VIRTON BELLEVUE FRANCO AND GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY
Luxembourg
Belgium
GPS Coordinates: 49°35'06.3"N 5°31'23.1"E
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Virton is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. It is also the administrative centre of the district of the same name, as well as the principal town of the small region. Virton Bellevue Franco and German Military Cemetery is located to the North of Virton on the N875 just outside the small hamlet of Bellevue.
Historical Information
In August 1914 , there were bloody battles between French and German troops in the Virton region . During the occupation (in February 1916), the German authorities asked the Virton municipal council to establish a number of military cemeteries. There were three, namely Bellevue , the 154th German, La Chamberlaine and (perhaps...) a fourth: La Houblonnière.
Around 1920 , at the request of families, the French government organized the repatriation of the bodies of French soldiers who died in Belgium. Many are buried in their native village.
Today only Bellevue is preserved. The La Chamberlaine and 154th German cemeteries have been decommissioned. All the bodies are in Bellevue.
Total Burials: 3,789.
World War One Casualties: Germany 1,288 (306 in Ossuary), France 2,427, (2,139 in Ossuary), Italy, 29, Austria 28, Russia 17.
Virton is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. It is also the administrative centre of the district of the same name, as well as the principal town of the small region. Virton Bellevue Franco and German Military Cemetery is located to the North of Virton on the N875 just outside the small hamlet of Bellevue.
Historical Information
In August 1914 , there were bloody battles between French and German troops in the Virton region . During the occupation (in February 1916), the German authorities asked the Virton municipal council to establish a number of military cemeteries. There were three, namely Bellevue , the 154th German, La Chamberlaine and (perhaps...) a fourth: La Houblonnière.
Around 1920 , at the request of families, the French government organized the repatriation of the bodies of French soldiers who died in Belgium. Many are buried in their native village.
Today only Bellevue is preserved. The La Chamberlaine and 154th German cemeteries have been decommissioned. All the bodies are in Bellevue.
Total Burials: 3,789.
World War One Casualties: Germany 1,288 (306 in Ossuary), France 2,427, (2,139 in Ossuary), Italy, 29, Austria 28, Russia 17.
