Grave Antoine-Adolphe Fonck
Antoine-Adolphe Fonck, who was killed nearby on 4 August 1914, is buried here on Thimister-Clermont Cemetery. He was the first Belgian soldier (2nd regiment Lancers) who fell in World War I.
The grave is also the war memorial of Thimister-Clermont for World War I.
To the left and right of the tomb there are several veterans of both wars buried.
See allso monument Antoine Fonck at the barracks at the city of Liège and the monument of Antoine Fonck at Thimister .
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Ed Lewandowski
Nearby
Museum
- Remember Museum 39-45 - Thimister-Clermont
- Fort Battice - Fortified Position Liège - Battice (Herve)
- Historical Museum d’Ensival - Verviers
Point of interest
Monument
- Memorial F.N.A.P.G Thimister - Thimister-Clermont
- War Memorial Thimister-Clermont - Thimister-Clermont
- War Memorial Clermont-sur-Berwinne - Clermont-sur-Berwinne
Cemetery
- Belgian Graves Veterans Thimister-Clermont - Thimister-Clermont
- Belgian Graves Veterans La Minerie - La Minerie (Thimister-Clermont)
- Belgian War Graves Charneux - Charneux (Herve)
Fortification
- Bloc III Fort Battice - Battice
- Bunker Fort Battice - Battice
- Fort Battice - Fortified Position Liège - Herve
Crash site
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