Lodewijk Thomson - Den Haag, NL
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N 52° 04.757 E 004° 16.279
31U E 587120 N 5770619
Lodewijk Willem Johan Karel Thomson was a Dutch military commander and politician. He is best known as the first Dutch soldier who died on a peace mission.
Waymark Code: WM15JDR
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 01/12/2022
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The statue is located on the Thomsonplein. It is a statue / bench / memorial. On the left and right side of the statue you can sit down. Several engravings are in the monument, including place /date of birth and death. The monument is made from stones.
The exact text is:
(NL)
"Op de voorzijde van het voetstuk staat:
l.w.j.k. Thomson
Majoor der infanterie
Ridder van alle
Nederlandsche orden
volksvertegenwoordiger
van 1905-1913
In de rugleuning van de bank: [links] wie degelijk legerhervormer wil zijn, moet beseffen, [rechts] dat leger en volk elkander hebben te naderen "thomson"
Helemaal links:
geboren
Voorschoten
11 juni 1869
en rechts:
gesneuveld
Durazzo-Albanië
15 juni 1914
(EN)
The front of the pedestal reads:
l.w.j.k. Thomson
Major of infantry
Knight of all
Dutch Orders
representative of the people
from 1905-1913
In the back of the sofa:
whoever wants to be a solid army reformer must realize,
that army and people have to approach each other "thomson"
All the way to the left:
born
Voorschoten
June 11, 1869
and right:
killed in action
Durazzo Albania
June 15, 1914"
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