Parishioners and parish are remembered alike on stone tablets in Soissons Cathedral.
A 1926 tablet designed by Louis Barillet lists 351 names of parishioners who died in WW1.
Souvenez vous dans vos prières des enfants de la paroisse de la cathédrale de Soissons, morts pour le France. 1914-1918
(translation: Remember in your prayers the children of the parish of Soissons Cathedral who died for France. 1914-1918)
A second tablet marks the reconstruction of the cathedral, which was severely damaged in the war.
Le 26 avril 1931, fut rendue au culte la nef reconstruite de la cathédrale de Soissons en partie détruite par la guerre 1914-1918. M. Paul Léon étant directeur général des beaux-arts, Monseigneur EV Mennechet évêque de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin, M. Émile Brunet, architecte en chef du monument. Le 24 Octobre 1937 la tour sud en partie reconstruite fut inaugurée par M Georges Huisman, directeur général des beaux-arts.
(translation: On 26 April 1931, the rebuilt nave of Soissons Cathedral, which was partly destroyed in the 1914-1918 war, was returned to worship. Mr Paul Léon, Director General of Fine Arts, Monsignor EV Mennechet, Bishop of Soissons, Laon and Saint-Quentin, Mr Émile Brunet, chief architect of the monument. On 24 October 1937, the partly rebuilt south tower was inaugurated by Mr Georges Huisman, Director General of Fine Arts.)
A Commonwealth memorial tablet is also hung in the Cathedral.
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