Funerary Memorial Executed Civilians Louette-St. Pierre

Louette-St.Pierre cemetery contains a funerary monument for those who were executed during the First World War.

In front :
"God's righteousness will have its hour"

"Louette-St-Pierre
To his executed

BALIGEON Hortense - 49 years
BUGNON Gaston - 37 years
COUSIN Ernest - 23 years
COUSIN Hector - 29 years
LAURENT Odile - 46 years
PAPER Marie - 72 years
WAUTHIER Ovide - 44 years

Fallen on August 23, 1914
under the blows of the barbarian Germans"

On the plinth:
"Those who died piously for the fatherland
have the right for the multitude to come to their graves and pray"

In August, the first frontier battles between the French and German armies took place.
The German army acted barbarically in this and sowed death and destruction.
Houses were set on fire and dozens of civilians were shot in cold blood as they passed through.

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Source

• Text: Marie-Christine Vinck
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck