War Memorial Opoeteren

There are two memorials near the church in Opoeteren, a monument for the victims of the First World War and a monument for the victims of the Second World War.

First World War
“DIED FOR THE FATHERLAND”
TIESTERS Hendrik, soldier 11th Line, Mechelen, 5 September 1914
VANDEBOS Jan, soldier 1st Grenadiers, Pervijze 24 October 1914
MAESEN Hendrik, soldier 11th Line, Calais (F) 23 December 1914
“TRIBUTE AND THANKS
FROM NEEROETEREN”

Second World War
GIELEN Hendrik , 10 September 1944
OOSTERBOSCH Jan, 6 August 1944
HENNEKENS Jean, resistance fighter, executed in Gangelt (G) on 14 September 1944
STINKENS Hubert, resistance fighter, executed in Gangelt (G) on 14 September 1944
HILVEN Jean, resistance fighter, executed in Gangelt (G) on 14 September 1944
MULDERS Cornelius, 5 February 1945
SWENNEN Mathieu, 23 August 1944
VAN GEHUCHTEN Jozef, 13 November 1944
CUPPENS Jean, resistance fighter who died in the Neuengamme concentration camp (D) on 7 March 1945
HILVEN Maria, 11 May 1940

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Fedor de Vries (1, 2), Luc Van Waeyenberge (3, 4)