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War Memorial Sint-Pieters-Kapelle

War memorial at the churchyard of Sint-Pieters-Kapelle to commemorate the military and the civilian victims of the First and the Second World War.

The names on the monument:
First World War:
Soldiers: MERTENS Romaan, killed in Houtem on August 18, 1914; DEBOECK Karel, died in Opwijk on September 27, 1914; BORREMANS Nestor, killed in Diksmuide on August 2, 1915; DENEYER Ernest, died in De Panne on May 19, 1915; ROOSENS Frans, killed in Boezinge on September 18, 1916; WAYEMBERGH Emiel, died in Passendale on September 28, 1918; OST Petrus, died in Avrigny (F) on November 7, 1918.
Citizens: JANSSENS Victor, deported, died in Charleroi on February 28, 1917; JACOBS Victor, deported, died in Liège on February 24, 1917, DIERICKX Raymond, hit by a bomb in Sint-Pieters-Kapelle on November 9, 1918.

WWII:
Soldiers: LANGENDRIES Maurice, De Panne May 21, 1940; BACCART Charles, Tielt May 28, 1940; BARBE Omer, died in concentration camp Kalha (D) in March 1945.
Citizens: LE BLANC Marie-Helene, Sint-Pieters-Kapelle May 16, 1940; TIMMERMANS Maurice, Sint-Pieters-Kapelle May 16, 1940, WAYEMBERGH Leopold, Ronse May 19, 1940; HENDRICKX Hubert, Sint-Maria-Kerke, May 26, 1940; VANDERROOST Laurent, Sint-Pieters-Kapelle September 3, 1944, VANDERROOST Lucien, Sint-Pieters-Kapelle September 3, 1944.

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Source

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

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