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War Memorial Oostham

This monument at the Memorial Park in Oostham commemorates the military and civilian victims of the First and Second World War, residents of Oostmechelen, a sub-municipality of Ham.

First World War
BRIERS Henri, Aarschot 19 August 1914
GESTELS Louis, Kaaskerke 24 October 1914
JORIS Remi, Waarschoot 8 November 1918
PEETERS Alfons, Mannheim (G) 10 November 1918
VANDEBOSCH Petrus, Manscholt (G) 8 November 1918
VANDEWOUWER Eugeen, Zuidschote 26 April 1915
VAN LEEUWEN Petrus , Sint-Michiels 17 November 1918
VERHEYEN Petrus, Boezinge 17 October 1916
VRANCKX Isidoor, Adinkerke 6 July 1916

Second World War
SMOLDERS Petrus, soldier 29th Line, Zevenkerken 27 May 1940
MAES Matthieu, resistance fighter, executed in Leopoldsburg on 15 July 1944
CELEN Felix, deported, Appolensdorf (G) 30 January 19145
CROONENBORGHS Frans, deported, Blankenburg (G) 16 February 1945
ICKMANS Madeleine, political prisoner, Belsich (G) 20 April 1945
SCRAEPEN Georges, deported, Trelleborg (Sw) 5 May 1945
SCRAEPEN Marcel, deported, Buchenwald (G) 24 August 1944
VANDEZANDE Virgine, political prisoner, Belsich (G) 20 October 1944

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Source

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