War memorial to fallen German soldiers from Robertville

This monument at Robertville commemorates the fallen German soldiers during the 1st World War.

Robertville is located in Eupen-Malmedy. This area passed to Belgium with the Treaty of Versailles as part of the reparations. Today it is still a German-speaking area.

The strange thing, however, is that all the names are written in French. Probably under the condition that the names came in French on the monument, the population was allowed to erect this monument on May 18, 1924. The monument also does not refer to German soldiers or victims, but rather to the heros and martyrs of Robertville in general.

At the Volksbond Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge you can find the names in German. (Not all names could be found in the German register, which still has many gaps or data are only partially present.)


The fallen soldiers are listed on the monument in order of the day they died. Below they are listed in alphabetical order.

BASTIN Henri, killed December 24, 1914

BASTIN Jean-Baptiste, killed 18 July 1918

BEURTHIER Jean-Michel, killed October 1, 1918

BEURTHIER Louis, fallen 8 November 1915

BLESGEN Louis, known as BLESGEN Ludwig, cannoneer, killed in France and buried at Tiaucourt-Regniéville

FAGNOUL Eugene, killed 22 November 1914

GEHLEN Hubert, killed December 24, 1914

HUPPERTZ Clement, killed March 9, 1916

JENCHENNE Clement, killed 2 August 1917

JUSTIN Joseph, killed April 12, 1918

JUSTIN Leon, killed October 11, 1918

LECOQ Adolphe, fallen 2 March 1915

LEJOLY Henri, fallen 16 April 1917

LEJOLY Leonard, killed July 13, 1918

LEJOLY Martin, killed 28 November 1917

LEMAIRE Dominique, age 19, known as LEMAIRE Dominik, driver, killed in France, buried at Le Cateau (Fr)

MARICHAL François, killed 11 November 1916

MICHEL Jean, killed 26 November 1918

MICHEL François, killed November 9, 1915

NAILIS Jean-Baptiste, known as NAILIS Johann Baptist, wehrmann, killed at Vouziers (France) December 9, 1914

NAILIS Jules, killed January 8, 1916

PETERS François, killed August 18, 1916

SOLHEID Jean-Baptiste, fallen 10 September 1917

TOUSSAINT Eduard, killed August 27, 1914

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski
• www.volksbund.de