Memorial The Mourning Widow

This monument "the Mourning Widow" commemorates the victims who fell on 11-14 May 1940, when the German invaders, advancing from Leopoldsburg, tried to cross the Albert Canal at Kwaadmechelen to continue westwards.

First Regiment Carabiniers Prince Boudewijn
BERTHOLET Jean, First Sergeant Major
GELLENS Jean, Sergeant
KESTEMONT Hector, Sergeant
DESTOQUI Victor, Corporal
VANDERSAENEN Henri, Corporal
ANTHOON Leon, Private
DE WOLF Englebert, Private
DURAND Maurice, Private
NOEL Germain, Private
RENOUPREZ Georges, Private
VAN CORENLAND Joseph, Private

First Grenadiers Regiment
VANDEKERKHOVE Joseph, Corporal
ROCHETTE Ferdinand, Private
LAUWERS Antoon, Private
PROVOST Marcel, Private
VERROKEN Kamiel, Private

Second Guides Regiment
Van MALDEGHEM Pierre, Lieutenant
PAULUS René, Private

Eskadron Cyclists – Sixth Infantry Division
VANDERBEKEN Paul, Guardsman
DE BOECK Kamiel, Private
DE CROOS Octave, Private
DE MENTEN DE HORNE Georges, Private
GOOSSENS Jean-Baptiste, Private
RENDERS Firmin, Private
SARTENAAR Albert, Private
STIPS Charles, Private

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Source

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