Chapel Cemetery Heyd

Chapel in the cemetery at Heyd in memory of the fallen and the veterans of the First World War and a political prisoner of the Second World War.
Inscription on the wall “"HIC IACENT CORPORA / FORTIUM QUAE PIE / CONSERVANT HEIDENSES GRATI"
Translation: “Here lie the bodies of the brave men to whom the inhabitants of Heyd owe their pious gratitude.”
The bodies originally buried here were later transferred to the family graves.

The names on the gravestone:
First World War
BONVOIR Joseph, gendarmerie, Sint-Michiels 11 November 1918
CORNET Emile, soldier 14th Line, Loncin 15 August 1914
HOUMARD Albert, soldier 12th Line, Soltau (D) 29 April 1915
LOUIS A.
PONCELET Hector, brigadier Fort Namur, Paris (F) 15 September 1917
PONSARD Victor, soldier 1st Line, Diksmuide 19 July 1915
TASIA Alfred, soldier 19th Line, Merkem 24 November 1917
VALENTIN Alfred, soldier 3rd Chasseurs, Fortem 31 May 1915
Second World War
There is a separate plaque in memory of COLLIGNON Ange-Victor, political prisoner, died in the concentration camp of Neuengamme (D) in 1945.

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Source

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