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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?
Chaussée de Waterloo, 436 5002 Namur DDB
 
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History

Upon establishment in 1865 the municipal cemetery is conceived as a park; it is the ultimate resting place of no fewer than 67,000 Namur dead. It is located a few miles out of the city in the municipality of Saint-Servais, on the border with Belgrade, and is characterised by wide lanes and a monumental entrance gate, typical of the 19th century. The many honours courts bear witness to the wars that ravaged Belgium on two occasions. Belgians, Frenchmen, Commonwealth soldiers, Soviets and Italians fraternally rest next to each other.

 

Casualties

35 Eerste Wereldoorlog - 60 Tweede Wereldoorlog

 

Description 

The Belgian honours court is situated in the rear of the cemetery and contains the graves of both First and Second World War victims. The Great War casualties are mainly soldiers who fell during the Battle of Namur (20-24 August 1914). The Second World War casualties fell between the Eighteen Days’ Campaign and the end of the war. Resistance fighters are also given a final resting place here.