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another, two soldiers carry a dying comrade and in another two the day-to-day life of soldiers at the front is depicted. After
Algerian independence the dismantlement of the memorial began and the marble plaques recording the names of the men honoured were destroyed. Successful steps were then taken to save the rest of the monument, largely led by a Mr.Montamat, who, at his own expense had the statue shipped to Toulon, via Mers-el-Kébir and it was then accepted by the mayor of Fréjus and erected there near the military base ("Base aéronavale"). Inauguration took place on 19 April 1964. Montamat subsequently saved the war memorials of
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Algeria gained her independence the decision was made to move as much of the monument as was practical and La DuchĂšre, Lyon was chosen as a suitable site. Negotiations started in earnest in 1967 and
Pommier's sculpture was shipped to Marseille on 11 December of that year. A new pedestal was built and with Pommier's three soldiers suitable installed the inauguration took place on 13 July 1968. Various plaques and inscriptions were added to the monument including
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plaques and other memorabilia, referred to as "âmonuments en exil", were moved across the
Mediterranean and offered to towns that wished to give a home to them. Some of the repatriated monuments were taken in by the French army and put in the H/Q or barracks of regiments the monuments were dedicated to. The 1931 monuments aux morts from the Foreign Legion's headquarters in
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was inaugurated on the 26 May 1927 and was erected in honour of the 12,000 men of Oran who gave their lives in the 1914-1918 war. The monument was called the "Monument de la
Victoire". The architects were Dordet and Prinet and Pommier was responsible for the sculptural content involved. Carved from
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and on the side the inscription "Souvenez-vous" reminded the passer-by to "Remember". The memorial also listed a breakdown of the deaths being marked. 3,208 men from Oran, 1,217 men from Sidi-Bel-AbbĂšs, 3,439 from
Mostaganem, 1,136 from Tlemcen, 2,257 from Mascara and 1,252 from South Oran. After
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and is spa resort. Pommier was commissioned to execute the sculptural work for the memorial in 1931 and apart from the standing soldier he also created some splendid bas-reliefs for the 8-metre-high memorial's base. One bas-relief depicted a winged angel of victory holding branches of laurel. In
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Repatriation of monuments. Many of the First World War monuments in North Africa were "repatriated" to France after 1962, to be re-erected in various communes. What were reminders of France's colonialism were no longer welcome and at great expense to the French Navy, various stelae, sculptures,
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