Belgian War Graves Chenois

The cemetery in Chenois contains the graves of military and civilian victims of the First and the Second World War.

First World War
Georges CHRISTIAENS, lieutenant 4th Carabiniers Regiment, Ypres 31 March 1917
Léon GOFFINET, second lieutenant Engineer Regiment, De Panne 25 April 1915
Victor BURTON, mayor of Chenois (1908-1914), victim of the German atrocities committed in August 1914.
Second World War

Léon PENIS, soldier 4th Chasseurs Ardennais, Gottem 26 May 1940
Roger SCHMIT, soldier Chasseurs Ardennais and resistance fighter, died during an act of sabotage in Saint-Mard on 29 September 1942
Maurice MAUXHIN, political prisoner died in captivity in Essen (G) on 26 March 1944
Marie-Célestine DUVAL and Marie-Jeanne BURTON, civilian victims, died in Chenois on 14 July 1943 when a German plane crashed on the family home.

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• https://cimetieresdevirton.wordpress.com/chenois/