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War Memorial Noville-sur-Mehaigne

War memorial at Noville-sur-Mehaigne to commemorate the military and the civilian victims of the First and the Second World War.

Inscriptions on the monument (translation):
“THE MUNICIPALITY
GRATEFUL”

1914 - 1918
Joseph BERTHOLET
Jules CHARLES, soldier Fortress Artillery, Champion (Fort Cognelée) 24 August 1914
Désiré CARLIER, soldier Fortress Artillery, Champion (Fort Cognelée) 23 August 1914
Georges DEWEZ, soldier 10th Artillery, Calais (F) 29 October 1918
Rene MATHY
Edouard PIEDFORT
Irma ROSART

1940 – 1945
Baroness Elisabeth Obert de Thieusies (1892-1945), resistance fighter active in the Comète resistance group. She died in the Ravensbrück concentration camp February/March 1945.
Baron Herman de Jamblinne de Meux (1922-1944), son of Louis de Jamblinne de Meux en Elisabeth Obert de Thieusies, resistance fighter Secret Army - Zone 1. He died in the Esterwegen concentration camp on 7 April 1944.
René PIERRE, soldier 1st Cyclist Group, Ypres 6 June 1940
René PIERAUX
Valerie THIRY
Henri THONE

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Source

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