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Memorial Executed and Resistance Fighters Micheroux

War memorial at Micheroux to commemorate the 24 civilians who were executed by the Germans during the First World War and the 8 resistance fighters who were killed during the Second World War.

Commemorated are the citizens who were shot in August 1914, the oldest was 74, the youngest aged 18 !

GARRAY Hubert, age 74
GERARDY Joseph, age 66
ROTHEUX Joseph, age 65
COONEN Hubert, age 64
PEVEÉ Guillaume, age 63
DENOEL Jean-Lambert, age 62
DEBAR Lambert, age 60
BOURGUIGNON Victor, age 57
PAUQUET Hubert, age 56
FRUSCH Guillaume, age 51
BLAISE Desiré, age 50
DANIEL Corneille, age 48
LEFIN André, age 48
DUBOIS Hubert, age 45
ROUSCHOP Pierre, age 45
CARRÉ Nicolas, age 44
GÉRARD Joseph, age 42
HORNAY Octave, age 35
ROTHEUX Jean, age 34
COONEN Laurent, age 30
WARNIER Michel, age 30
MAWET Joseph, age 28
HAUTVAST Jules, age 26
KOCH Arthur, age 25
BRIAN Denis, age 18

The commemorated 8 patriots

BONBOIRE Antoine, age 29, member of a resistance group, died Sept. 9, 1944, during a bombing.

DENOOZ Arnold, age 37, member of resistance group Front de l'Indépendence and the Armée Secret, executed on Oct. 28, 1943 in the Citadelle of Liège.
GERARDY Joseph, fallen member of the resistance.
GERARDY René, went missing, fate unknown at Mauthausen (D)
JEUNEHOMME Hubert, died in captivity in Germany
MEULENBERG Jean, age 50, member of the resistance, executed on September 6, 1944
PEVEÉ Joseph, member of the resistance who was killed
WISLET Henry, member of the resistance who was killed

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Source

  • Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge en Ed lewandowski
  • Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge (1, 2, 3), Ed Lewandowski (4, 5)
  • bel-memorial.org

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