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Memorial First World War Sombreffe

On the occasion of 100 years of the Armistice, a memorial was inaugurated at the town hall in Sombreffe on 11 November 2018.

The monument commemorates the military and civilian victims and the deceased deportees of the First World War of the municipalities Boignée, Ligny, Sombreffe and Tongrinne.

The names on the monument :
Military victims
BONDERIDER Fernand, BOUFFIOUX Vital, BUCHET Armand, CARPENT Gustave, DELBROUCK Fernand, DEPRE Lambert, FICHEFET Maurice, FIEVET Georges, GRIVILLIER Emile, HENNAU Gustave, JASSOGNE Ephrem, LECOCQ Fernand, LECOMTE Nestor, LEGARDIEN Auguste, MAROYE Elisée, MICHAUX Emile, RUBAY René, SOMVILLE François Joseph, TOURNEUR Arthur
Civilians
BRUYR Maria, COLIN R., DUPONT Marie-Louise, FOUARGE Michel, MAROYE Emile, PAULUS Roger, SCHILT Désiré, SOMVILLE Victor
Deportees
BEAUCLAIR Léopold, BOUFFIOUX Pierre, GENOT Alexandre, GILLAIN Fernand

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Source

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