War Memorial Peer Cemetery

War memorial at the cemetery in Peer to commemorate the military victims of the First and the Second World War.
Text on the monument (translation) :
“IN GODLY / AND GRATEFUL / MEMORY / OF OUR / BRAVE MEN / AND YOUNG MEN / THEY FOUGHT / AND DIED / FOR FREEDOM / AND JUSTICE / 1914 - 1918 / THE PARISH PEER”

1914 - 1918
BERGHMANS Petrus
BOUTSEN Pieter, soldier 22nd Line, Retinne 6 August 1914
BORMANS Victor, soldier 12th Line, Adinkerke 21 December 1915
BROEKMANS Jozef, soldier 1st Grenadiers, Hofstade 23 August 1914
CREEMERS Cornelis, soldier 3rd Regiment Engineers, Ramskapelle 23 April 1914
HENDRIKX Michel, soldier 22nd Line, Stuivekenskerke 25 September 1916
HERMANS Petrus, soldier 1st Artillery, Adinkerke 28 August 1918
HUYSKENS Willem, soldier Fortress Artillery, Lyon (F) 5 December 1916
HURKMANS Lambert, soldier 17th Line, Zomergem 29 October 1918
QUANTEN Hubert, soldier 5th Line, Moorslede 14 October 1918
SCHRIJVERS Jacobus, soldier 11th Line, Adinkerke 1 July 1916
VANBAELEN Jozef
VROLIX Jan, soldier 14th Line, Chanay (F) 1 July 1916
VROLIJKS Willem, soldier 14th Line, Ougrée 6 August 1914
SCHROOTEN Pieter, soldier 11th Line, Wespelaar 2 September 1914
BROECKX Jan, soldier 11th Line, Haacht 14 September 1914
LEEKENS Gerardus, soldier 5th Line, Antwerp 15 October 1914
HOUBEN Jaak
WINTERS Jaak, Second Lieutenant 11th Line, Beveren-IJzer 10 April 1914

40 - 45
HUSKENS Sebastian, soldier 1st Battalion Border Cyclist, Kuttekoven 10 May 1940
STEVENS Albert, soldier 11th Line, Mal 11 May
1940

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Source

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