Lanser ANTOINE ADOLPHE FONCK, born in Verviers on Januari 10th 1893, a shop assistant in Liège's "Grand Bazar" who enlisted in the Belgian Army for 3 years.
On August 4, a century ago, he was killed by ennemie-fire in the Hamlet of "La Croix Polinard", in Thimister, Belgium. His body was found next to his death horse, he was, and still is, burried in Thimister Churchyard Cemetery.
Brigadier BV 1911 ruiter 2 Lansiers / 1 Groep / 1 Escadron
Often referred to as the first Belgian soldier to die in WW1.
On August 4, a century ago, he was killed by ennemie-fire in the Hamlet of "La Croix Polinard", in Thimister, Belgium. His body was found next to his death horse, he was, and still is, burried in Thimister Churchyard Cemetery.
Brigadier BV 1911 ruiter 2 Lansiers / 1 Groep / 1 Escadron
Often referred to as the first Belgian soldier to die in WW1.
Lanser ANTOINE ADOLPHE FONCK, born in Verviers on Januari 10th 1893, a shop assistant in Liège's "Grand Bazar" who enlisted in the Belgian Army for 3 years.
On August 4, a century ago, he was killed by ennemie-fire in the Hamlet of "La Croix Polinard", in Thimister, Belgium. His body was found next to his death horse, he was, and still is, burried in Thimister Churchyard Cemetery.
Brigadier BV 1911 ruiter 2 Lansiers / 1 Groep / 1 Escadron
Often referred to as the first Belgian soldier to die in WW1.
On August 4, a century ago, he was killed by ennemie-fire in the Hamlet of "La Croix Polinard", in Thimister, Belgium. His body was found next to his death horse, he was, and still is, burried in Thimister Churchyard Cemetery.
Brigadier BV 1911 ruiter 2 Lansiers / 1 Groep / 1 Escadron
Often referred to as the first Belgian soldier to die in WW1.
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