Anglo-Belgian Memorial (Brussels)

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Anglo-Belgian Memorial (NL) Brits Oorlogsmonument (FR) Monument Britannique
Belgium
For the Belgian People who helped British soldiers in WWI
Unveiled	1923
Location	50°50′15″N 4°21′13″E / 50.837611, 4.353501Coordinates: 50°50′15″N 4°21′13″E / 50.837611, 4.353501 near Brussels, Belgium
Designed by	Charles Sargeant Jagger

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 ^[1]. 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 ^[2].

[edit] External links

• Two soldiers for the Anglo-Belgian War Memorial - photo of Jagger at work in his studio

• Model for relief on the Anglo-Belgian War Memoria - photo of Jagger's relief

• Photo of the Monument

• Brits Oorlogsmonument/Monument britannique - the Jagger's Brussels Monument (Dutch language)

[edit] References

1. ^ "Agreement between The Commissioners of H M Works and Public Buildings and Mr Charles Sargeant Jagger for the erection of a Statue...", National Archives, 1922-09-21. Retrieved on 2007-07-11. 
2. ^ "Charles Sargeant Jagger. Sculptor (1885-1934)", National Archives, 2007-07-03. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.