Memorial Lieutenant General Tombeur

Charles Tombeur was born in Liège on May 4, 1867.
After his studies at the War School, attached to the Royal Military School of Belgium, he started in 1902 as a captain-commander for the Independent State of Congo.
After 3 years in Belgium he returned to Africa and between 1912 and 1914 he became state inspector and administrator of the province of Katanga.
From February 23, 1915, he was the Commander in Chief of the Public Force in East Africa.
In 1916 he commanded the Public Defense Forces of the Belgian Congo.
On September 19, 1916, he was victorious at the battle of Tabora, the most important city in German East Africa.
The day after this victory, he handed over command to Lieutenant Colonel Armand Huyghé and became Commander-in-Chief of the occupation forces of the future Ruanda-Urundi until November 22, 1916.
In 1917 he was appointed vice-governor of the Belgian Congo, after which he resumed the position of general administrator of the province of Katanga from 1918 to 1920.
As a token of recognition, he was given the title of baron by King Albert I on December 29, 1926 and was allowed to add the name Tabora to his family name.

In Saint-Gilles, a monument to Charles Tombeur de Tabora was inaugurated on 24 June 1951 with a bronze bust by Jacques Marin.
In some cities, including in Africa, a street was named after him as a tribute.

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