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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?
Avenue du Centenaire, 4102 Ougrée
 
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History

The Battle of Liège rages from 4 to 16 August 1914 and claims the lives of many Belgian soldiers. They are buried in three cemeteries in the Liège area after the war. One of those, Ougrée, is an exception: the fallen are buried in a mass grave and not in individual graves.
Bronze plaques on the monument list the names of 209 casualties per unit and in alphabetical order. The actual grave is situated in front of the monument. The families originally placed commemorative plaques on the lawn leading up to it, but these have disappeared over the years, giving the site a more sober look.  

 

Casualties

209 Erster Weltkrieg

 

Description

The monument is a slightly curved bluestone wall with bronze plaques listing the names of the fallen soldiers. A small stairway gives access to the monument. A low street-side wall with a metal fence and low hedges enclose the cemetery.