Photo: Dorothy Hall
Memorial
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
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
Additional Research documents (click to download)
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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