Belgian War Graves St. Pieter-Woluwe

In the cemetery there is a large place of honor for the antiquities of the world wars.

There is also a military court of honor along the hedge.
16 war victims rest here. These were badly injured, disabled soldiers who were nursed and died of their wounds in "Villa Parmentier" in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. All died between 1918 and 1925.

Edmond Parmentier, owner of the villa, died in 1910. Five years later, at the initiative of Countess Jean de Mérode, the domain was transformed into a center for rehabilitation and professional rehabilitation of war invalids from the First World War.
In 1919 the institution was taken over by the military government and the park was bought by the Belgian state from the widow Parmentier. The long pavilions built for the disabled in 1917 were destroyed by fire in 1925, which also meant the end of the hospital.

Source: Brussels-Capital Region - Architectural Heritage

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• Text: Marie-Christine Vinck
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck