Monuments aux morts des 2 grandes guerres - Crots, France - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

FR

Ce monument, un grand pilier, comporte à son sommet une mention pour la guerre 1914-1918.
Sur les flancs du pilier sont énumérés les noms des soldats morts durant cette guerre.
En bas une plaque mentionne la guerre de 1939-1945 et les soldats décédés durant cette guerre.
En bas de cette plaque, on peut lire

Priez
pour ceux qui sont morts
pour la patrie

Une grille entoure le monument.
La tradition française veut qu'un monument soit dressé dans chaque ville pour rendre hommage aux soldats nés dans cette ville et morts au combat, quel que soit le lieu où a lieu le combats et le décès.

EN

This monument, a great pillar, has at its top a mention for the 1914-1918 war.
On the sides of the pillar are listed the names of the soldiers who died during this war.
Below a plaque mentions the 1939-1945 war and the soldiers who died during that war.
At the bottom of this plate, we can read

Priez
for those who died
for the homeland

A grid surrounds the monument. French tradition requires that a monument be erected in each city to honour soldiers born in that city and who died in combat, wherever the fighting and death took place.

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): 1914-1918 1939-1945 In Honor Of: soldiers born in this village and died in one of the two wars Marker Text: 1914 1918 1939 1945 names of all soldiers Who Put it Here?: City hall Description of Memorial: This monument, a great pillar, has at its top a mention for the 1914-1918 war. On the sides of the pillar are listed the names of the soldiers who died during this war. Below a plaque mentions the 1939-1945 war and the soldiers who died during that war. A grid surrounds the monument. Date of dedication: Not listed

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