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Brief Service Details of

Soldaat 2.Kl. Hubert de Saedeleer

1^e Linie Regiment

(1^e Bde, 5^e Infanteriedivisie)

1914 - 1917

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Born: Oultere (now Aalter),E.Flanders – 2^nd January 1894

Parents: Jean Baptist DE SAEDELEER & Alexandrine THEUNIS

Enlistment: 1914

Regiment: 1^e Linie Regiment/1^er Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne

Date of death : 28^th June 1917

Cause of death: Died of Wounds received near Drie Grachten

Place of death: Beveren aan den Yser Military Hospital

Original Burial: Beveren a/d Yser – 2^nd July 1917

Present Burial: de Panne Belgian Military Cemetery

Medal entitlement: Order of Leopold II, Croix de Guerre, Fire Cross, Victory medal, War Medal

1^e and 21^e Linie Regiments

A Short Background 1914-17

At the mobilisation of August 1914, the 1st Linie was garrisoned at Ghent, the 21st Linie was also formed and, joining with them, became the 1e Mixed brigade.

This brigade was tasked at the beginning of the campaign of holding the positions on the River Gete.

During the siege of Antwerp, the 2 regiments broke out and distinguished themselves on 25th and 26th August 1914 in action on the Willebroek Canal and, on 10th and 11^th September 1914, were holding the front between Humbeek - Heuvel - Eversem.

After fall of Antwerp, the 21st Linie was dissolved.

1st Linie took part from 17 to 31 October 1914 in defensive actions on the Ijzer and, after the fall of Diksmuide, on 10 November 1914, this battalion became stationary in this sector.

The regiment continued take part in the ‘Holy Watch’ on the Yser and occupied the different sectors of the front in this region for the next 3 years. (Dixmude – Merkem from mid-1915, Boesinge – Steenstraat from the Summer of 1916 to early 1917, Drie-Grachten – Steenstraat until Autumn of 1917, then on to Dixmude and the north)

(At the end of December 1916, the 21st Linie was again reformed and formed the 1^st Brigade with the 1st Linie regiment; later, the 2e Jagers were added and the brigade became part of the 5e Infanteriedivisie.)

During the war, the regiments were awarded the following Battle Honours: ‘Antwerp’, ‘IJzer-Diksmuide’, ‘Celiebrug’ and ‘Balgerhoek’.

Area held by 1e Linie Summer 1916-1917

Area of Hubert's fatal wounding, June 1917

Cemetery Plan

Grave                                                                                     Aalter (Oultere) War Memorial

Hubert's mle.1915 Identity Disc

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