Soldiers stand as the exhumed remains of an unknown Belgian World War I soldier are prepared for reburial ahead of Armistice Day in the Trench of Death in Diksmuide, Belgium, 10 November 2025. The torchlight procession at dawn along the banks of the Yser River is also intended to commemorate the 250 soldiers who died in and around the Trench of Death during the First World War. On September 23, 2024, the remains of a Belgian soldier from the First World War were found along the IJzerdijk in Diksmuide, during the construction of a new walking and cycling path, just a stone's throw from the Trench of Death. It was not a field grave, but a soldier who died on the spot. During the First World War, approximately 40,000 Belgian soldiers were killed. Nearly 60% died during the mobilization of 1914 and the final offensive of 1918. The remaining 40% perished during the nearly four years of trench warfare along the Yser River.
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