French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part Nine – Steenwerck War Memorial

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Steenwerck war memorial.

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One of my personal favourites among the French war memorials I have visited.

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Now look, there’s not really an awful lot to write about this post,…

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…as the memorial is pretty self-explanatory.

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…apart from this plaque,…

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…which I would rather like one of our French speakers to help me on.  If anybody’s out there?

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In the meantime, cast your eyes on this magnificent sculpture atop the memorial…

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…and the names on the panels on three of the four sides,…

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…as we take a 360° trip around the memorial.

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As I said, one of my favourite French war memorials.  Next stop, just the other side of Steenwerk, is the communal cemetery.

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2 Responses to French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part Nine – Steenwerck War Memorial

  1. Constantin Jh says:

    For the plaque

    ” To their brothers in arms,
    fallen down on the field of Honor
    the veterans ( old fighters)
    of Steenwerck ( Steen = Stone werck = work = building of stones )

    Thanks for your blog

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