03 October 2007

Sergeant Louis Prouven

Why this young man has a blackened face, I don't know. I noticed several statues in the cemetery suffering this affliction - pollution, perhaps?

Louis Prouven died in the Battle of Verdon, at Fleury in the Meuse in August 1916. I don't know why, but graves from the Great War, that terrible war (as if all wars aren't terrible) affect me greatly. You can see another at Menton Daily Photo HERE.

2 comments:

Kate said...

Jilly, This statue looks like it's a memorial for a young boy. Wars are tragic!!

Annie said...

Yes, Jilly, when one sees the deaths recorded of young men and women who went to war, it stops the heart for a moment.

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