) on 24 March 1943.
BOUTON Odénat, father of BOUTON Edmond, mentioned on the Family grave BOUTON, died in captivity on 6 May 1945, his body was not found.
Albert and Gilberte MOTTRIE, brother and sister, executed as hostages at Ecaussinnes d'Enghien on 9 June 1944
ROUSSEAU René, resistance fighter, executed by the Germans on 9 June 1944
GONDRY René, executed by the Germans on 9 June 1944
MARY Anselme, resistance fighter, shot by the Germans in Ronquières on 3 September 1944
BOUYERE Camille, resistance fighter, shot at his home in Mignault, by the "Duquesne" brigade, Belgians collaborating with the Nazis .
CONREUR Maurice, died from the consequences of his imprisonment in Sint-Agatha-Berchem on 24 November 1944.

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Source

  • Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
  • Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge

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