The Anglo-Belgian War Memorial (french: Monument aux Soldats Britanniques; nl, Monument voor de Britse Soldaat) is a monument in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, Belgium, which was commissioned by the British Imperial War Graves Commission and designed by the British sculptor

Charles Sargeant Jagger Charles Sargeant Jagger (17 December 1885 – 16 November 1934) was a British sculptor who, following active service in the First World War, sculpted many works on the theme of war. He is best known for his war memorials, especially the Royal A ...

. Unveiled in 1923 by the

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, it commemorates the support given by the Belgian People to British

prisoners of war A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held Captivity, captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold priso ...

during the

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. It is located on the / near Brussels' Palace of Justice and the Belgian Infantry Memorial. The monument depicts a British and a Belgian soldier carved from Brainvilliers stone. Around the sides are

relief Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the ...

s showing Belgian peasants assisting wounded British soldiers. Casts of the reliefs are held at the

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in London, and a plaster cast of the Belgian soldier is held in the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces in Brussels .

Other memorials

Another Anglo-Belgian War Memorial stands on the

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in London. Completed in 1920, it is the work of the British architect Sir Reginald Blomfield and the Belgian sculptor

Victor Rousseau Victor Rousseau ( Feluy, 16 December 1865 – Forest, 17 March 1954) also known as M. Victor Rousseau, was a Belgian sculptor and medalist. Biography Rousseau was of Walloon heritage and descended from a line of stonemasons. He began carv ...

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Two soldiers for the Anglo-Belgian War Memorial
– photo of Jagger at work in his studio

– photo of Jagger's relief

– the Jagger's Brussels Monument (Dutch language) {{Charles Sargeant Jagger Buildings and structures in Brussels Tourist attractions in Brussels City of Brussels Monuments and memorials in Belgium World War I memorials in Belgium Sculptures by Charles Sargeant Jagger 1923 sculptures Belgium–United Kingdom relations

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