Belgian War Graves Passendale

In the cemetery to the right of the church is a cenotaph for fourteen victims of the First World War, one fallen and a civilian victim of the Second World War.

The text on the monument (translation) :
"JHS"
"PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF OUR MILITARY AND CIVIL VICTIMS 1914-1918 and 1940-1945".

Soldiers 1914 – 1918
NUYTTEN Jeroom, soldier 6th Artillery, Noordschote 8 April 1915
DEWEERDT Valère, soldier 7th Line, Zuidschote 4 May 1916
DEVOS Gerard, soldier 1st Grenadiers, Sint-Jan-Ieper 20 August 1918
DECAPMAKER Theodore, soldier 13th Line, Vinkem 20 September 1918
VAN DEN ABEELE, soldier 22nd Line, Woumen 28 September 1918
DEPAEPE Leander, 1st Sergeant Major, Passendale 29 September 1918
VAN DEN BUSSCHE Alphonse, soldier 6th Chasseurs, Moorslede 29 September 1918
MAILLARD Hilaire, soldier 7th Line, Ledegem 1 October 1918
VERMEULEN Polydore , soldier 1st Line, De Panne 9 October 1918
VERSAVEL Emiel, soldier 10th Line, Woumen 15 October 1918
DEBEUF Gustave, soldier Engineer 3rd Army Division, Lotenhulle 31 October 1918
VERMEULEN Ernest, soldier 10th Line, Gravelines (F) 7 November 1918
VANDEVYVERE Denis, soldier RAL, Antwerp 13 February 1919
VERCAIGNE Kamiel, Sint-Pieters-Woluwe 14 August 1921

Soldier 1940 – 1945
VANGHELUWE Marcel, soldier 1st Grenadiers, Rumbeke 27 May 1940
Civilian 1940 – 1945
VERMEULEN Gaston, died in the concentration camp in Neuengamme (D) on 3 December 1944.

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/213656