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Memorial Fallen Belgian Soldiers Houlgate

(France - Basse-Normandie - Houlgate)

This memorial has been erected in memory of the Belgian soldiers who died on 21 August 1944 near Houlgate.

The text on the memorial:
A LA MEMOIRE DES SOLDATS
DE LA 1ERE BRIGADE BELGE
TOMBE A HOULGATE
LE 21 AOÛT 1944

BEKAERT FRANÇOIS
BETBEZE MARCEL
DEGROOTE HYPPOLITE
CURHEM PIERRE
JADON LUCIEN

The translation:
IN MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS
FROM THE FIRST BELGIAN BRIGADE
WHO FELL IN HOULGATE
ON 21 AUGUST 1944

BEKAERT FRANÇOIS
BETBEZE MARCEL
DEGROOTE HYPPOLITE
CURHEM PIERRE
JADON LUCIEN