War Memorial Ham-sur-Sambre

War memorial at Ham-sur-Sambre to commemorate the military and the civilian victims of the First and the Second World War.
Inscription on the monument (translation): "TO / THE / CHILDREN / OF / HAM-SUR-SAMBRE / WHO DIED FOR / THE FATHERLAND"

First World War
Soldiers
DENIL Jules, soldier 6th Artillery, Koksijde 9 April 1918
GROLET Louis, soldier Fortress Artillery, Münster (D) 29 December 1917
NANIOT Joseph, soldier 1st Guides, Bruges 21 October 1918
ALBERT Joseph, soldier 8th Line, Kaaskerke, 2 February 1916
FRANCOIS Arthur, soldier 14th Artillery, De Panne 14 October 1918
JEANMART Pierre, soldier 13th Line, Berlare 6 October 1914
BARTHOLOME Alexandre, soldier 13th Line, Klerken 18 October 1914
Deported Civilians
STEVENNE Edmond
DOUMONT Jean
LAMBIOTTE Joseph

Second World War
Soldiers
BODART Jules, soldier IV Bon Gn., Kehrum (D) 13 March 1945
DELORGE Pierre, soldier Vest. R. Namur, Veurne 29 May 1940
GROLET Victor, soldier Vest. R Namur, Malonne 25 May 1940
PETRISSE Albert, Lieutenant-Aviator RAF, Wehnsen-Soltace (G) 19 April 1945
RIGUELLE Arthur, soldier 11th Chasseurs, Osnabruck (D) 27 September 1944
Political prisoners
CAVALIER Eugène
CAVALIER Jean
DOUMONT Henri
ELOY Joseph
GROLET Jules

There is a memorial for Albert PETRISSE, a gendarme who joined the Belgian forces in Great Britain and enlisted in the RAF. He was shot down over enemy territory near Wehnsen-Soltace (D) on 19 April 1945.

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Source

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