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Monument des Territoriaux et des Victimes Civiles 1914-19

Monument to the Régiments d'infanterie territoriale and to the Civil Victims 1914-19

Alexandre Descatoire
1931

Cambrai / Monument des Territoriaux et des Victimes Civiles 1914-19

Description

Two reliefs from the monument des territoriaux, which was originally a fountain. It was demolished in the 1950s and the reliefs were placed in a new setting.

Cambrai - Monument des Territoriaux et des Victimes Civiles 1914-19

Victims of the war (Women and children)

Shooting soldiers

Inscription(s)

AUX TERRITORIAUX TOMBES
A CAMBRAI - 26 AOUT 1914
25^ème reg^t d'inf^ie ter^le (laval)
44^ème reg^t d'art^ie ter^le (le mans)
(84^ème division territoriale)

AUX VICTIMES CIVILES
DE LA GUERRE
1914 — 1918

Signature

(both reliefs) a. descatoire

Sculptor

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

Sources & Information

Fatima Oumnia, Laissez-vous conter le Jardin Public, Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire de Cambrai (2012) (on-line).
Tourisme Cambrésis, Monuments remarquables - musées.

Locatie (N 50°10'26" - E 3°14'18") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frnp089; Photograph: 17 October 2017
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