Belgium is liberated 80 years ago and the Second World War ends a few months later. In this ruthless battle, more than 8,000 Belgian soldiers lose their lives. Unlike their comrades from the First World War, most of the fallen are given a grave in their hometown. Several hundred of them are buried in a military cemetery. 284 fallen soldiers from the Second World War rest in the cemetery in De Panne.
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Attention: the War Dead Register only lists Belgian fallen soldiers.
The War Dead Register provides basic personal information (name, first name, date and place of birth, etc.) and does not contain military files (giving a complete overview of the military career). According to date of birth the files are kept either by the Royal Military Museum or by the Defence archives service. The files safeguarded at the Military Museum can be consulted on site (Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels). The files kept up till now by Defence are currently transferred to the General State Archives.
The date on which they will be once again available has not yet been determined.
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