War Memorial Aveluy

This memorial, in the shape of a pillar topped with a Gallic rooster, stands in the center of Aveluy. The inscriptions 1914-1918 commemorate “The Great War.” At the bottom are plaques bearing the names of soldiers and civilian victims of both World Wars, as well as the name of one soldier who died during the Algerian War and another who fell during the First Indochina War.

First World War (1914-1918)
SCRIBE Charles Adolphe † 7.9.1914
DUPONT Jules Maurice † 13.10.1914
LERICHE Eugène † 24.8.1917
POCHON Georges † 4.9.1917
MAILLARD Émilien † juni 1918
THUILLIEZ Alcide † 21.9.1918
THORELLE Charles † 6.10.1918

Second World War (1939-1945)
PANIER Henri Aviateur † 16.6.1940
LEGRAND Léon Marin † 20.5.1940
DROUARD Gaston 136e † 28.5.1945
GREUIN Gaston
DEVILLERS Georges (Deported)

First Indochina War (1946-1954)
VACQUIE Charles † 17.1.1947

Algerian War (1954-1962)
WAILLY Guy † 19.11.1958

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Koos Winkelman