War Memorial Grimbergen

The war memorial in Grimbergen commemorates the military and civilian victims of the First and Second World War. The inscription reads: "GRIMBERGHEN TO HIS HEROES"

The names on the monument:

World War I : BEL Frans, PEETERS Oscar, BEL Jozef, PUTTEMANS Frans , BUELENS Pieter, RAQUET Jan Frans, DE BOELPAEP Jan, TRAP Camiel, DONS Karel Lodewijk, VAN DEN BERGHE Jozef, FRESON Ernest, VAN DEN TROOST Hendrik Jozef, LAUWERS Karel, VAN ENGELGOM Jan Jozef, LUYPAERT Leopold, VAN LINT Jan Jozef, MONES Karel, WALRAEVENS Adriaan.

World War II : ANNAERT Frans, BINST Jaak, BINST Jozef, BRIHAY Léon, DE GREE Joris, DE VINCK Emiel, DE SCHOUWER Jaak, D'HERTEFELD Frans, GAUDAEN Frans, LEEMANS Willem, METDENANCKX Lucien, MOENS Frans, ROELANTS Marcel, VAN ENGELANT Eduard , VAN BEVER Karel, DE SCHOUWER Frans, THIELEMANS Albert, COREMANS Albertine, PIREY Robert, PIREY Bertha, LAUWERS Petrus, VAN CAPPELLEN Adolf, ADAMS René, WOUTERS Joannes.

On the plinth is the text:

"TO THE ERE YOU COUNTRY FOR WHICH OUR FATHERS FIGHTED / OUR HEART BELONGS TO OUR GOOD AND BLOOD / THE BORDER WAS EVER CROSSED BY STRANGERS / WE RISED WITH FLEMISH HEROISM"

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge