Close up of the Belgian flag & cross shown on all Belgian headstones in the Belgian Military Cemetery in Houltholst, Belgium

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The cemetery is a concentration cemetery created in 1923 with the majority of those buried here having fallen in the autumn of 1918. The cemetery contains 1,855 Belgian, 146 French and 81 Italian graves. Almost all the Belgian casualties were killed in September and October 1918.

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Size: 3624px × 2363px
Location: Belgian Military Cemetery, Houltholst, Belgium
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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