Frans was a tragic Belgian civilian victim of WWI. He and his two brothers sustained fatal injuries in an air raid over Kortrijk on March 24, 1918 --- Palm Sunday. Struck by a bomb in the courtyard of the brewery in Bissegam, where they were sheltering, the brothers all died of their injuries "a short time later", according to their prayer cards.
Frans was a tragic Belgian civilian victim of WWI. He and his two brothers sustained fatal injuries in an air raid over Kortrijk on March 24, 1918 --- Palm Sunday. Struck by a bomb in the courtyard of the brewery in Bissegam, where they were sheltering, the brothers all died of their injuries "a short time later", according to their prayer cards.
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