War Memorial Leuze

War memorial near the church at Leuze to commemorate the military and the civilian victims of the First and the Second World War.

Inscriptions on the monument (translation):
“LEUZE
TO HIS
CHILDREN”

1914 - 1918
Soldiers
GATOT Leon, soldier Fortress Artillery Namur, Dassoulx 23 August 1914
HENEFFE Omer, soldier Fortress Artillery Namur, Giessen (D) 8 May 1915
LEROY Léon, soldier 1st Line, Beuzet 17 August 1914
SERVAIS Edouard, soldier Fortress Artillery Namur, Niederzwehren (D) 11 February 1917
Executed civilians
BAUDOUL Désiré, GEULETTE Joséphine, GUSTIN Marie-Joseph, RONVAUX Arthur, WAUTIER Georges
Deported civilians
DEFAYS Adrien, GRANDFILS Georges, ROSSEEL Daniel

1940 – 1945
Soldiers
BAUGNIET Florimond, soldier Fortified Fortress Namur, Königsberg (D) 6 February 1945
BILENS Désiré, soldier Fortified Fortress Namur, Moscow area (Russia) 1 December 1945
DREZE Louis, resistance fighter Lieutenant Secret Army, Offenburg (D) 26 March 1943
LEONARD Joseph, soldier 20th Line, Mutzig (F) 18 May 1945
TOUNE Arthur, soldier GRT, Leuze 12 June 1940
MAHY Arthur, soldier 7th Line, Amtzell (D) 28 April 1942
Civilians
CONARD Gaston, DESTREE Denise, DEVILLERS Maria
Political prisoner
BAIVIER Alexis

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Koen Swennen