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Memorial Belgian Soldiers 1914-18 Cemetery

Reference

B127.11

Place

BIRTLEY Gateshead

Original Location

Birtley Cemetery

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Monument with slight pyramid top 28 inches high on plinth 8 inches high. The monument is 18 inches wide x 18 inches deep. The dedication is on one face, the names are carried on two other faces, all in Roman capitals.

Materials used

Stone

Inscription

1914-1918 / The thirteen / Belgian soldiers / honoured here / died for / their country / and lie buried / in the Elizabethville / Roman Catholic / Cemetery

Names

13 names, ranks and dates of death.
See transcript.

Notes

1. The Commonwealth War Grave Commission placed this memorial in Birtley Cemetery when Elisabethville Cemetery was overgrown and the original Belgian headstones were removed. In 2016 the headstones in Elisabethville Cemetery were replaced.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Dorothy Hall

Arms and The Heroes -The Story of the "Birtley Belgians", John Bygate, 2006, History of Education Project Miners Hall Redhill Durham ISBN 1 870268 44X

Belgen Maken Bommen by Dirk Musschoot published in Belgium 2016 tells the story of the Birtley Belgians. Written in Belgian it carries many photos. Dorothy Hall has a copy.

Beamish Magazine Spring 2016 carries the story of the Birtley Belgians

External web link

Durham at War

Additional Research documents (click to download)

Details of the soldiers buried at Elisabethville, supplied by Erik Royackers

Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall; Tony Harding

Research In Progress

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Memorial Belgian Soldiers 1914-18 Cemetery (B127.11)

BIRTLEY      Cemetery

Front face

   1914-1918

   The thirteen

   Belgian soldiers

   honoured here

   died for

   their country

   and lie buried

   in the Elizabethville

   Roman Catholic

   Cemetery

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Right side

      Brogniez A.J.

   Soldat             10.10.1917

      Brunet R.A.N.

   Brigadier          27.12.1917

      Claessens J.A.

   Soldat             20.11.1918

      Cools F.

   Soldat             15.8.1917

      De Waet J.B.A.

   Soldat             5.1.1916

      De Wilds J.O.

   Soldat             5.12.1918

      De Geyter A.J.

   Soldat             19.1.1919

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Rear

      Hasevoets A.H.M.

   1ER Sergent        20.11.1918

      Lovinfosse F.P.

   Soldat             18.5.1918

      Mbondo J.

   Caporal            28.1.1918

      Prieels C.

   Soldat             26.6.1917

      Raymaker V.

   Soldat             26.11.1918

      Roelandt E.J.A.V.

   Soldat             22.11.1918

NamesB127.11

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