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Memorial Cemetery Rance

At the municipal cemetery around the monument a kind of honorary has been made with some memorial stones, including one for:
Auguste CATOIRE, died for France
Jules GERIN, murdered on May 14, 1940, 50 years old.
Gerard TONKA, civilian victim (child).

Next to the monument is also a memento: "Souvenir of the 1914-1918 war", made in school year 2013-2014 as a project "Preserving the memory".

It contains the names of the fallen soldiers:
Above: Fernand BERTAUX - Emile BOMBLED - Auguste CATOIRE - Joseph CHARDON - Auguste DESILLE - Jules DESORNE
Middle: Eugène DUMOULIN - Gaston GILLION - Camille LECLERCQ - Adolphe LEFLAND - Raoul MERCIER
Below: Paul PETIT - Fernand PINTHIER - René RICHOUX - Célestin ROSSI -
Louis Albert VEEN - Julien WAUTELET.

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Source

  • Text: Marie-Christine Vinck
  • Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck

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