Memorial Edouard Gerard Sallenelles

This plaque has been erected in memory of Edouard Gerard. He was the first Belgian who died in Normandy. He rests at the Ranville War Cemetery.

The text on the plaque:
ICI TOMBAIT AU CHAMP D'HONNEUR
LE 16 AOÛT 1944
LE PREMIER SOLDAT BELGE
DE LA BRIGADE PIRON
EDOUARD GERARD
ORIGINAIRE DE DINANT (BELGIQUE)
IL AVAIT 20 ANS
OFFERT PAR SA VILLE NATALE

The translation of the text:
HERE DIED ON THE FIELD OF HONOR
ON 16 AUGUST 1944
THE FIRST BELGIAN SOLDIER
FROM THE BRIGADE PRION
EDOUARD GERARD
FROM DINANT (BELGIUM)
HE WAS 20 YEARS OLD
OFFERED BY HIS HOME TOWN

Also commemorated in his adopted home town of Keston, Bromley Greater London where he settled when fleeing Belgium.

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Source

• Text: Jente de Roust
• Photos: Jente de Roust