War memorials (Oise)

The north eastern part of the Oise region, known as "Little Switzerland", was directly involved in World War I .

From October 1914 to March 1917 the front had stabilised along a line passing through Lassigny, Tracy-le-Val and Bailly and during two years of occupation the German army lived in the towns and villages of the Noyon area.

Apart from the usual trench based skirmishes, the area around the front line suffered much damage and loss of life from constant artillery bombardment and bombing by Zeppelin airships and German aeroplanes.

Finally, the Armistice was signed at Rethondes on 11 November 1918[1][2][3] Below are details of just some of the many monuments aux morts in the Oise region.

Gréber was seemingly inspired by the mémoires of a Lieutenant Péricard who wrote that during an attack on the Yser in 1914 he had imagined that he had seen dead soldiers rise up to give assistance.