Koun Breizh thanks all the participants in the tribute ceremony for Quartermaster Yves Marie CARVAL, which took place on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at the Saint Joris cemetery in Nieuwpoort. We especially thank the local authorities, the mayor of Nieuwpoort, the mayor of Plogoff, the representative of the French ambassador in Belgium, as well as all the Flemish members of the French remembrance association who assisted us;
Koun Breizh thanks all the participants in the tribute ceremony for Quartermaster Yves Marie CARVAL, which took place on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at the Saint Joris cemetery in Nieuport. We especially thank the local authorities, the mayor of Nieuport, the mayor of Plogoff, the representative of the French ambassador in Belgium, as well as all the Flemish members of the French remembrance society, who helped us organize this event. We will not forget the quality of their welcome.
After the religious ceremony conducted in Breton by Father Olivier Riaudel, we walked with the family to the exact location where the soldier rests: under combat post No. 4, which is sixty meters away beneath the road. We laid the wreaths as close as possible to his eternal resting place.
We asked the mayor of Nieuport to set up a simple cross at the Saint Joris cemetery with the name of the quartermaster. This way, future generations will know.
For a few days now, we have been approached by Breton families seeking to find the grave of a grandfather or great-grandfather who was killed and went missing in Dixmude. To the best of our abilities and with the new contacts we have established, we will do our utmost to provide meaningful assistance to the families.
The Breton memory is our reason for being at Koun Breizh, and we will do everything to ensure that the sacrifice and courage of Breton soldiers are not forgotten.
We would also like to thank the official horn players of Koun Breizh, Philippe and Arnaud, whose performance impressed the Flemish attendees.
Thanks to them and our old hymns, we demonstrated that the Breton people do not forget their dead.
We will long remember the Bro gozh ma zadoù sung after the Marseillaise, in front of the authorities and in the most natural way. Our historians remind us that this has happened before, in 1923 in front of Poincaré, in 1930 in front of Doumergue, as well as in CONLIE in 2021 through Koun Breizh.
And what if singing the Bro gozh in front of the authorities became the most natural thing???
For Koun Breizh
Yvon Ollivier
