Ixelles Cemetery (
French: Cimetière d'Ixelles, pronounced[sim.tjɛʁdik.sɛl];
Dutch: Begraafplaats van Elsene), located in
Ixelles in the southern part of
Brussels, is one of the major
cemeteries in Belgium. Ixelles Cemetery also refers to a neighbourhood with a lot of bars and restaurants for students, north of the actual cemetery. It is in fact located between the two main
campuses (Solbosch and La Plaine) of the
Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
In the Field of Honour in Block A are buried
First World War soldiers from Belgium, France, Italy, Russia and Great Britain (twelve identified soldiers), who died mainly as prisoners of war.[2]
^Victor Horta, David Dernie and Alastair Carew-Cox, p. 211
^[1] CWGC Cemetery Report. British details obtained from casualty record.
Bibliography
Celis, Marcel (2004).
Cimetières et nécropoles. Bruxelles, ville d'Art et d'Histoire (in French). Vol. 38. Brussels: Éditions de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.