Belgian War Graves Viesville

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

First World War
There is the grave of GODEFROID Auguste, brigadier ACM corps (Auto-Canons-Mitrailleuses) who fell in Koninchy (Poland) on 6 July 1917.
During the First World War, Belgian soldiers fought on the side of the Russians against the German and Austro-Hungarian armies.
These Belgian soldiers are known as the ACM corps. ACM stands for Auto-Canons-Mitrailleuses and are armored cars equipped with cannons and machine guns. At the beginning of the war, these ACM fought on the Yser Front. But the war of movement turns into a trench war and these armored cars become useless.
On 22 September 1915, the ACM corps embarked in Brest on the English steamer Wray Castle to be transported to Arkhangelsk, where they arrived on 13 October 1915. From 1915 to the end of September 1917, the ACM corps fought together with the Russian army against the Germans and Austrians.

Second World War
CHARLES Sylvain, soldier 2nd Chasseurs, Lotenhulle 27 May 1940
VAN DE PUT Jules, soldier 3rd Artillery, Ecaussinnes d’Enghien 15 May 1940.

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• https://martinusevers.org/2017/07/15/belgische-acm-in-rusland/
• https://bel-memorial.org/cities/abroad/ukraine/ternopil/ternopil_memorial_ACM.htm