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Belgian War Graves Bellefontaine

The churchyard in Bellefontaine contains the graves of military and civilian victims of the First and Second World War.
MARTIN Adrien François Joseph, soldier 10th Line, died in La Chartreuse hospital in Neuville-sous-Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais (F) 22 December 1914
FLAMION Marcel, soldier 5th Ardennes Chasseurs, Deinze on 25 May 1940
LEPAGE Gilberte Léontine, civilian victim, died in a bombardment in Anglure on 13 June 1940.

Scattered throughout the cemetery are the graves of civilians who were victims of the German atrocities committed in August 1914.
DUSIUS Léontine, 29 years old, murdered by the Germans in Bellefontaine on 22 August 1914
LAHURE Joseph, 50 years old, and his son Julien, 16 years old, both murdered by the Germans on 23 August 1918.

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Source

  • Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
  • Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
  • https://bel-memorial.org/

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