It says that he was born in Ostend in Belgium on October 23, 1881, and that he died – “décédé” – in Darlington on April 9, 1918. The refugees were distributed around the country ...

As Belgians kept arriving, the War Refugees Committee (WRC ... across the UK still plays a key part in supporting them. WW1: Can the Treaty of Versailles help us tackle climate change?

A primary school has dedicated a stained-glass window to remember the Belgian refugees who sheltered in the village during World War One. Around 40 came to Llansteffan in Carmarthenshire ...

Dublin, 22 October 1914 - A German spy is alleged to have been amongst the 100 Belgian refugees that landed in Dublin today. There were sensational scenes as Jacques Freeburg was taken from the ...

Mrs Bradshaw's investigations discovered Madame Demoulin had not actually been French at all, but was in fact one of the 250,000 Belgian refugees who sought sanctuary in Britain at the outbreak of ...

"Sanctuary or the Ever Open Door " is a haunting painting. It shows Belgian refugees fleeing the conflict in Flanders coming ashore in England. There is a sense of pride that Britain is able to ...

A tent village of refugees hoping for a fresh start has sprung up in Brussels, the capital of the European Union, where ordinary people are helping out in place of largely absent Belgian authorities.