Memorial Captain Paul Claes Nieuwpoort

In the military camp of Lombardsijde there are nine monuments that pay tribute to regiments of the Belgian army and their fallen men.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Belgium started closing its barracks in West Germany. After their move, some regiments were housed in Lombardsijde, where most were later disbanded. The monuments in the camp are the last reminders of a piece of Belgian military history.
In the camp of Lombardsijde there is a memorial for Captain Paul Claes, born in Ixelles on June 12, 1892. During the First World War he was an officer with the 2 R.A.L./Groep A.A./4th Battery (Heavy Artillery). The captain was killed by an airplane bomb in Adinkerke on November 13, 1917, he is buried in the Belgian military cemetery in de Panne grave B-220.
The barracks of the 62A in Korbach (BSD) was named after him "Quarters Captain Paul Claes". After the unit moved to Belgium, his memorial stone is here in the camp.
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Source

• Text: Jhonny Bastiaensen
• Photos: Jhonny Bastiaensen
• Jean-Louis Peeters
• www.wardeadregister.be/nl