War Memorial Sluis

Text on the general memorial:

Liberation of Sluis
November 1, 1944

In memory
of the civilian victims of the Second World War
1940 - 1945

The damaged town

The inscription on the plaque on the left side of the memorial:

In commemoration of the citizens
who died
as a result of bombing,
shelling and fighting
during the liberation of the
Municipality of Sluis
in the month of October 1944

Inhabitants of Sluis, Age
Alfred van den Abeele 7
Judith van den Abeele 8
Arthur Bert 45
Gustaaf Beun 64
Johanna Bogaard-Bauer 65
Willem Boonman 51
Evelina Boonman 20
Frederik Brand 43
Anna Bruggeman-Dezutter 29
Medard van den Bussche 53
Marie van den Bussche 29
Mathilde van den Bussche-Declercq 61
Augusta Cammaert 45
Augusta Caniere-Dhondt 49
Stephania Coppens-de Roose 72
Urbanus De Rijcke 14
Victorius Declercq 60
Maria Declercq-van den Bussche 55
Jozina Dezutter-Merk 37
Joseph Dierick 69
Colleta Dobbelaere-Bommelé 74
Petrus van Gassen 37
Charles Hermans 38
Pieter de Hullu 49
Elizabeth Klop-de Bruine 26
Willy de Krijger 10
Theo de Krijger 13
Emma de Krijger-Pollé 42
Bertran lampo 30

The names of the vicims on the right side of the memorial:

Stephania Lampo van paemel 69
Judith Lampo-van Speybrouck 33
Henri Lannoije 47
Charles Lannoije 9
Julien de Lobel 5
Henri Matthijs 69
Johannes van der Meulen 67
Engelbertus van Morrelgem 55
Maria van Morrelgem-Couchuyt 61
Maria van Morrelgem-Dezutter 24
Edemondus Roedts 36
Ria Roedts 5
Anita Roedts 1
Augusta Roedts-Dobbelaere 35
Helena Tanghe 16
Charles Vermeersch 68
Jacobus Vijnckier 76
Amelia Vijnckier 71
Irma Vijnckier 39
Mathilda Vijnckier 36
Mathilde de Vos 19
Delphina de Vos-Geijsels 47
Arnold Wemaer 13
Willy Wemaer 10
Theo Wemaer 6
Franciscus van Winsberghe 36

Refugees from neighbouring municipalities

Petrus Crul 68 Middelburg (B)
Pharailde Crul-De Witte 65 Middelburg (B)
Melanie Cuelenaere 51 Aardenburg
Louisa Degroote-Wemaer 50 Knokke (B)
Paula Haegeman 27 Moerkerke (B)
Sylvie Haegeman-Cocquyt 58 Moerkerke (B)
Godelieve Jonckheere 11 Hoeke (B)
Robert Vertriest 9 Moerkerke (B)
Albert Devleesschouwer 36 Maldegem (B)


Sign ANWB text:

Belfort Sluis

A belfry is a four-sided tower building,
normally associated with a city or town
Market Hall. On top were the bells of the city
and from the 14th century on there was often a clock in the tower.
In the tower guards watched over the town,
downstairs the magistrate sat and administered justice
The belfry is characteristic of Flanders.
The belfry of Sluis (14th century) is the
only belfry in the Netherlands. In October 1944 it was
devastated due to the violence of war: restored in
1962. The tower is the picture of Jantje
of Sluis, the saviour of his town.

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Source

• Text: Mia van den Berg
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze (1, 2, 3), Mia van den Berg (4, 5)