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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?
Stokkelsesteenweg 301, 1150 Sint-Pieters Woluwe
 
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History

In 1915 the Villa Parmentier estate in Woluwé-Saint-Pierre welcomes a centre for physical and professional rehabilitation of war invalids, established upon initiative of Countess Jean de Merode. In 1919 military authorities take over the facility. The institution is closed in 1925, when its wooden pavilions are destroyed in a devastating fire.    
Fifteen invalid soldiers and two nurses are laid to rest in the honours court; most of them pass after the armistice, between 1918 and 1925.   

 

Casualties

17 First World War

 

Description

The honours court is situated next to the veterans’ plot. The graves are neatly lined up and marked with the typical Belgian headstone. However, two graves at the end of the line-up on the right have a different design.