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War Memorial Villeroux

Commemorative plate to the left of the portal of the church in Villeroux, hamlet of Chastre, to remember the military and the civilian victims of the First World War.
An identical plaque is located on the facades of the churches in Blanmont and Chastre.

The names on the monument:
Soldiers: ALEXANDRE Georges, Münster (G) 29 January 1915; COLSON Jules, Calais (F) 19 January 1915 ; DAIX Joseph, Haacht 11 September 1914 ; DUBOIS Jules ; LARDINOIS Henri, Brugge 28 October 1918; LECOCQ Désiré, Avon-les-Roches (F) 22 May 1917; LORGE Léon, Ramskapelle, 26 October 1914;
Civilians: GRUSELLE Joseph; ROMAIN Auguste.

Commemorative plate to the right of the portal of the church in Villeroux, hamlet of Chastre. to remember the military and the civilian victims of the Second World War.

The plaque also commemorates 27 French soldiers who died on the territory of the municipalities Chastre, Villeroux and Blanmont in the Second World War.

An identical commemorative plate is located on the facades of the churches in Blanmont and Chastre.

Below the monument is a plaque of the veterans of the French Regiment 110th R.I. in honor of the Belgian soldiers.

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Source

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