THE WAR MEMORIAL (1914 - 1918)

This work by the Belgian sculptor Alfred Courtens (1889-1967) was inaugurated in 1923 by Queen Elizabeth. It symbolises the Belgian resistance against the imperial eagle. It represents the Louviérois "Omer" Louis Lefèvre, shot in 1916 for espionage. A grieving woman holds his hand: symbol of a country bruised by a bloody conflict. At the extremities, two sculptures represent a soldier going up to the assault and a civilian fleeing the fighting, haggard and carrying a bundle.