Belgians in Chester

Constant was born in Gent, Belgium on 25th Dec. 1888. His address on enlisting was Martelarenlaan 355, Gent.

Aliens in Mid-Cheshire

A fact that is not widely known is that a few hundred Belgian refugees found their way to mid-Cheshire in the first months of WWI.

Radio Merseyside

Last week on 11th November, the University of Chester’s Dr. Hannah Ewence and Ann Marie Curtis of the St. Werburgh’s Great War Study Group, visited BBC Radio Merseyside to talk about the Belgian refugees and soldiers who lived, recovered, and died in Cheshire during the First World War.

Belgian Refugees in Nantwich

This post features the biographies of a number of Belgian refugee families who resided in Nantwich during the First World War

Aliens in Mid Cheshire: the story of the Belgian refugees

A fact that is not widely known is that a few hundred Belgian refugees found their way to Mid Cheshire in the first months of WWI.