War Memorial Boignée

The war memorial in Boignée commemorates a veteran of the Belgian Revolution and a civilian victim of the First World War. There were no military casualties of the First World War.
Combatant of 1830
CLAREMBAUX Emmanuel (1809 – 1899)
Civilian victim
DUPONT Marie-Louise, shot by German soldiers in Boignée on 21 August 1914.
The monument also mentions the names of the soldiers and deportees who survived the war.

Behind the monument is a memorial of the military and civilian victims of the Second World War.
Text (translation): "TRIBUTE / TO THE SOLDIERS THE PRISONERS THE RESISTANCE FIGHTERS / AND DEPORTES OF THE WAR 1940 – 1945"
Military casualty
VANROSSOMME Fernand, soldier 43rd Line, Passchendaele 27 May 1940
Civilian casualties
COCHIN Jean-Baptiste, Charleroi 20 May 1940
ROUSSEAU Jules and DEBROUX Clara, Oostvleteren 29 May 1940
WINAND Maria, Quesnoy (F) 20 May 1940

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge