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Cherbourg-Octeville
Manche
Basse-Normandie

Rue de l'Abbaye / Boulevard Guillaume le Conquérant ☐
(Stade Maurice Postaire)

Marcel Chardin

1910 - Cherbourg 1932
Local hero, who saved a 15-year old boy from drowning, but drowned himself trying to save a second boy
(Wikimanche)

Marcel Jacques
1933

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

a
Marcel CHARDIN
victime de son
devouement
27-7-1932
—

souscription
publique

Signature

marcel-jacques | 1933

Artist

Alphonse Marcel Jacques, dit Marcel Jacques (Cherbourg 1864 - Cherbourg 1852), French sculptor (Wikimanche).

Location (N 49°38'42" - W 1°38'17") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn145; Photograph: 9 August 2015
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