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War Memorial Zottegem

The war memorial in Zottegem commemorates the military and civilian casualties of the First World War.
The names on the monument:

Military casualties: Leon Bernaeyge, Robert Droesbecque, Emiel Antaert, Oscar Cousy, Oscar De Smet, Armand Van der Schueren, Leon De Rouck, Gilbert Van Breuseghem, Karel-Lodewijk Ardijns, Albert Baeyens, Robert Blauwaert, Jules Brewaeys, Georges Brunfaut, Karel Cantaert, Victor Coolens, Oscar Cromphout, Vital De Corte, Jules De Koker, Albert De Naeyer, Jozef De Smet, Gustaaf De Stoepel, Adhemar De Sutter, Jules De Sutter, Aloïs De Sutter, Karel Ketsman, Omer Ketsman, Romain Lagaert, Josef Mangeleer, Arthur Moreels, Léon Tavernier, Henri Thomas, Gustav Van der Stock, Modest Van de Sande, Robert Van de Sande

Civil victims: Richard De Winter, Alfred De Geyter, Jérome De Maret, Gustaaf Van de Wege, Oscar Lamarcq, René Van Daele

The war memorial bears the image of Désiré Vanden Bossche, executed by the Germans on March 2, 1916 in Masnuy-Saint-Jean.

The text on the monument:

"DESIDER (sic)
VANDEN BOSSCHE
DIED
FOR THE FATHERLAND
SHOT
AT MASNUY ST. JEAN
THE 2 MARCH 1916"


The war memorial also features the image of Léonce Roels, shot by the Germans on 2 March 1916 in Masnuy-Saint-Jean.

The text on the monument:

LEONCE ROLES
MORT POUR LA PATRIE
FUSILLE A MASNUY ST. JEAN
LE 2 MARS 1916
HOMAGE DES NOTAIRES
BELGES AND FRANÇAIS
A LEUR CONFRERE »

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