Belgian Wargraves Wandre

The municipal cemetery in Wandre has a memorial plot with seven Belgian war graves from the First World War. Unfortunately, this memorial cemetery is in poor condition.

There is also one war grave from the Second World War.
There are also several graves of civilians shot by the German army in August 1914.

The soldiers buried there from the First World War are:
- BOURDOUX Guillaume, 32 years old, born in Wandre, soldier in the 17th Artillery Regiment, died of injuries sustained on 21 February 1919 in the military hospital in Hoogstade.
- BRASSINE Mathieu, 29 years old, from Wandre, soldier in the Engineers of the 6th Infantry Division, killed by shrapnel on 14 October 1918 in Moorslede.
- CRENIER Hubert, 24 years old, from Wandre, soldier in the 12th Line Regiment, killed by shrapnel on 23 July 1918 in Izenberge.
- FRANQUET Leopold, 25 years old, no further details known.
- HORENBACH Henri, 21 years old, born in Wandre, soldier in the 1st Cyclistes (cyclists) regiment, killed on 21 October 1918 in Maldegem.
- LEDUC Mathieu, 21 years old, no further details known
- REMI Pierre, 24 years old, born in Wandre, soldier and cavalryman in the horse artillery, killed by poison gas on 28 March 1918 in Lampernisse.

From the Second World War;
- RASKIN Maurice, 37 years old, born in Kessel-Lo in Flemish Brabant, resident in Uccle, unknown why he is buried in Wandre, soldier and taken prisoner of war in May 1940 and deported to Germany. Released in November 1942, he joined the resistance and, during an assassination attempt, on 13 April 1943 on journalist Paul Colin, on the same day he was captured together with his comrades in the resistance BERTULOT André and FRAITEUR Arnould, on 10 May 1943 he was hanged at Fort Breendonk (Antwerp).

Buried from the First World War;
A mass grave contains the remains of several civilians who were shot by the German army on the night of 15 to 16 August 1914, not far from this cemetery. See the monument Place des Martyrs in Wandre erected at that location.

REMY Etienne, aged 26

The other gravestones and crosses on the mass grave are in such poor condition that no legible names can be found on them.

Father and son Lorquet, who were shot on that fateful 15th of August, are buried in a separate grave.
- LORQUET Gilles, 46 years old
- LORQUET Gilles Joseph, 20 years old

There is also one grave of a shot civilian whose date of death is unknown:
- THEUNISSEN Pierre, 28 years old

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski (1, 2, 3, 4), Ed Lewandowski (5, 6, 7, 8)
• wardeadregister.be
• bel-memorial.org