honorific_prefix death_date death_place birth_place awards image_size birth_date image article_title name
lieutenant-general 05 january 1917 houtem , belgium ghent , belgium military légion d'honneur order of the bath order of saint stanislaus cross order of the crown order of leopold 170px 10 january 1863 m 165 4e couv wielemans.jpg félix wielemans
 félix maximilien eugène wielemans
félix wielemans

lieutenant-general félix maximilien eugène wielemans -lrb- 10 january 1863 -- 5 january 1917 -rrb- was the chief of staff of the belgian army during the first world war .
after serving as the chief of the military cabinet to the war office under charles de broqueville in the run-up to the war , he took up the post of deputy chief of the general staff in 1914 , and was promoted to chief of the general staff in 1915 .
he represented belgium at the allied war council in december 1915 , and the paris conference in march 1916 .
he received a large number of decorations for his role in the war , including the personal presentation of the legion d'honneur by general joffre .
he died suddenly in january 1917 , at houtem ; the cause of his death was reported by the `` new york times '' as pneumonia contracted whilst in the trenches .
