War Memorial Barbençon

War memorial at Barbençon to commemorate the military and the civilian victims of the First and the Second World War.

First World War
VAN DEN AVENNE René, soldier 22nd Line, Diksmuide 17 October 1916
MORMAL Gaston, soldier 1st Chasseurs, Sint-Margriete-Houtem 18 August 1914
COLINET René, deported

Second World War
SCHELFHOUT, political prisoner

Text on the monument (translation) : “TRIBUTE / TO OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS / WHO DIED FOR THE FATHERLAND”

Plaque World War II (translation) : “GRATITUDE / TO ALL WAR VICTIMS 40-45 / OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BARBENCON”

Plaque 1944 - 2024 (translation) : “COMMEMORATION OF THE 80th ANNIVERSARY / OF THE LIBERATION OF BARBENCON / THE GRATEFUL INHABITANTS”

Plaque on the monument to commemorate the centennial of the First World War and in memory of the fallen of this war.

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Source

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