Belgian Children

By the end of the war, 250,000 Belgians had come to the UK for safety, but it did not always work out that way.

Private Soldat Jean Francois Vermeulen

Christened Joannes Francois Vermeulen and born on 13thJune 1892, JF Vermeulen was one of nine children, having 2 brothers and 6 sisters.

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.