War Memorial Kuringen

War memorial at Kuringen to commemorate the military and the civilian victims of the First and the Second World War.
Inscription on the monument; "CURINGEN / TO HIS / HEROES / 1914 – 1918"
At the bottom: '1940-1945'

The names on the monument:
First World War
VANEMPTEN Adolf, soldier Chasseurs Cavalry, Heist-Op-Den-Berg 22 September 1914
CALUWAERTS Frans, corporal 1st Grenadiers, Pervijze 25 October 1914
BROUWERS Edgard, Sergeant-Major 8th Line, Merendree 21 October 1918
VANDEBROEK Alphonse, soldier 1st Chasseurs, Calais (F) 6 November 1918
SCHOUTERDEN Jozef, soldier Transport Corps, Sint-Michiels-Brugge 9 November 1918
BORTELS Herman, soldier 14th Line, Adinkerke 23 December 1918

Second World War
HENDRICKX Sylvain, resistance fighter Secret Army, Spandau (D) 10 May 1945
VANDERSTEEN Karel, Camiers (F) 22 May 1940
MOTMANS Alfons, soldier 2nd Aviation, Aarschot 10 May 1940
VEREECKE Raoul, soldier 11th Line, Vinkt 25 May 1940
WEYGERS Joseph, deportee, Bruchmachtersen (G) 21 April 1945
HOEBANX Louis, resistance fighter Secret Army, Cardelegen (G) 1 April 1945

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• https://hasel.be/oorlogsmonument-kuringen-joris-van-oostenrijkstraat