World War II Commemorations in

Belgium in 2008

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In Belgium:

Throughout Belgium - 27 Januar
Holocaust Memorial Day.
See website: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html

Fort Eben Emael -10 May
Remembrance day of the Fort Eben Emael veterans.
Info: Fort d'Eben Emael, Mr B.Vrijiens, 24 rue Guizette, B-4690 Eben-Emael.
T: +32-04-286 28 61. Fax: +32-04-286 28 61.
E-mail: info@fort-eben-emael.be

18 days campaigne
Memorial in Kortrijk commemorating the Campaigne of the 18 days of The Belgian Army in May 1940..

Kortrijk - May
Commemoration of the "Slag om de Leie/ Bataille de la Lys" in 1940.
Info: Dienst voor Toerisme. St-Michielsplein 5, B-8500 Kortrijk.
T: +32-56-23 93 71. Fax: +32-56-23 53 72.
Info: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=Memorials/ww1mem/Courtrai

Assesse : Stèle pour équipage britannique abattu durant la seconde guerre mondialeAssesse : Stèle pour équipage britannique abattu durant la seconde guerre mondiale
Memorial commemorating the British crew of a Lancaster shot down in Assesse, province of Namur (Belgium).

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery - 28 May
Memorial Day
Info: DOD World War II Commemorative Events, Commemorative Committee, RPN, Suite 1100A, 1777 N. Kent Street, US-Arlington, VA 22209.
E-mail: wwii60th@hqda.army.mil
Internet: http://www.usmemorialday.org/ & http://www.visitbelgium.com/worldwar.htm
Info: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, rue du Mémorial Américain, B-4852 Hombroug.
T: +32 87-68.71.73. Fax: +32 87-68.67.17.

Ardennes American Cemetery - 28 May
Memorial Day
Info: DOD World War II Commemorative Events, Commemorative Committee, RPN, Suite 1100A, 1777 N. Kent Street, US-Arlington, VA 22209.
E-mail: wwii60th@hqda.army.mil
Internet: http://www.usmemorialday.org/ & http://www.visitbelgium.com/worldwar.htm

Flanders Field American Cemetery - 28 May
Memorial Day
Info: DOD World War II Commemorative Events, Commemorative Committee, RPN, Suite 1100A, 1777 N. Kent Street, US-Arlington, VA 22209.
E-mail: wwii60th@hqda.army.mil
Internet: http://www.usmemorialday.org/ & http://www.visitbelgium.com/worldwar.htm


American (Flanders Field) Cemetery at Waregem and Memorial to the missing. The majority of the burials are from the 37th and 91st American Division, who entered the front line in October 1918, near to this cemetery.
Source: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dccfarr/america.htm

Zedelgem - 15 June
Ceremony for 2 Canadian soldiers killed at the Liberation of Loppem in 1944.
Info: Canadian Embassy. 2 avenue de Tervuren, B-1040 Brussels.
T: +32-2-741 06 11. Fax: +32-2-741 06 43.
Info: Dienst voor Toerisme. Pater Amaat Vynckeplein 1, B-8210 Zedelgem.
T: +32-50-28 83 30. Fax: +32-50-20 82 28.

Langdorp - Aarschot - 22 June
Remembrance Service in the church and ceremony at the graves of the Anglo-Danish-Australian-New Zealand crew of a Stirling bomber crashed nearby in 1943.
Info: Oudstrijders van Koning Leopold III. Chairman Frans Janssens. Veerlestraat 8, B-3201 Wolfsdonk.
T: +32-13-77 22 59.


"Grave of the Unknown Soldier in Brussels"

Meensel - Kiezegem - 11 August
Commemoration of the deportation of civilians to nazi concentration camps in 1944.
Info: Huize Hageland. Oudepastoriestraat 22, B-3391Meensel- Kiezegem.
T: +32-16-63 38 48.

Jalhay - 24 August
A Canadian-British aircrew crashed at Tigelot in 1941.
Info: Service du Tourisme. 51 Place du Marché, B-4845 Sart-lez-Spa.
T & Fax: +32-84-47 46 66.
Info: Canadian Embassy. 2 avenue de Tervuren, B-1040 Brussels.
T: +32-2-741 06 11. Fax: +32-2-741 06 43.

Willebroek, Fort Breendonk - 31 August
Annual ceremony at the former concentration camp.
Info: Breendonk Fort National Memorial. Brandstraat 57, B-2830 Willebroek.
T: +32-3-886 62 09. Fax: +32-3-866 53 91.

Breendonk Fort National Memorial
Aerial view of the Breedonk Fort around 1985

Oostkamp-Moerbrugge - September
Annual commemoration of the Battle of Moerbrugge.
Info: Dienst voor Toerisme. Burg 11, B-8000 Brugge.
T: +32-50-44 86 86. Fax: +32-50-44 86 00.
Info: Canadian Embassy. 2 avenue de Tervuren, B-1040 Brussels.
T: +32-2-741 06 11. Fax: +32-2-741 06 43.

Heverlee-Leuven - September
Annual ceremony at the Commonwealth Cemetery.
Info: Dienst voor Toerisme. L.Vanderkelenstraat 30, B-3000 Leuven.
T: +32-16-21 15 39.

Brussels - 4 September
Annual commemoration of the Liberation of Brussels in 1944.
Info: Service des Fêtes. Hôtel de Ville. Grand Place- Grote Markt, B-1000 Bruxelles/Brussels.
T: +32-2-279 43 65.


Commemorative plate at the former Belgian Embassy in London (Eaton Square) remembering that thousands of Belgians volunteered there from 1940 till 1945 to fight with their Allies.

Antwerpen, Harbour - 7 September
Wreath-laying ceremonies for members of the Resistance killed during the Battle for Liberation in 1944.
Info: Dienst voor Toerisme. Grote Markt 15, B-2000 Antwerpen.
T: +32-3-232 01 03. Fax: +32-3-231 19 37.

Antwerpen, Cromwell Tank Memorial - 8 September
Remembrance ceremony for the Liberation of Antwerpen by British units in 1944, organised by the Royal British Legion Antwerp Branch.
Info: Dienst voor Toerisme. Grote Markt 15, B-2000 Antwerpen.
T: +32-3-232 01 03. Fax: +32-3-231 19 37.

Cromwell Tank Memorial
The Memorial with the British tank Cromwell, close to the tunnel of Antwerp ("Bevrijdingstunnels" or Liberation Tunnels).
Source: http://www.ww2sites.com/index.php?action=jump&page=bewilrijk

Koksijde-Oostduinkerke - 8 September
Annual commemoration of the two World Wars.
Info: Dienst voor Toerisme. 2 Leopold-II laan, B-8670 Oostduinkerke.
T: +32-58-53 21 21. Fax: +32-58-53 21 22.

Maldegem - 8 September
Annual ceremony at the Canadian War Cemetery.
Info: Dienst voor Toerisme. Nurcourtmanlaan 77. B-9990 Maldegem.
T: +32-50-72 89 45. Fax: +32-50-71 87 13.
Info: Canadian Embassy. 2 avenue de Tervuren, B-1040 Brussels.
T: +32-2-741 06 11. Fax: +32-2-741 06 43.

Liberation of the Scheldt estuary
Liberation of the Scheldt estuary in the autumn of 1944.
Website: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/netherlands/scheldt&CFID=191267&CFTOKEN=64118467

Jehanster - Froidefontaine (Verviers) - 6 October
Ceremony for the Anglo-Canadian aircrew from a Halifax bomber crashed in 1944.
Info: Service du Toursime. 62 rue du Collège, B-4800 Verviers.
T: +32-87-32 52 96. Fax: +32-87-32 53 61.
Info: Canadian Embassy. 2 avenue de Tervuren, B-1040 Brussels.
T: +32-2-741 06 11. Fax: +32-2-741 06 43.

Kalmthout - 20 October
Annual ceremony for the Liberation of the region by Canadian Forces in 1944.
Info: Dienst voor Toerisme. Putsesteenweg 131, B-2920 Kalmthout.
T & Fax: +32-3-666 61 01.
Info: Canadian Embassy. 2 avenue de Tervuren, B-1040 Brussels.
T: +32-2-741 06 11. Fax: +32-2-741 06 43.

Gent - 1st November
Ceremony for the victims of the two World Wars at the cemetery Westerbegraafplaats.
Info: Dienst voor Toerisme. Predikherenlei 2, B-9000 Gent.
T: +32-9-225 36 41. Fax: +32-9-225 62 88.

Knokke - 1-3 November
Annual ceremonies for the Liberation by the Canadian Army in 1944.
Info: Dienst voor Toerisme. Zeedijk 660, B-8300 Knokke.
T: +32-50-63 03 80. Fax: +32-50-63 03 90.
Info: Canadian Embassy. 2 avenue de Tervuren, B-1040 Brussels.
T: +32-2-741 06 11. Fax: +32-2-741 06 43.

Maldegem - 9 November
Commemoration for the Polish liberators in 1944.
Info: Dienst voor Toerisme. Mevrouw Courtmanslaan 77, B-9990 Maldegem.
T: +32-50-71 30 05. Fax: +32-50-71 87 13.

Throughout Belgium - 11 November
Commemoration of the military and civilian victims of the War.
Info: local Town Hall.

Slag der Ardennen
The Battle of the Ardennes (December 1944 - January 1945).
Website: http://www.batarden.be

Belgian National Remembrance Committe (CNBS)Website of Belgian National Remembrance CommitteBelgian National Remembrance Committe (CNBS)