War Memorial Ernage

War memorial at Ernage to commemorate the military and the civilian victims of the First and the Second World War.
Inscription on the monument (translation):
“TO THE HEROES / AND MARTYRS / WHO DIED FOR THEIR FATHERLAND”
“THE MUNICIPALITY OF ERNAGE / GRATITUDE TO THE OFFICERS / NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS CORPORALS / AND FRENCH SOLDIERS HONOURABLY DIED / ON ITS TERRITORY / DURING THE BATTLES OF MAY 1940”

1914 – 1918
Soldiers
PIERARD Omer, soldier 10th Artillery, Pervijze 27 October 1914
DELVAUX Eugène, corporal 2nd Grenadiers, Sint-Jan 28 September 1918
DENAMUR Louis, soldier 9th Line, Aarschot 19 August 1914
CALS Camille, sergeant 9th Fortress Artillery Namur, died in captivity at Scheuen-Celle (G) 14 November 1918
Deportees
ROMAN Augustin, died in deportation in Cassel (F) 9 March 1917
BERGER Emile, died in deportation in Wittenberg 16 December 1916

1940 - 1945
Soldiers
LABARRE Emile, soldier Fortification Namur, Stablack (D) 12 February 1945
MARY Joseph, corporal 43rd Line, Passendale 27 May 1940
GRAND-HENRI Jean, soldier G.V.C.E., Ernage 12 May 1940
Resistance fighter
BALZA Georges, resistance fighter killed in Nil-Saint-Vincent on 7 September 1944
Civilians
BERGER Georges, BALZA Martha, GILLAIN Maria, MALBURNY Joseph, SOUIFLET Désiré, RONVAL Marie, BALZA Marie

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Source

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