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Maes, Albert
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Person (Male)
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Life dates
Brussels - Schaerbeek, 1859 - Brussels - Saint-Gilles, 1915
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1903 - 1904 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles
Albert Adrien Clément, ° 28.5.1859; + 31.8.1915. Captain-commander, rising to major-general in the artillery. Member of the "Cercle photographique d'Ixelles". No longer a member in 1906. Aide de camp to King Albert I, 1910-1914. Maes was a highly decorated soldier, in command of the defenses of Antwerp at the outbreak of World War I. Taken prisoner of war when Antwerp fell in October 1914, he was released from captivity in Germany and repatriated to Brussels when mortally ill.
Albert Adrien Clément, ° 28.5.1859; + 31.8.1915. Captain-commander, rising to major-general in the artillery. Member of the "Cercle photographique d'Ixelles". No longer a member in 1906. Aide de camp to King Albert I, 1910-1914. Maes was a highly decorated soldier, in command of the defenses of Antwerp at the outbreak of World War I. Taken prisoner of war when Antwerp fell in October 1914, he was released from captivity in Germany and repatriated to Brussels when mortally ill.
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1903 - 1904 Bruxelles - Saint-Gilles
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DIRECTORY_1997#2877
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 2.11.2018 & 20.7.2021; MD revised 22.5.2020; SFJ revised 7.5.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght