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Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
Manche
Basse-Normandie

Place de l'Église

Monument aux morts de 1914-18

War Memorial 1914-18

Charles-Henri Pourquet
1920

Sainte-Marie-du-Mont / Monument aux morts de 1914-18

Description

Statue of a soldier standing with his rifle at his feet on a pedestal with a palm. Model 854 'Poilu' in the Val d'Osne catalogue (Pl. 627).

Inscription(s)

aux
soldats
de
S^e MARIE de MONT
—
grande guerre
1914-1919
1939-1945

érigé
par
souscription
publique
1920

Signature

CH. PourqueT sculpteur | paris 1919

Memorial - list of names

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Sculptor

Charles-Henri Pourquet (Colombes 1877 - 1943), French sculptor, made three models for war memorials for the Val d'Osne firm ('poilu', 'résistance' and 'buste')
Université de Lille, Les monuments aux morts, France-Belgique.

Sources & Information

Université de Lille, Les monuments aux morts, France-Belgique.

Locatie (N 49°22'43" - W 1°13'34") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn083; Photograph: 5 August 2015
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