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Field of Honour Dessel Witgoor

The cemetery Dessel Witgoor contains a plot of honour with the graves of veterans, former resistance fighters, former prisoners of war and political prisoners of the First and the Second World War.

Other graves of veterans are scattered throughout the cemetery.

The cemetery Dessel Witgoor contains Belgian burials of the Second World War.
VAN HERCK Hendrik, soldier demining, died in captivity in Krefeld (G) on 23 May 1945.
NYS Guillaume, soldier 2nd Army Artillery, died in hospital during the 18 Days' Campaign in Klemskerke on 28 May 1940.

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Source

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

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