Memorial 11st Regiment French Foreign Legion

This memorial in the woods of Inor commemorates the soldiers of the 11th Regiment French Foreign Legion (Régiment de Marche de Volontaires Étrangers), who fell here in May 1940.

Text on the monument:

AUX HEROS TOMBES
DANS LE BOIS
D'INOR
21 MAI - 9 JUIN - 1940
LEGION ETRANGERE
LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA

Translated to English:

For the heroes who
fell in the woods
of Inor
21 May - 9 June - 1940
French Foreign Legion
The Legion is our Fatherland

There also a plaque on the monument ​​in memory of the Belgian legionnaire André Colen who was killed here on 22 May 1940.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar.nl
• Photos: Rende van de Kamp
• KAMP, R. VAN DE, Geen mannen, maar duivels!, QV Uitgeverij, Nijmegen, 2014.