Belgian Graves Veterans Kapelle-op-den-Bos

In Kapelle-op-den-Bos we cannot really speak of a veterans' perk. There are three places where veterans, civilian victims and military victims are buried.

On this large field of honour, located in front of the calvary on the left against the wall, were mainly veterans, but now there are still 4 fallen soldiers and 3 civilian victims from WWI and WWII, 1 civilian victim from WWII no longer had a gravestone and has been cleared.

The Heritage Cell of Kapelle-op-den-Bos took on the sponsorship of the 11 remaining graves of veterans and civilian casualties from WWI and WWII.
The most notable monument is the memorial erected by Miss Orianne in 1920, to the military casualties of WWI. The 8 Belgian soldiers mentioned all died in September 1914.
On April 24, 1930, an official request was made to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen by the Veterans Association to set up 'a perpetually reserved lawn' as a cemetery for deceased veterans.

This lawn probably connected to the place where military and civilian victims were already buried during WWI and from which a large number of bodies were repatriated in 1922.
The first 6 rows of the court of honor are a mix of victims from WWI and WWII, the next 7 rows were veterans of WWI and 1 civilian victim from WWII, the next 7 rows were veterans of WWI and 1 civilian victim from WWII, the last of which person is buried in 1978.

Some graves no longer had a headstone or were nameless. On the basis of the register of burials, it was found out who the unknowns could be, but there is not 100% certainty.
After 1978, a few veterans of World War I and II were buried on the other side of the middle corridor near the chapel of the Bernus family.

There is a small court of honor further on the cemetery. The perk consists of, among other things, 18 grave markers of civilian victims from WWII and one fallen soldier from WWII.

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• Text: Informatiebord Begraafplaats
• Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge