Commune de SOY
Monument aux morts de 1st Battalion
- 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
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Localisation de ce monument: Rue Grand-Mont (N 807), au carrefour avec les Rues de l'Isbelle et de Mélines. Coordonnées GPS: +50°16'44.15", +5°29'11.33" Inscriptions figurant sur le monument "1ST BATTALION 517TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT FORCE BOYLE FORCE FRASER DURING THE PERIOD 23-26 DECEMBER 1944 MEN OF THE 1ST BATTALION DROVE NAZI FORCES FROM THE SOY-HOTTON-LAMORMENIL AREA THE BATTALION INCURRED 139 CASUALTIES AND HAD 14 MEN KILLED THIS MARKER IS DEDICATED TO THESE MEN AND THE MANY BRAVE BELGIAN PATRIOTS MEN OF THE 1-517 PIR KILLED IN ACTION [Quatorze noms, sur trois colonnes, non classés par ordre alphabétique]" Voir les noms mentionnés sur ce monument |
Source [200] - Mars 2014