Anglo-Belgian Memorial (Brussels)

Anglo-Belgian Memorial (Brussels)

Infobox Military Memorial
name=Anglo-Belgian Memorial (NL) "Brits Oorlogsmonument" (FR) "Monument Britannique"
country=Belgium


caption=
commemorates=the Belgian People who helped British soldiers in WWI
unveiled= 1923
coordinates=coord|50.837611|N|4.353501|E|display=inline,title
nearest_town=Brussels, Belgium
designer=Charles Sargeant Jagger
inscription=The Anglo-Belgian War Memorial is a monument in Brussels, Belgium, which was commissioned by the British Imperial War Graves Commission and designed by the British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934). It is also known as the "Brits Oorlogsmonument" in Dutch and the "Monument Britannique" in French.

Unveiled in 1923 by the Prince of Wales, it commemorates the support given by the Belgian People to British Prisoners of War during the First World War cite news
url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=8307423&SearchInit=4&CATREF=WORK6%2F636
title=Agreement between The Commissioners of H M Works and Public Buildings and Mr Charles Sargeant Jagger for the erection of a Statue...
publisher=National Archives
date=1922-09-21
accessdate=2007-07-11 ] . It is located in Place Poelaert / Poelaertplein in Brussels.

The monument depicts a British and a Belgian soldier carved from Brainvilliers stone. Around the sides are reliefs showing Belgian peasants assisting wounded British soldiers. Casts of the reliefs are held at the Imperial War Museum, London, and a plaster cast of the Belgian soldier is held in the Army Museum in Brussels cite news
url=http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Charles_Sargeant_Jagger._Sculptor_(1885-1934)
title=Charles Sargeant Jagger. Sculptor (1885-1934)
publisher=National Archives
date=2007-07-03
accessdate=2007-07-11 ] .

External links

* [http://artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/conway/7245c965.html Two soldiers for the Anglo-Belgian War Memorial] - photo of Jagger at work in his studio

* [http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/conway/bcaa33ef.html Model for relief on the Anglo-Belgian War Memoria] - photo of Jagger's relief

* [http://dontibbits.com/europe/belgium/brussels/source/d2685_britsoorlogsmon.html Photo of the Monument]

* [http://www.ebru.be/Other/Beelden/bldbritsmonument.html Brits Oorlogsmonument/Monument britannique] - the Jagger's Brussels Monument (Dutch language)

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