War Memorial Caudry

This war memorial was inaugurated on October 1, 1922 in memory of the 455 fallen of Caudry during the 1st World War.

The inscription reads: « Aux Enfants de Caudry – Mort pour la France » - « 1914-1918 »

Caudry has been through the war twice, first because of the fallen men in uniform of the city and second because of the suffering of the population during the German occupation.
The image reflects the ultimate sacrifice of the French soldier for the defense of his homeland on the ruins of the battlefield held by Victoria with olive branch.
In addition, a seated child with a garland of flowers indifferent to the violence of war as a sign of private mourning. On the pedestal 4 bronze inlaid bronze cassettes with the following themes:

* A soldier in the trenches lost in thought with no news from the occupied home front with the village square in the background.
* The compulsory evacuation to the unknown of October 1, 1918 under the watchful eye of the German soldiers.
* The joy of the civilian population after the arrival of the British vanguard on October 10, 1918 with the lorries full of provisions that brought rescue from the famine caused by the Spanish flu.
* The graves, the ruins and the victims, a blind amputee soldier supported by a nurse approaches a grave where the parents mourn.

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