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Yvonne Coevoet

aged 43

Personal data

NameCoevoet
InitialsY.
Christian nameYvonne
Date and place of birthPoperinge; 03.06.1906
FamilyYounger daughter of Maurice Coevoet and Alida Camerlynck

Extra information

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Died in 1951

Military data

Age43

Other information

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Her parents let their mansion to the British Army in Nov. 1915.
Information 2
In the 1920s she led small parties of visitors who had managed to get access to the Coevoet family home to the attic (former Chapel), e.g. the writer Henry Williamson in 1927. He described his visit in 'The Wet Flanders Plain' (1929).
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Picture below: Children of Maurice and Alida: from left to right: Yvonne (1906), Roger (1908), Marie-Madeleine (1904) and Fernand (1910)

Media

Sources

Source
Louagie, J. & Nolf, K., De Eerste Halte na de Hel
Source 2
Louagie, J., A Touch of Paradise in Hell