Belgian War Graves Boignée
The cemetery in Boignée contains the graves of civilian victims of the First and the Second World War.
According to the information board at the monument in Boignée, the following war victims are buried here:
First World War
DUPONT Marie-Louise, shot by the Germans in Boignée on 21 August 1914
Second World War
COCHIN Jean-Baptiste, constable in Boignée, hit by a German vehicle during the evacuation in May 1940 and died in the hospital in Charleroi on 20 May 1940.
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Source
- Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
- Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
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- Musée de la Bataille de Ligny - Ligny (Sombreffe)
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Point of interest
- Ferme d’En-Haut Ligny - Ligny (Sombreffe)
- Ferme d’En Bas Ligny - Ligny (Sombreffe)
- Castle Zualart Fleurus - Fleurus
Monument
- War Memorial Boignée - Boignée (Sombreffe)
- War Memorial Tongrinne - Tongrinne (Sombreffe)
- War Memorial Balâtre - Balâtre (Jemeppe-sur-Sambre)
Cemetery
- Belgian Graves Veterans Boignée - Boignée (Sombreffe)
- Belgian War Graves Tongrinne - Tongrinne (Sombreffe)
- Belgian Graves Veterans Tongrinne - Tongrinne (Sombreffe)
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