Belgian War Graves Ligny

The cemetery in Ligny contains the graves of military and civilian victims of the First and the Second World War.
According to the information board at the monument in Ligny, the following war victims are buried here:

First World War
Soldiers
LECOCQ Fernand, soldier 8th Engineer Regiment, Drongen 9 November 1918
RUBAY René, soldier Engineer Regiment, died in captivity in Fintel (D) on 11 November 1918
Civilians
BRUYR Maria, shot by German soldiers on 22 August 1914
SOMVILLE Victor, shot by German soldiers in May 1914
GENOT Alexandre, died in deportation in Lötzen (D) on 8 February 1917
BOUFFIOUX Pierre, died as a result of his captivity in Ligny on 26 June 1920
Second World War
Civilians
GEUDEVERT Emile, died in an aerial bombardment in Ligny on 11 May 1940
HALLET Blacnhe, died in an aerial bombardment in Ligny on 11 May 1940
LECOCQ Robert, resistance fighter died in Gilly on 12 September 1944
MAROYE Suzanne, died in an aerial bombardment in Clairfayts (F) on 15 May 1940
PONLOT Lucien, deportee died in Magdeburg (D) on 1 July 1943
Ernest RUBAY, died in an aerial bombardment in Ligny on 11 May 1940.

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Source

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