Belgian War Graves La Calamine

The La Calamine municipal cemetery contains 14 war graves.

13 Belgians and 1 Frenchman are buried here.

Died for Belgium

GRANDJEAN Mathieu (Mathias), age 21, from Liège, member of the Armée Secret, killed Sept. 6, 1944 at the Fôret Massacre. Also mentioned on the monument to the fallen of the Armee Secret at Fôret.

HOCKE Guillaume, age 28, native of Neu-Moresnet (La Calamine), guard in the gendarmerie and after dissolving his service as a result of the war, member of the resistance group S.R.A. Service de Reseignements Anglais. After committing acts of sabotage, he was captured and sentenced to death on November 25, 1941. The execution was carried out on December 28, 1941 in the Citadel of Liege, where he was buried until his reburial in La Calamine. Also located in La Calamine is a monument to Guillaume Hocke. (Photo 4)

HOCKE Joseph, born February 9, 1857, no further details known.

HUPPERMAN Guillaume, age 22, no details known.

KOHL Servais, age 51, no details known.

LAMBIET Jean (Johann), age 33, from La Calamine, soldier with the 13th line regiment, killed at Passchendaele on May 27, 1940.

MAGERMAN Hubert, born 13 November 1891, no details known.

NYSSEN Lambert, age 21, no details known.

SCHILLINGS Pierre, age 24, no details known.

SCHYNS Hubert, age 48, no details known.

SIMON Gilbert, age 18 !, from Andrimont, soldier with the 5th régiment de carabiniers-cyclistes, killed at Anglure (France) on June 13, 1940.

STEFFENS Léon, age 30, from La Calamine, sergeant with the Regiment Caribiniers, with a company (drawn) guns of 47 mm, killed in Kanne on May 10, 1940. There buried at the Kanne war cemetery under in the frenzy of war gene with the erroneous name STOFFENS Leo, transferred to La Calamine in 1948.

VAN LOO Léon, age 17 !, no further details known.


Died for France

COLLIN Gerard, born April 5, 1912, died for France, no details known. (photo 5)

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski
• wardeadregister.be
• bel-memorial.org