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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?
Doornzele Dries, 9940 Evergem
 
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History

This small honours court mainly holds soldiers who fell near Doornzele. 
During the Eighteen-Day Campaign the Belgians establish positions behind the Ghent-Terneuzen canal to restrain the enemy as much as possible. The wide canal counts few bridges, and thus constitutes a real obstacle in the German progress.  
On 23 May 1940 the Germans pull out all the stops with air raids and artillery attacks. They quite literally shoot holes in the Belgian defences, an action claiming countless lives. The Belgians are forced to retreat the next day.

 

Casualties

12 Second World War

 

Description

The honours court consists of two parallel rows of graves facing one another. The simple crosses are made of concrete. The names are written on plain metal plaques. Some graves have no plaque and are presumably empty. Archives relating to this cemetery are missing, which makes it difficult to trace the course of events.