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Clermont-en-Argonne
Meuse
Lorraine

Place de l'Hôtel de Ville

Monument aux Morts 1914-18

War Memorial 1914-18

Paul Silvestre
1932

Clermont-en-Argonne / Monument aux Morts 1914-18

Description

Relief of two mourning women holding a laurel wreath with a soldier's helmet.

Inscription(s)

A NOS MORTS
POUR LA PATRIE

fais qu'en mourant
tu vives

ville de
CLERMONT
en ARGONNE
1914-1918

Signature

e. médard Architecte
p. silvestre Statuaire
l.c. jauny Entrepeneur
1932
(relief) PSilvestre

Clermont-en-Argonne - Monument aux morts de 1914-18

The two monuments on the square, left the Monument aux Morts, to the right in front of the Hôtel de Ville the Monument aux Déportés Martyrs de 1944. On the hill the Église Saint-Didier.

Memorial - list of names

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Sculptor

Paul Silvestre (Toulouse 1884 - Ivry-sur-Seine 1976), French sculpteur (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

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

Locatie (N 49°6'18" - E 5°4'10") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frlo152; Photograph: 27 May 2019
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