Gentioux-Pigerolles war memorial, War memorial in Gentioux-Pigerolles, France.

The Gentioux-Pigerolles war memorial is a granite pillar on a three-step base, 3.80 m tall and 2.78 m wide, with a white marble plaque listing 63 names in gold letters under the carved words "NOS CHERS ENFANTS". Below, a bronze figure of a barefoot orphan in a school smock and clogs raises his right fist toward the inscription "MAUDITE SOIT LA GUERRE".

The mayor Jules Coutaud, a gas-scarred veteran, initiated the memorial in 1922; the council chose cabinetmaker Jean-Marie Duburgt's design over three proposals. Local craftsmen built it for 11,640 francs, funded by public subscription, the communal budget and a state subsidy. The prefecture refused to attend the inauguration, and troops marching to La Courtine were ordered to turn their heads away.

The inscription 'Maudite soit la guerre' identifies this as one of France's rare pacifist monuments. The antiwar message shapes how locals and visitors understand and experience the site today.

The memorial stands in the village of Gentioux, on the road through the commune of Gentioux-Pigerolles; the carved names and the "Maudite soit la guerre" plaque face the street and can be read from the pavement. The white marble plaque is fixed and cannot be moved. The site is outdoors and unstaffed, so the inscriptions are best read in daylight.

When troops passed the memorial on their way to the La Courtine military camp, orders were given for them to turn their heads away. The prefecture also refused to be represented at the 1922 inauguration, so the monument was never officially inaugurated. It gained official recognition only in 1985, when the prefect and officers happened to see a wreath laid before the "monument maudit".