Monument aux morts d'Anse-Bertrand

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The monument to the dead of Anse-Bertrand is a cenotaph located in Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, at the corner of Victor-Schœlcher Street and National Road 6. It was erected in 1935 as a memorial to soldiers who died during World War I fighting and was listed as a historic monument in 2018.

The monument to the dead is a command of the commune, probably dating from 1935, for soldiers who died during the First World War. It is registered as historical monuments by order of 24 April 2018.

Description: The monument to the dead is designed in a metropolitan style, with a white concrete base bearing a bronze entitled Le Poilu au reste, representing a Standing Poilu, cast and weapon at the foot. This bronze is the work of sculptor Léon Leyritz (1888-1976) who made it in 1932. It is produced in series in Metropole by the Durenne Metallurgical Society which also sells it for the monument to the dead of Saint-Louis to Marie-Galante. The base of the base has an original horizontal sculpture in bas-relief, the work of the sculptor Louis Robert Bate (1898-1948), a pupil of Paul Landowski, representing a dead lying man on whom a Victoire...