Belgian Military Cemetery

Keiem (Keyem during the war) was part of the Belgian advanced line following the retreat from Antwerpen.

Despite desperate attempts to hold the village by Belgian Troops and a French force of Sailors under Amiral Ronarc'h the village fell to the Germans on 19 October 1914.

There are now 590 burials in the cemetery, 365 of the unknown soldiers (onbekend - inconnu).

An overview of the Battle of the Yser

Lieutenant Colonel Georges Delcourt
13é Linie Regiment
Born in Bouillon on 8 December 1865
Died on 19 October 1914
Grave: 105

Adjudant Aviation Armand Glibert 6é Escadron, 12é Linie
Born in Bruxelles 16 January 1885
Died on 8 April 1917
Grave: 494

Soldaat Hieronymus Haesendonckx
1é Grenadiers Regiment
Born in Turnhout on 9 August 1893
Died on 24 October 1914
Grave: 320

The 1st Grenadiers were involved in a bloody counter attack nearby at the bridge at Tervate. On 22 October the Germans had managed to get across the river IJzer and the 1st Grenadiers under Major, Comte d'Oultremont led a desperate counter attack. Caught between two lines of enemy troops the Grenadiers were bloodily rebuffed.