War Memorial Battincourt

War memorial at Battincourt to commemorate the military and the civilian victims of the First and the Second World War. The monument also commemorates the veterans of the First World War.

Text on the monument (translation): "BATTINCOURT / TO HIS / CHILDREN / DIED / FOR THE FATHERLAND"

First World War
FICHANT Ernest (B), soldier 1st Guides, Budingen 18 August 1914
JEANJEAN Jean-Baptiste (B), soldier 10th Line, Namur 22 August 1914
WISELER Henri (B), soldier 10th Line, IJzer 24 October 1914
TONNELIER Paul (F), Graonne July 17, 1914

Second World War
MATHAY Albert (B), corporal 1st Chasseurs Ardennais, Menufontaine 10 May 1945
ROSMAN Celestin (B), soldier 6th Chasseurs Ardennais, Huy 12 May 1940
SCHWINDT Jean-Baptiste (B), soldier 1st Chasseurs Ardennais, Fauvillers 10 May 1940
THIES Emile (B ), soldier 2nd Chasseurs Ardennais, Borlon 11 May 1940
SEMES Roland (F), Algeria 27 July 1943
GENIN Jean-Baptiste (B), resistance fighter, hanged by the German Gestapo in Arlon on 31 August 1944

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Source

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