Belgian War Graves Calais

On the municipal cemetery North in Calais are Belgian war graves from World War I and ll.

Given the small area that was still in Belgian hands, several army bases were opened in Northern France, as a result of which Belgians who died in France or died in one of the field hospitals were transferred here after the opening of this cemetery.

At that time there were also three heroic tribute tombstones, which were replaced from 1923 by the official Belgian standard tombstone. The replacement of heroic tribute tombstones was with the permission of the family, as they would otherwise be responsible for the maintenance of the grave, which was not evident in that period.

The Belgian cemetery of honor includes 1048 graves.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar.com
• Photos: Henri Beuten (1), Francky De Rous (2, 3, 4, 5)