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Cherbourg-Octeville
Manche
Basse-Normandie

Jardin Public

Monument aux morts de 1914-18

War Memorial 1914-1918

The monument is also dedicated to the marines disappeared at sea off La Hague aboard the submarine Vendémiaire, 8 June 1912

Alexandre Descatoire
Siot-Decauville
1924

Cherbourg-Octeville / Monument aux morts de 1914-18

Description

Bronze statue of a woman spreading her mourning veil and stretching our her hand to the name of the town of Cherbourg. The figure symbolizes the Mother Country as well as Peace. It stands in the center of a semi-circular wall with plaques with names. Below the statue is a bronze plaque with the Cherbourg coat-of-arms.

Cherbourg-Octeville - Monument aux Morts de 1914-18

Inscription(s)

Plaque in the pavement:

la VILLE de
CHERBOURG
a ses enfants
MORTS pour la FRANCE
1914-1918
aux marins de
VENDEMIAIRE
8 juin 1912

Signature

A. DESCATOIRE sculpt.
cire PERDUE SIOT-DECAUVILLE | fond^r paris (text plaque) cire perdu L. GATTI fondeur

Cherbourg-Octeville - Monument aux Morts de 1914-18

Memorial - list of names

We have photos of the list(s) of the names on this memorial. Contact us if you want to see these lists. (contact form)

Sculptor

Alexandre Descatoire (Douai 1874 - Marquette-lez-Lille 1949), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

MémorialGenWeb, Relevés de monuments aux morts...
E-monumen.net.

Locatie (N 49°37'55" - W 1°37'1") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn100; Photograph: 7 August 2015
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