Memorial Grune

There are several memorial plaques for the two world wars on the wall of the cemetery in Grune. On the left the names of 1914-1918, on the right the names of 1940-1945.
In the middle there are small pictures with the names of the civilian victims and those of those shot in Bande.

The village of Bande is known for the massacre that took place here on Christmas Eve 1944. That evening, 34 young people from the village were cowardly murdered by the Germans in a dilapidated house along the N4. Three of them came from Grune.

Left: "Grune to its heroes 1914-1918"
Warrior: THOMAS Aimé
Died for the Fatherland : CAMBIER Cyrille - CHARLIER Cyrille – COLLIGNON Julien Victor René – DENIS Camille – EVRARD Julien – GIGOT Firmin – GUSTIN Eloi – HENRY Camille – HOUSSA Fernand Robert – LEROY Nestor Arthur Joseph – MERCY Arthur – MERGEAY Theophile Joseph – PEMMERS Marcel – ROISEUX Omer Albert – SERVAIS Emile – THOMAS Arthur Fernand – VIATOUR Augustin – WALIN Jules
Deportees: COLLIGNON Michel – GRALINGER Edgard – Clovis – HENRY Walthere – MERCY Alexic –– PAUL Emile - PREMONT Emile – THIRY Henri – YASSE Fernand
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Middle: Executed 24.12.1944: Louis PETRON – Alphonse LEROY – Paul SMITZ
Civilian casualties: MACOIR Julien – MATAGNE Laure

Right: "Grune to its heroes 1940-1945"
Prisoners and fighters: Abbé CHALON – COLLARD Alexandre – COETSIER Joseph – GENGOUX François – LAPRAILLE Arthur – LAYON Joseph – René – MANGIAUX Fernand – MERGEAY Arsène – MAILLEUX Joseph – COLLIGNON René – DAVID Jules – CONRAEDT Joseph – DELSEMME Lambert – EVRARD René – GRALINGER Camille Charles Edgard Georges Joseph – LEJEUNE Louis – MATAGNE Joseph – MINY Emile André Oswald – NIVARGET Jacques – PREMONT Eli – ROISEUX Albert – RULKIN Celestin – THOMAS Henri – WARNIER Albert – GUILBERT Florent – LEROY Alfred – MERCY Alexis – MERGEAY Alphonse Clement Jules Lambert – SMITZ Leon – WIGNY Armand – YASSE Fernand.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck