War Memorial Villers-Perwin
War memorial at Villers-Perwin to commemorate the military and the civilian victims of the First World War. The monument contains an effigy of King Albert I.
Inscriptions (translation): "VILLERS-PERWIN / TO HIS / GLORIOUS DEFENDERS"
Plaque on the monument to commemorate the centennial of the First World War and in memory of the fallen of this war.
A second monument, left behind the monument of the First World War, commemorates the victims of the Second World War.
Inscription (translation): « VILLERS PERWIN TO HIS COMBATTANTS 1940-1945 / DIED FOR THE FATHERLAND / AND TO HIS BROTHERS IN ARMS"
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Source
- Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
- Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
- https://www.villers-perwin.be/
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Crash site
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