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Belgian War Graves Wondelgem

The churchyard in Wondelgem contains the graves of victims of the Second World War with the mention (translation) "DIED FOR BELGIUM".
André PAPOYE 1927 - 1944
Honoratus BROCHE 1922 - 1945
Kamiel BARBIER 1913 - 1944
Basiel DEWAELE 1912 - 1944
Leopold DE GHOUY 1904 - 1945
Marcel DE COCKER 1926 – 1944

There is the collective grave of three resistance fighters inhabitants of Wondelgem who were executed by the German occupier in the Execution Range Oostakker
Paul EYKENS, executed on 17 April 1942
Léon VAN CAUWENBERGHE, executed on 2 June 1942
Jacques PISSONS, executed on 17 April 1942

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Source

  • Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
  • Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge