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Surname: MEEUS
Forename(s): Edouard
Place of Birth: Louvain, Belgium
Service No: 63963
Rank: Soldier 2nd Class
Regiment / Corps / Service: Belgian Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Coy 11th Infantry Regiment
Division: division unknown
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1918-10-11
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Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Edouard Meeus (born 20 August 1893) was the son of Petrus Franciscus and Wilhelmina Meeus. His parents were living at Silsden, Yorkshire, at the time of their son's death.
Photograph: Belgian Defence Archives. (Kindly supplied by Dominiek Dendooven of the Stedelijk Museum, Leper).
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Soldier 2nd Class Edouard MEEUS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Belgian Infantry
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Soldier 2nd Class Edouard Meeus
Kindly supplied by Dominiek Dendooven of the Stedelijk Museum, Leper
Belgian Defence Archives
Soldier 2nd Class Edouard Meeus
Kindly supplied by Dominiek Dendooven of the Stedelijk Museum, Leper
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01 November 1918
SILSDEN – A ‘Silsden’ Belgian Dies From Wounds
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Meeus, 34, Aire View, Silsden, and late of Louvain, Belgium, have received word that their son, Private Edward Meeus, 11th Infantry Regiment of the Belgian Army, died of wounds at a Belgian Hospital in France on October 11th. Private Meeus, who was 25 years of age, had gone through three years of very heavy fighting. Another brother, Private Leon Meeus, was taken prisoner three days after war broke out. Prior to coming to Silsden the family resided at Draughton.
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01 November 1918
Belgian Family’s Loss
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Meeus, of 34, Aire View, Silsden, and late of Louvain, Belgium, have received word that their son, Pte. Edward Meeus, 11th Infantry Regiment of the Belgian Army, died of wounds at a Belgian hospital in France on Oct. 11th. Pte. Meeus, who was 25 years of age, had gone through three years of very heavy fighting, another brother, Pte. Leon Meeus, was taken a prisoner three days after war broke out. Prior to coming to Silsden the family resided at Draughton.
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