Memorial Belgian Soldiers Shorncliffe

Screen wall commemorating 18 Belgian soldiers from WW1 who died whilst in the Shorncliffe Military Hospital. Originally Belgian refugees had raised funds for a mausoleum to be built over the graves in 1917, but by 1959 it had fallen into disrepair and was replaced by this Portland stone screen wall.
Screen Wall
"1914 Deus Protegit Belgium1918
The Belgian soldiers
honoured here
gave their lives
in the service
of their homeland
and lie buried in this plot"
Obelisk
"To the
hospitable soil of England
To the people we have learnt to know
and to love
To those who were so good and
charitable to us"
Names on Screen Wall
"Bourdounhe, A. Soldat. 7.10.1918
Delahaye. L. Automoboliste. 21.10.1914.
De Lodder, R. Soldat. 18.12.1914
De Meester De Betzenbroeck, A.E.M. Soldat. 12.10.1918.
De Mey, P.P.I. Soldat. 29.10.1914.
De Schepper, R.V.A. Lieutenant. 1.11.1914.
De Thaey, R. Soldat. 5.10.1915.
De Villaer, R. Soldat. 28.10.1914.
Flerand, A.M.A. Soldat. 23.3.1917.
Guyaux, G.I. Soldat. 13.11.1914.
Hendrich, J.C. Soldat. 24.10.1914.
Houndard, C. Soldat. 25.5.1917.
Jourdain, A.J.A. Soldat. 9.11.1914
Mayeux, O.E.V. Soldat 1.11.1914
Oosterlinck, J.E. Caporal. 24.10.1914.
Van De Ven, F. Marechal Des Logis. 2.11. 1914.
Van Maase, L. Soldat. 8. 12.1916.
Verschueren, H. Officier. 25.5.1917."

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Source

• Text: Sharky Ward/Memorial
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward