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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?
Aarschotsesteenweg, 3300 Tienen
 
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History

After the Battle of Sint-Margriete-Houtem on 18 August 1918, many wounded are taken to the hospital in Tienen. Those who survive the confrontation are sent to PoW camps in Germany, where they are imprisoned for years on end. 
Some 160 casualties are temporarily buried in the Tienen municipal cemetery. After the war dozens of them are transferred to the military cemetery in Sint-Margriete-Houtem or the necropolis in Grimde. However, 35 soldiers remain on the military cemetery in Tienen. It is not clear why they are not moved, but it probably is a decision made by the family.   

 

Casualties

35 First World War (1 unidentified)

 

Description

The graves are located on the right-hand side by the cemetery entrance. They are positioned in three parallel rows, facing the gate. Low hedges surround the plot.