Belgian War Graves Ougrée-Sclessin

The Ougrée-Sclessin cemetery in Liège contains a gravemonument to the fallen of the 1st and 2nd World War.

There are 11 soldiers buried at the monument.

BEAUFAYS Oscar, age 22, soldier at the Centre d'instruction d'auxiliaires of the 3rd Line Regiment, died May 29, 1915 at the military hospital of Saint-Lô (F) from diphtheria.

BODSON Georges, age 22, soldier in the 1st Grenadiers regiment, died at the Elisabethville hospital at Birtley(GB) on May 21, 1918 from the effects of intestinal tuberculosis.

BRANTS Henri, age 23, soldier with the 1st line regiment, died of wounds received on November 7, 1940 at Liege.

DANTINNE Joseph, age 22, soldier of the 1st Grenadier Regiment, killed in action on April 2, 1917 at Zuidschote.

LUYTEN Jean-François, age 21, soldier with the 8th line regiment, killed by shrapnel at Oostkerke on January 12, 1916.

RAMACKERS Gaston, age 21, soldier with the 2nd linieregiment, killed on September 23, 1914 at Ashes.

RENARD, Gaston, age 21, soldier with the 5th Regiment of Engineers, died of wounds received in combat at the military hospital at Hoogstade on September 28, 1917. (See photo 3 and 4)

ROUFOSSE Hubert, age 28, soldier with the 12th line regiment, killed near the station of Westrozebeke on September 29, 1918.

THONUS Camille, age 25, soldier with the 7th line regiment, died at Dax (F) on December 8, 1914. (photo 5)

VAELEN François, age 23, sergeant in the garrison of the A.F.L. artillerie de Fotresse de Liège, died from the effects of shrapnel in the military hospital at Adinkerke on January 14, 1917.

Of the 11th soldier, the name could not yet be unraveled.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski