Memorial First World War Cheratte

Memorial Plaque First World War Cheratte

The text says:

Noublions j'amais
Dans la nuit du 5 au 6 aout 1914 les barbares teutons fusillerent sans jugement deux civils

Cosmes Maurice, de Visé, age de 18 ans
et un vieillard inconnu

FNC Cheratte

Translation:

in lasting memory

In the night of August 5 to 6, 1914, the Teutonic (old name for the Germans) barbarians shot two civilians without justice.

Cosmes Maurice, from Visé, aged 18 years.
And an unknown elder.

FNC Cheratte (abbreviation of 'la Fédération Nationale des Combatants' National federation of veterans, from the Cheratte region)

Most surtain this is the unknown victim who is buried on the cemetery of Cheratte in the tomb of the unknown 2 km to the south.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski