War Memorial Dréhance

The war memorial is on the facade of St. Geneviève. church

"Grateful to our war victims
Dréhance
1914 – 1918"

Below are the names of the soldiers and deportees of the First World War as well as the names of the victims of Dinant.
On August 23, 1914, all hell broke loose. The Germans launched a major attack and it immediately became clear that they regarded both the French and the inhabitants of Dinant as enemies.
Civilians are immediately murdered on a large scale in various neighborhoods.
These attacks also resulted in casualties in Dréhance.

The monument also contains a fallen soldier from the Second World War.

There is another large stone on the ground to the right:
"1940 – 1945
To our fighters.
prisoners,
deportees"

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck