Belgium in May 1940, a view through the German camera

[Aru-Ed]

I'll add somemore pictures i collected witch are all from the 225. inf. div. in Belgium.
Here are 3 pictures belonging to a funeral of a member of Stabskompanie Infanterie regiment 333.
His last name was Bruhn and died on the 17th of September 1940.
It funeral must have taken place in an Belgium town, because the division was 2 a 3 weeks later moved to France.
Does anybody reconize this town???

[Aru-Ed]

This picture is taken in the Belgium town of Doornik / Tournai.
The 225. inf.div. is passing through.

[Aru-Ed]

This is a nice picture taken of some members of the 225. inf. div. proberly taken in the small town of Keiem or Beerst.
Also an other foto with some of the same members on a unidentyfied location in Belgium.

[Larrister]

Hello Larry,

i asume this must be near the border crossing of Putte (Holland) with Belgium because it is mentioned on page 7 of this thread.
Correct me if i'm wrong, maybe i misunderstood.
See the message of Peter U on page 7.
And also compare your picture at the border pole on page 8 ( esp. the houses in the back ) and your pictures taken at the crater with the view down the street (page 8), those are the same buildings.
On the picturse with the border pole you can see the rubble of the crater in the back.

Hi,

I completely forgot about Peter U's naming of the location of the crater.
Yes, now I see the crater in the background of my border crossing photo.
Thanks for pointing this out to me.

Cheers,
Larry

[Tim DC]

His last name was Bruhn and died on the 17th of September 1940.
It funeral must have taken place in an Belgium town, because the division was 2 a 3 weeks later moved to France.

Thanks for the additions. Can't help you with the town, indeed it must be Belgium, but here's the Volksbund information for Gefreiter Bruhn.

Gerhard Bruhn ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Lommel.
Endgrablage: Block 57 Grab 248
Nachname: Bruhn
Vorname: Gerhard
Dienstgrad: Gefreiter
Geburtsdatum: 26.03.1913
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 17.09.1940

[Aru-Ed]

Thanks for the additions. Can't help you with the town, indeed it must be Belgium, but here's the Volksbund information for Gefreiter Bruhn.

Gerhard Bruhn ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Lommel.
Endgrablage: Block 57 Grab 248
Nachname: Bruhn
Vorname: Gerhard
Dienstgrad: Gefreiter
Geburtsdatum: 26.03.1913
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 17.09.1940

Thank you for this information, i'll add some more pictures of canal crossings in Belgium!

[Aru-Ed]

This picture is taken while the 225. inf. div. stopt at an WWI cemetary.
In the front row are new graves of casualities of the latest fighting.
Location of the cemetary is unknown to me.
There is some writing on the back but i can't read it all.

There is also an picture where members of the 225. visit former trenches on a WWI battlefield.

[Aru-Ed]

Here some pictures while the 225. is on the move while traveling trough Belgium.
Not all pictures are of good quality.

[Aru-Ed]

And some others pictures, but i guess these are taken later while they where in France, couse it is winter.
So i think late 1940.
Maybe at a part of the Maginot line????

[Tim DC]

This picture is taken while the 225. inf. div. stopt at an WWI cemetary.
In the front row are new graves of casualities of the latest fighting.
Location of the cemetary is unknown to me.
There is some writing on the back but i can't read it all.

The writing on the back says "St. Pol", I am assuming this is in France.

[Aru-Ed]

The writing on the back says "St. Pol", I am assuming this is in France.

I tried to find information of the location but came up with nothing.
But you could be right, that is also what i can read now.
Thanks!!!!

[Todd Gylsen]

One of a series of pics from a member of Feldlazerett 126 of Tournai. More to come.

[Todd Gylsen]

another.

[Kp.-Laporte]

28.05.1940 in Nederhasselt. Alas I don't know which unit this is.

[Todd Gylsen]

More of Tournai.