Belgian Graves Veterans Monceau-en-Ardenne

The municipal cemetery of Monceau contains several graves of former combatants of the two world wars.

Veteran Camille Robert Delogne (1921-1984) arrived in England in June 1940 after completing his secondary education. From there he joined the Force Publique in the Belgian Congo and accompanied it on its military campaigns in Abyssinia, Libya and Palestine. He was one of the founding members of the Belgian para commandos. After World War II, he pursued a military career, first as an officer of the Force Publique (he was number 3 in 1960, the year of Congo's independence) and then as an officer in the Belgian armed forces. He retired as Lieutenant Colonel in 1976.

His wife Joan Garbett (1920-1980), whom he married at the end of 1945, was a nurse in the British armed forces and was therefore also a veteran.

The couple rests in the cemetery of Monceau-en Ardenne with the parents of Camille Robert Delogne and their two daughters who died early.

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