Memorial French General Richard

Text on the memorial plaque (translation):
"1914 - 1918
To General Richard
During the war
he defended his country.
After the war
he defended his
former brothers in arms.
The grateful one
Luxembourg fighters "

Edouard Richard had a military career. In 1878 he joined the 9th Line Regiment as a volunteer. In 1885 he transferred to the 12th Line with the grade of sub-lieutenant and in 1891 he joined the grenadiers.
Between 1891 and 1898 he stayed in the Belgian Congo where he had to train the local soldiers. He established military camps there. Later he was inspector of the training camps and accounts.
In the meantime, his military career continued and in 1912 he was promoted to major.
After the Belgian Congo he reintegrated into the Belgian army.
He was a major when the First World War broke out. On September 12, 1914 he was wounded for the first time in Werchter. He fought first with the First Regiment of Carabiniers and then with the Third Chasseurs on Foot. He was injured again in Diksmuide
November 21, 1915.
In 1916, with the degree of colonel, he was commander of the Twelfth Infantry Brigade and from April 1917 he commanded an infantry division, with whom he saw the last offensives until the end of the war.
On June 26, 1919, he left the army with the grade of lieutenant general.
He entered politics and in November 1921 he was elected Catholic
representative for the Neufchâteau-Virton district. He fulfilled this mandate until his premature death at the end of 1925.