chrislock Posted 19 August , 2008 Share Posted 19 August , 2008 For our Belgian Pals. On a recent trip to my home town in the UK, I walked through a nearby village church yard. Look who I found in a quiet corner! I paid my respects and laid a poppy cross for a fallen Belgian soldier far from home. Strange to think he comes from just up the road, where I live and work today! Wij zullen ze herdenken! Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard_Lewis Posted 19 August , 2008 Share Posted 19 August , 2008 Not forgotten. Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Thompson Posted 19 August , 2008 Share Posted 19 August , 2008 Well done Chris, remembered, just like the Nw Zealander I found in my home Cemetery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healdav Posted 20 August , 2008 Share Posted 20 August , 2008 Rather an unusual gravestone as it is not the standard Belgian stone. That is/was quite a low stone with a bronze insert in it with the inscription. Perhaps this was a private initiative. Patrick De Wolf at ABL1914@pandora.be would like a copy of the photo. He has compiled a great inventy of Belgian war dead and is trying to check all the entries and get photos of the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 20 August , 2008 Share Posted 20 August , 2008 A thought: the name Van De Venne - is that a Dutch-speaking anme? It certainly would seem to me. In which case, he has a French inscription, rather than Dutch. I notice that the 'traditional' style (there are some in Cambridge Cemetery, if I remember aright), have French for French-speakers, and Dutch for Dutch-speakers, I believe. Is this grave a CWGC one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geoff501 Posted 20 August , 2008 Share Posted 20 August , 2008 Is this grave a CWGC one? I believe it is in the care of CWGC. Jules Leopold VANDEVENNE ALMONDSBURY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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