German War Memorial

[Paul Hederer]

Here is another war memorial, this one in my wife's village of Engelstadt, near Mainz. Engelstadt is a very small village, and again I was struck by how much smaller it may have been in 1914. There are 24 names on the memorial.

The bottom two pictures are close-ups of the reverse side of the monument, and from top to bottom, a few of the names there appear in both photos. Sorry for the poor quality of the close-ups.

Engelstadt Memorial 1914-1918

Anticipating the good questions generated about the last memorial, I'll add that

gest.i.Laz is gestorben im Lazarett or dead (died) in hospital

Paul

[Neil Mackenzie]

Paul.

Nice picture - thanks for posting it.

Do you know what stone it is made of?

Thanks.

Neil