War Memorial Lixhe

This memorial commemorates the inhabitants of Lixhe who died in the First and Second World Wars.

To be named separately, the monument is flanked on both sides by Austrian border posts. The posts show on one side the double-headed Austrian eagle, and on the other side the Dutch lion holding 7 arrows (the republic of the 7 united Netherlands). These date back to the 17th and 18th centuries when the two states bordered each other. The border stones have been repositioned at the discretion of the municipality, as in Moelingen, for example, where they stand at the bridge over the Berwinne.

Commemorated are the veterans, the fallen soldiers and civilians killed by violence during the First World War;

DE BROGNIEZ Henri, age 30, born in Lixhe, lieutenant in the 4th artillery regiment (75 mm rapid fire guns) killed by shrapnel in Oostkerke on March 20, 1916.

COLENS Jean, age 32, born in Lixhe, soldier in the 1 regiment artillery (75 mm rapid fire guns), died after the war in the military hospital in Liège on February 20, 1919, from the effects of inhaled war gases. He is buried at the cemetery near the church of Lixhe.

DAS Michael, age 34, from Lixhe, soldier in the 14th Line Regiment, died on October 15, 1918 from probably Spanish Flu at Bayonne (France). He is buried at the cemetery near the church of Lixhe.

BERTHUS Mathieu, age 21, from Lixhe, soldier in the 14th line regiment, missing since October 24, 1914 at Saint George.

MEYERS Joseph, age 21, born in Lixhe, soldier in the 11th line regiment, died of wounds and illness at the military hospital in Adinkerke on January 29, 1916.

MORDANT Pierre, age 23, born in Lixhe, soldier with the 26th line regiment, missing from Rotselaar since September 12, 1914.

SERONVAL Henri, age 23, from Lixhe, soldier with the 14th line regiment, killed on October 23, 1914 at Saint-Joris, but missing since then.

Civilians killed

DE MOOR A., no details known.

DE MOOR A., no details known.

DE MOOR C., no details known.

DEMARET N., no details known.

CHARPENTIER J., no details known.

PHILIPPART J., no details known.

PLILERS H., died in captivity on July 26, 1916. He is buried at the cemetery near the church of Lixhe.

FONTAINE Lambert, 51, political prisoner, died in captivity at Rheinbach prison in Nordrein-Westphalen on July 22, 1917.



CONJAERTS Nicolas, age 22, recovered at Lixhe, soldier with the airdefence (Défence terrestre contre aéronefs, D.T.C.A.), killed at Zomergem on May 25, 1940. He is buried on the cemetery near the church of Lixhe.

D'HONT Marcel, age 22, from Lixhe, soldier in the 2nd regiment Cyclistes Frontières, killed on May 15, 1940 in Vissoul. He is buried on the cemetery near the church of Lixhe.

ONCLIN Albert, age 20, born in Lixhe, soldier of the 2nd regiment Cyclistes Frontières, killed on May 18, 1940 in Wolvertem. He is buried at cemetery near the church of Lixhe.

SCHETTERS Louis, age 25, resistent, shot near the Citadelle of Liège on January 4. He is buried on the cemetery near the church of Lixhe.

MAYERS Lambert (father), age 42, from Lixhe, taken as a prisoner to France by the German army and executed there in revenge for the death of two German soldiers killed in an aerial bombardment, on May 22, 1940. He is buried at the cemetery near the church of Lixhe.

MAYERS Lambert (son), age 15 !, from Lixhe, from Lixhe, taken as a prisoner to France by the German army and executed there as revenge for the death of two German soldiers killed in an aerial bombardment, executed on May 22, 1940. He is buried at the cemetery near the church of Lixhe.

ERKENS Ferdinand, 34 years old, born in Lixhe, resistent with the Armée Secret, executed in Hasselt on January 19, 1944.

PHILIPPET Jean, political prisoner, died of hardship in Mauthausen concentration camp (Austria) on Nov. 19, 1943. He is remembered with a cenotaph at the cemetery near the church of Lixhe.

COX François, no further details known.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski (1, 2), Jos Birx (3, 4, 5)