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Monument to the 13th Line Regiment Namur

The monument to the fallen of the 13th line regiment features a bronze statue of a soldier at the top, made by sculptor Jules Pecher.
It was inaugurated in 1930 in honor of the soldiers who fought in the First World War and the Ten Days Campaign.

The text at the front is in the 2 national languages:

" To the officers
Under officers
Corporals and
Soldiers of it
13th Line Regiment
died for
Belgium
1914-1918 "

The open book reads on the left: 13th - right: Our heroes

It says on the sides
left: "LA LYS
1940 - 1945

NAMUR
MERCKEM"

At the back "ZARREN "

Right :

"DENDERMONDE
HANZAEME"

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar
  • Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck

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