Bristol Arno's Vale (Holy Souls) Cemetery
Photographs and text by Dave Napier
BASCOUR Victor 1e Jagers te Voet 19/01/1915
WILLEMS Maurice 1e Jagers te Voet 02/11/1914
WITHOF Felix 3e Jagers te Voet 09/10/1918
Funeral of Belgian Soldier at Bristol
Bath Road, Brislington showing the funeral procession of Sergeant Victor G. A. Bascour, which took place with military honours on the morning of Friday 22nd January 1915.
Sergeant Bascour (No. 22310), who served in the 1st Chasseurs Belgian Army, died at Southmead Hospital on 19th January 1915 from shrapnel wounds.
On the eve of his funeral his coffin was conveyed to St. Bonaventure’s Church in Egerton Road, Bishopston, and at 10 o’clock the following morning a Solemn Requiem Mass was sung by the Rev. Father Malachy, who was assisted by the Rev. Father Bernardine.
At 11.00 a.m. the coffin was then placed upon a gun carriage and drawn to the Catholic Cemetery at Arno’s Vale, where the committal was read by Father Bernadine.
A firing party was furnished by the 4th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, Sergeants from which corps acted as bearers. A floral cross was sent by the Red Cross Society.
The undertakers were Messrs. Cates & Co., of Perry Road and Hotwells Road.
Bath Road, Brislington showing the funeral procession of Sergeant Victor G. A. Bascour, which took place with military honours on the morning of Friday 22nd January 1915.
Sergeant Bascour (No. 22310), who served in the 1st Chasseurs Belgian Army, died at Southmead Hospital on 19th January 1915 from shrapnel wounds.
On the eve of his funeral his coffin was conveyed to St. Bonaventure’s Church in Egerton Road, Bishopston, and at 10 o’clock the following morning a Solemn Requiem Mass was sung by the Rev. Father Malachy, who was assisted by the Rev. Father Bernardine.
At 11.00 a.m. the coffin was then placed upon a gun carriage and drawn to the Catholic Cemetery at Arno’s Vale, where the committal was read by Father Bernadine.
A firing party was furnished by the 4th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, Sergeants from which corps acted as bearers. A floral cross was sent by the Red Cross Society.
The undertakers were Messrs. Cates & Co., of Perry Road and Hotwells Road.