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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?
Kerkhofstraat, 9930 Zomergem
 
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History

The final offensive is launched in September 1918. The Germans retreat under heavy allied pressure, but in a very orderly manner, and put up stiff resistance. Even in these last weeks of war the conflict still takes many lives on both sides. 
The East Flanders village of Zomergem is the scene of battles claiming some 200 casualties. Infantry, fighting in the vanguard, especially loses a lot of men. 
They are temporarily buried in the municipal cemetery. The construction of the honours court comes about in 1923. All around Zomergem the dead are dug up and transferred to the new plot. Others are moved from Zomergem to their former places of residence. The honours court in that way obtains its current look.   
After the Second World War eleven more burials take place, both of servicemen and of resistance fighters. 

 

Casualties

105 First World War (9 unidentified) – 11 Second World War

 

Description

The cemetery is a perfect square. The headstones on the perimeter face inwards. The rows in the middle are parallel and stand back to back. A white cross and three flagpoles adorn the court’s centre.