History
This honours court mainly contains Gendarmes killed during fights in Wolvertem on 18 May 1940. When the war breaks out in 1940, the Belgian Gendarmerie not only has to perform police duties, but is also tasked with the set-up of two regiments to ensure homeland security.
With their light armament, they cannot take on the Germans. The enemy columns progress rapidly and encounter the Gendarmes in Wolvertem on 18 May: the crew of a light anti-tank gun is mowed down, resulting in twelve casualties.
The remaining Gendarmes regroup and move towards the river Lys with the field army. After the Belgian capitulation on 28 May 1940 the German occupying forces once again deploy the Gendarmerie for police duties.
Casualties
10 Second World War
Description
The honours court counts a single grave in which all the fallen are buried together. Besides identified casualties the grave also contains two unidentified bodies. The tombstone is a civilian design and thus does not follow the military model.