Belgian War Graves Poperinge

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

First World War
Military victims
BOUW Hector, soldier 2nd Grenadiers, Sint-Joris (Nieuwpoort) 12 March 1918
D'AMOUR Cyrille, soldier 8th Artillery, Oudekapelle 20 May 1917
D'HONDT Georges, soldier 1st Artillery, Vinkem 1 November 1917
DANNEEL Oscar, soldier 11th Line, Moorslede 14 October 1918
DE BYSER Felix, soldier Auxiliary Troops, Leisele 8 October 1918
DEBOUTTE Julien, soldier 5th Lancers, Stuivekenskerke 1 May 1917
INDEVUYST Jerome, soldier 8th Line, De Panne 1 January 1915
LAHAYE Joseph, Second Lieutenant 8th Artillery, Calais (F) 7 November 1918
LAZOORE Achille, soldier 6th Chasseurs, Poperinge 13 March 1919
LOBELLE Richard, soldier 1st Chasseurs Cavalry, De Panne 2 June 1917
PROVO Josef, soldier 17th Line, De Panne 12 March 1918
VAN CAYSEELE Remigius, soldier 18th Line, Kessel-Lo 19 August 1914
VANCAYZEELE Georges, soldier 13th Line, Kaaskerke 10 April 1916
VERCLYTTE Henri, soldier 2nd Line, Floreffe 21 March 1919
Civilian victims
LEFEVER Marcel and LEFEVER Medart, victims of a German bombardment in Poperinge on 12 April 1915
VERCAMER Laura and VERCAMER Jeannette, victims of a German bombardment in Poperinge on 12 April 1915
Under the Calvary, in the middle of the cemetery, several unknown victims of the First World War are said to be buried.

Second World War
Military victim
CLABEAU André, soldier 21st Line, Beernem 25 May 1940
Civilian victims
HUYGHE Oscar, resistance fighter executed by the Gestapo in Elverdinge on 20 July 1944
DE BACKER Henri, deported and DONDEYNE Joseph, political prisoner.
There is a separate plot for civilian victims who died during the May days of 1940 when the Germans invaded Belgium. German bombing raids cost the lives of approximately 150 dead and about 400 wounded.

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Source

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

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