Belgian refugees

Belgian refugees from Leuven/Louvain who arrived in Cork, October 1914. Source: Stem Uit België 23.10.1914 (Nieuws van de Groote Oorlog) nieuwsvandegrooteoorlog.hetarchief.be/en/media/de-st…

More than 250,000 Belgian refugees arrived in Britain at the start of WWI. The first boats arrived on 20th August 1914, & until October, 250 - 1,500 refugees arrived every day. Local people formed committees to welcome them & provide them with food, accommodation, & clothing.

@jackwhitehall Just saw Phillipe Albert in a Virginia Woolf comedy. #BBCBreakfast

@MartinKGHI Hi Martin, we share your concerns, deeply worrying developments. On a different note: If you have a story to convey about your Belgian refugee heritage, we'd be very interested.

My grandfather's and all of my great uncles and aunts (English, Belgian and French refugees) served in WW1, and my father, uncles and aunts in WW2. Remarkably all but one lived to tell the tale. This has forged my world view. We are in a crisis right now.

In Europe, in 2025. 80 years on from the last cataclysm, we should be worried. So many parallels with the late 1930s. With the UK's democracy less affected than those of our European neighbours. But with no Roosevelt in the White House, and China and Russia posing threats

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We no longer post on this platform. We'll continue to post updates over on Bluesky, and you can find us here: bsky.app/profile/refuge…

@TalbotHousTubby Chapel Fund has been launched. Help us restore some of the authentic artefacts and put a new roof on the Upper Room. Check out the video and crowdfund below! gofund.me/295a5d8f

Belgian WWI refugees in #Ripon selling their handmade wooden toys🧸This image is part of the Ripon Re-Viewed collection created by Ripon Civic Society and supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) #Toys #ArchiveAdventCalendar [EF 446]

@Outlaw__Mike @DanielJHannan Most Belgians only returned in 1919, harsh winter, Spanish flu, destroyed infrastructure and all.

@DanielJHannan "...just as the 250,000 Belgian refugees who came here in 1914 rushed home in 1918...." And again thank you for that.

A brand new chapter published today - about the #BelgianRefugees who found a home in #Penmaenmawr at a house called "Noddfa" which is Welsh for "Sanctuary"... Take a look: refugeesinrhyl.wordpress.com/penmaenmawr/

Thanks to a huge effort researching by our friend Mireille in Belgium, there is a major update to the info about the wounded Belgian Soldiers in Croesnewydd Hospital in #Wrexham. Take a look at the updates - there a new photos too: refugeesinrhyl.wordpress.com/croesnewydd-2/ #BelgianRefugees

"Winter Landscape in Wales" by Valerius de Saedeleer. The Belgian landscape painter and his family were brought to Wales as refugees during the First World War by David, Gwendoline & Margaret Davies. He painted this wonderfully imagined snow scene between 1914-18. #Art #Christmas

One of the bardic chairs carved by #BelgianRefugees appeared on BBC's @BBC_ARoadshow on Sunday. Emile De Vynck wasn't mentioned, but it's worth a look to see his work. Visit bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00… and click the "Beaumaris 2" link. Read more: refugeesinrhyl.wordpress.com/chairs/

A brand new chapter published today - all about the Belgian Soldiers at Brynkinalt Military Hospital and the #BelgianRefugees who stayed in Chirk. We've had loads of help from Mireille in Belgium and Lady Trevor at @Brynkinalt Hall. Have a look: refugeesinrhyl.wordpress.com/brynkinalt/

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Op 11 november 1918 eindigde de Eerste Wereldoorlog. In Den Haag zijn de hele oorlog duizenden Belgische vluchtelingen opgevangen. Een deel van de vluchtelingen is opgevangen in het Belgische vluchtelingenkamp aan de Westduinweg ‘Petite Belgique’ bij Scheveningen.

In 1914, Queen Mary visited Alexandra Palace to view the facilities made for the Belgian refugees. Herbert Cuff, at very short notice, had made all the arrangements - he was awarded the OBE and the Order of the Crown of Belgium.

University college submits plans for memorial plaque for Belgian refugees dlvr.it/TFrnZZ

Some 250, 000 Belgian refugees were received in the UK during the war. They bolstered a workforce depleted through military enlistment. About 8, 000 settled in Glasgow - with a Belgian school & convent opened in Garnethill. Most returned to Belgium at the end of hostilities.

@kamfinsa @RMcMnow @Care2much18 I sent a request on LinkedIn, we can proceed there, easier to have email access and the like.

@belgianrefugees @RMcMnow @Care2much18 No, I haven't done that. Is there a link, or more details that you could send me?

Thousands of Belgian refugees arrived in Ireland in the winter of 1914. I thought it might be interesting to go through newspaper archives, to see where around the country they went and how they were treated on arrival. A thread on that, for anyone interested. /1

@AndrewRawson11 @Care2much18 mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/5060/1/Clare_O…

@Care2much18 @belgianrefugees Information on the 250,000 who went to Britian. iwm.org.uk/history/how-be…