War memorials

Belgium: Houthulst Belgische Militaire Begraafplaats, Belgian military Cemetery

Houthulst Belgische Militaire Begraafplaats, Belgian Military Cemetery by Houthulst Forest – once described by Napoleon as the key to the Low Countries. Here, under distinctive and elaborate national headstones, are buried 1,855 Belgians who died in the last months of the war, together with 146 French and 81 Italian graves.

Gavin Stamp