Memento King Albert I
  • Het memento ter ere van Koning Albert I.
  • Fragment van het memento.
  • Fragment van de tekst op het memento.
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Who/What
Koning Albert I
Location
Inside the cathedral
Ieper, Ieper
Date
21/05/1938
Coordinates
GPS-Reference R5585 - IEPER - St.- Maartenskathedraal
DMSX N 50°51'06.1'' - E002°53'05.0''
DMX N 50°51.101' - E002°53.084'
D N 50.851686° - E002.884725°
UTM 31U E 491885 N 5633338
GOOGLE EARTH 50 51.101 N, 002 53.084 E
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"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF ALBERT I. KING OF THE BELGIANS. KNIGHT OF THE GARTER. FIELD MARSHALL OF THE BRITISH ARMY AND COLONEL-IN-CHIEF OF THE 5TH ROYAL INNISKILLING DRAGOON GUARDS. THE ROSE WINDOW IN THE SOUTH WINDOW IS GIVEN TO BELGIUM BY THE BRITISH ARMY AND THE ROYAL AIR FORCE" "THIS MEMORIAL GIFT WAS SUBSCRIBED FOR IN THE YEAR 1935 BY ALL RANKS ACTIVE AND RETIRED THE WOMEN'S SERVICES & THE DOMINION FORCES WHILST SPECIAL ASSISTANCE WAS GIVEN BY THE 5TH ROYAL INNISKILLING DRAGOON GUARDS. THE LEAGUE OF REMEMBRANCE (1914-1919). THE BRITISH LEGION & THE YPRES LEAGUE. WE THE SUBSCRIBERS ARE MOST HAPPY TO HAVE THIS OPPURTUNITY TO EXRESS OUR HIGH ESTEEM AND APPRECIATION OF KING ALBERT'S NOBLE SERVICE IN THE GREAT WAR. THE SUBJECT OF THE WINDOW IS THE GLORY OF GOD AS TESTIFIED IN THE TE DEU. THE CRESTS ARE THOSE OF BELGIUM. HIS MAJESTY'S ARMY. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND THE 5TH ROYAL INNISKILLING DRAGOON GUARDS" "MY SWORD I GIVE TO HIM THAT SHALL SUCCEED ME IN MY PELGRIMAGE. MY COURAGE & MY SKILL TO HIM THAT CAN GET IT. MY MARKS & SCARS I CARRY WITH ME, TO BE A WITNESS FOR ME THAT I HAVE FOUGHT HIS BATTLES WHO WILL NOW BE MY REWARDER" "SO HE PASSED OVER AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE"
Extra information
Technische beschrijving : Memento op een paneel van sycomorehout, geplaatst achter glas met rechthoekige, licht geprofileerde houten omlijsting. Bovenkant van de lijst : het Belgisch wapenschild in kleuren met wapenspreuk. Bovenaan links op het paneel het Britse wapenschild in kleuren, rechts het kenteken van de Britse Royal Air Force, eveneens in kleuren. Daaronder tekst. De gedenkplaat werd door koning Leopold III onthuld op 21 mei 1938. H. 340 cm x Br. 113 cm Uitvoering : Roff Marsch, Territorial Army (architect) (Bron : JABOBS M., "Zij, die vielen als helden", Brugge, 1996, 2 delen - Uitgave Provincie West-Vlaanderen)
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