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Archives of the Royal Military Museum 

Documentation Centre 
Parc du Cinquantenaire 3
1000 Brussels
E-mail : cdoc.klm-mra@warheritage.be   
Website: www.warheritage.be

Cemetery details

Where?
Rue du XIII Août, 4050 Chaudfontaine
 
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History

After the fighting in Liège, countless fallen soldiers are left behind on the battlefield. Many of them are buried in field graves, communal graveyards or municipal cemeteries. That state of affairs is only reconsidered after the war. 
The dead in the Liège area are not gathered in one large central cemetery and the situation in that way differs from the method applied to other cemeteries during the war. The Chaudfontaine cemetery is a very good example of this approach. A mere 71 casualties are laid to rest here. Most of them are killed during the explosion of and fire in Fort Chaudfontaine. These occur when a German shell hits a gun turret, sets fire to the powder it contains and turns the fort into a major flashpoint. 
The cemetery also contains one civilian executed during the German reign of terror in August 1914. He is a significant exception, as military cemeteries are, as a rule, solely dedicated to military victims. 
A V-bomb badly damages the cemetery, the monument and many graves during the Second World War.  
 

Casualties

71 First World War (among whom 1 civilian)
 

Description

The cemetery is located along the rue du XIII Août, on the slope leading to Fort Chaudfontaine. The headstones are arranged in four slightly curved rows and face the street. A simple fence closes the cemetery at the front. The central aisle, which divides the grounds into two plots, leads to the monument consisting of an altar on which lies a fallen soldier clutching a banner. The cemetery offers a beautiful view of the Meuse valley, with the city of Liège in the distance.