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Belgium's gratitude for British Aid, WW1

Countries: Belgium

There were over 250,000 Belgian refugees in the UK in WW1. Many were accommodated at Alexandra Palace, but not Hecule Poirot who found refuge at a country house, Style Court.

Every year on the Saturday before Belgian National Day, 21 July, a delegation of Belgian soldiers pay tribute at the Cenotaph to the Belgian and British fighters who lost their lives during WW1, WW2 and subsequent conflicts. Flowers are laid at the Horse Guards Memorial and the Cenotaph. From Joint Forces: "The origins of the Belgian parade at the Cenotaph go back to 1934. On February 17 of that year, Albert I, King of the Belgians, died in a fall from the rocks in Marche-Les-Dames. In honour of his nephew, King George V of the United Kingdom granted the Belgians a unique honour: an annual parade in uniform to the Cenotaph. This makes Belgium the only country outside the Commonwealth that has the right to march armed on British soil." 

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Belgium's gratitude for British Aid, WW1

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Belgium's Gratitude

Present at the unveiling: Princess Clementine of Belgium, several members of ...

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Belgian Volunteers - WW2

Belgian Volunteers - WW2

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Group, Armed Forces, Africa, Belgium, Italy, Yugoslavia

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Lieutenant Harold Thomas Noakes

Lieutenant Harold Thomas Noakes

Harold Thomas Noakes was born on 11 July 1899 in Stockwell, the elder son of Thomas Frederick Noakes (1868-1915) and Ada Lizzie Hunt Noakes née Smith (1871-1919). He was baptised on 20 August 1899 ...

Person, Belgium

War dead, WW1
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Alfred George Stevens

Alfred George Stevens

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Person, Sculpture, Belgium

2 memorials
Lance Corporal Robert Henry Howard

Lance Corporal Robert Henry Howard

Robert Henry Howard was born on 17 October 1895, a son of Robert Henry Howard and Jane Howard née Walker. His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1895 in the Paddington registration district...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Private George Henry Antrim

Private George Henry Antrim

George Henry Antrim was born on 12 May 1894 in St Pancras, London, the fourth of the nine children of George Henry Antrim (1866-1928) and Esther Antrim née Soper (1867-1937). His birth was register...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium

War dead, WW1
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