Memorial Lieutenant General Dossin de Saint-Georges

In front of the portal of the La Cambre Abbey is the monument to General Dossin de Saint-Georges (1854-1936), designed by the architect François Malfait and inaugurated in 1938.
In the center of the monument, the bust of General Dossin de Saint-Georges by the sculptor Eugène De Bremaecker; on the left the bas-relief illustrating the Retreat from Antwerp by Jules Berchmans (1883-1951) and on the right the bas-relief representing the Battle of Saint George by Lucien Hoffman (1891-1951).

During the First World War, Lieutenant General Dossin was commander of the 2nd Division of the Belgian Army with the 6th and 7th Line Regiments.
He particularly distinguished himself during the retreat from Antwerp and during the Battle of Saint George.
In October 1914, the lock keeper Henri Geeraert proposed to the General Staff a way to flood the Yser Plain in order to definitively stop the advance of the German army. This meant that the lock gates were opened at rising tide and closed at falling tide. King Albert I approved this plan. The flooding operations of the Yser Plain were led by General Dossin, which gave him the honor in 1932 to add to his surname the name of this battlefield "Saint-Georges".
After the war he received various decorations in Belgium, England, the Netherlands and Romania. He received a gift of nobility and the title of baron from King Albert I on January 10, 1934. In 1936 the barracks in Mechelen got its name.
A street in Ixelles was named after him.
Emile Dossin ended his army career with the rank of lieutenant general of the infantry.

Sources : BE-Monumen – "Monuments to great men"
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• Text: Marie-Christine Vinck
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck