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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

Accessibility Statement

The War Heritage Institute (WHI) undertakes to make its website accessible, in accordance with the law of 19 July 2018 on the accessibility of government websites and mobile applications. 
This accessibility statement applies to:
* Website: https://wardeadregister.be

1 Compliance level

This site is non-compliant in the absence of vetting.  

2 Preparing your statement

An external vetting of accessibility will be carried out shortly. This audit will consist of a simplified analysis.  

3 Inaccessible content

The list of the non-compliant elements will be prepared immediately after receipt of the audit report (audit foreseen in spring 2024).

4 Suggested alternatives

For any precise questions, please contact our team at wardeadregister@warheritage.be. For the other alternatives, a list will be prepared upon receipt of the vetting report (audit scheduled in spring 2024).

5 Contact details

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the accessibility of our website/application, please contact us by filling in the form available from the "Contact Us" tab of our website. If you have a specific question, you can contact one of the following e-mail addresses: 
* For accessibility enquiries contact us at: wardeadregister@warheritage.be
* For general enquiries contact us at: wardeadregister@warheritage.be

If the above service does not answer, you can contact the following intermediary:

We attach great importance to the quality of our service.  

Therefore, please do not hesitate to submit your comments:

* Send a mail to: klachten.plaintes@warheritage.be
* Or send a letter to (stating your name, address, mail address and telephone number):

Complaints Coordination                                                                                                                                

War Heritage Institute   
Parc du Cinquantenaire 3
1000 Brussels 

You will receive an automatic acknowledgement of receipt and a personal reply within 30 days. 

 

In the absence of a response or in case of an insufficient response, you can contact the Federal Ombudsman:

Federal Ombudsman                                                                                                                                            
Chaussée de Louvain 48                                                                                                                               
1000 Brussels
 contact@federaalombudsman.be

                                                                                                                                                                                           

6 Improvement plan

A list of improvements to be made will be prepared, in accordance with the audit report received.  
This statement was prepared on 1/04/2024.
The last analysis of the statement occurred on 1/04/2024.