Lier Belgian Military Cemetery

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The Belgian military cemetery of Lier is a military cemetery with Belgian victims from World War I and British victims from World War II. It is located on the Mechelsesteenweg in the Belgian city of Lier, Antwerp province, 1700 m southwest of the Grote Markt. The cemetery was designed by Edward Careels. It has an area of 50 arens and is closed on the street side by a brick wall with a balustrade of arduin columns and deck stones. The entrance consists of a double metal gate. At the back of the cemetery is a monument made by the German artist Georg Kolbe. Central is a lawn with a wooden cross and a flagpole. Until 1956 there was also a German military cemetery next to the cemetery, but it was evacuated in 1956.

First World War: At the cemetery there are 490 Belgian fallen from the First World War. Among them, 117 have not been identified. The soldiers lying here were killed in September and October 1914 during the defence of the front line behind the Nete.