Combined World War I & II Memorial - Lešany, Czech Republic - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The sandstone monument located on a village square in Lešany just behind a belfry was erected in 1921 as a memorial to 15 fellow-citizens killed during Word War I (1914-1918). The monument was paid from contributions of the local citizens for 9600 Czechoslovak Crowns. After WW II another plaque was added to the monument containg two other names of victims killed during World War II (1938-1945).

The names on the plaques are:

1914 – 1918
STROUHAL ADOLF *21.10.1871 P.2.11.1914
ZBORIL FRANTIŠEK *16.7.1888 P.15.6.1915
CÍŽEK FRANTIŠEK *29.6.1882 P.3.11.1914
BARTOŠEK FRANTIŠEK *13.5.1872 P.27.2.1917
SVOBODA ANTONÍN *20.4.1880 P.15.5.1915
JURNÍCEK VÁCLAV *8.7.1893 P.8.9.1918
CÍŽEK PETR *27.7.1887 P.31.1.1915
LANDŠPERSKÝ FRANTIŠEK *22.1.1895 Z.23.3.1917
VYKOPAL JOSEF *21.3.1870 Z.11.12.1916
PAROLEK ANTONÍN *7.2.1879 Z.26.3.1918
DOCKAL JOSEF *23.7.1882 Z.25.5.1918
POSPÍŠIL FRANTIŠEK *11.10.1873 Z.22.5.1919
SLEZÁK FRANTIŠEK *10.3.1898 Z.13.8.1920
ŠMIDA ADOLF *30.12.1884
STRATIL VÁCLAV *13.12.1886 Z.10.11.1915

OBETI SVETOVÉ VÁLKY 1939 – 1945
BOŽEK TOMÁŠ +1945
JURNÍCEK STANISLAV +1943

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1921 Private or Public Monument?: Other Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: citizens of the village Lešany Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: Lešany, Czech Republic 798 42 Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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