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Some local soldiers
Some soldiers linked to the village fought during the American War of Independence, the 1870 War, World Wars I and II, and several battles of the Empire. A few names of soldiers are set out below.
- Soldiers of the American Revolutionary War
Soldiers to the American Revolutionary War:
The American War of Independence took place from April 1775 to April 1783. The kingdom of Great Britain opposed the colonies of North America. France took part in the fighting in 1778, and in particular in the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, in the state of Virginia. These men below crossed the Atlantic on a warship.
CRONIER François: His year of birth was 1751. He was engaged on March 19, 1777.
DUCROTOIS André: He was born in 1747. Enlisted on October 20, 1765. He died in Paris at the military hospital, somewhat maimed.
FOURQUIER Jean-Baptiste: His year of birth was 1752.
GAMBIER André: He was born in 1762 and died on August 11, 1784.
LE FEU Louis: His year of birth was 1758.
LEFEVRE Jean-Baptiste: Year of birth: 1759.
Soldiers from 1803 to 1814:
Soldiers of the battles of the Empire (incomplete list):
BARDE François - 1803 - 1808
BOUTARD Pierre - prisoner of war with 16 000 others French - died in Russia, Poland, or in Germany.
CARDON Louis Amable - 1814
CAVILLON Amable Pierre - 1810 - 1814
CHOQUET Philippe - 1813 - 1815
DABOVAL Hely - 1807 - 1814
DUCROTOY Baptiste Pierre - 1808
DUCROTOY Jean-Baptiste
DUHAMEL Nicolas Benjamin - 1806 - 1814
FROIDURE Louis Isidore - 1813 -1814
GODARD Joseph - 1813 - 1814
GODEFROY Jean-Baptiste - 1813 - 1815
JOLY Honoré - 1812 - 1815
JOLY Jean-Baptiste - 1808 - 1815
LEFEVRE Nicolas - 1812 - 1815
LOYER Jean-Baptiste - 1806 - 1808
LOYER Louis - 1813 - 1815
MAQUET François - 1813 - 1815
MAQUET Jean-Baptiste - 1810 - 1814
PAPIN Augustin - 1808 - 1811
PAUCHET Nicolas - 1807 - 1815
PAYEN Nicolas - 1812 - 1814
ROBLOT Henry - 1812 - 1814
VENIEL Joseph - 1813 - 1815
WARNIER François - 1812 - 1815
Soldiers - 1870:
Soldiers of the Franco-Prussian War, (incomplete list):
BINET Ulysse, 89th miltary infantry, military medal.
THUILLIER Jean-Baptiste, Marshal of the Logis 9th artillery regiment, 3rd battery,
awarded the military medal.
THUILLIER Joseph Alcide, 3rd battalion of mobile guards.
Soldiers - First World War:
The names of the soldiers who died in the 14-18 War are listed below in alphabetical order. These names are engraved on the war memorial.
A second part is dedicated to a few names of people surviving this First War below.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
BEAUVAL Albert Joseph - 72 RI Infantry Regiment. Killed on 13 July 1915 in bois de Bolante. He lived in Berteaucourt-les-Dames.
BELLIN André - 154 RI. Died in Belloy, Oise department on 10 August 1918.
BENAUX Alcide Arthur - 120 RI, he had been wounded many times, close to Verdun. He had been evacuated on July 23rd and passed away at Crouy-sur-Ourcq hospital center on July 24th, 1918.
BRASSEUR Jules Martial - 16th Bn Foot Soldiers. Died in Paris on 11 August 1918.
BRETEL Albert - 72 RI, 150 RI, died on September 7, 1914, buried in Montgé (77).
BRUNEL Albert - 120 RI et RI from Amiens. Died at Bouchavesnes, Somme department on 11 October 1916.
CALIPPE Leonide Joseph Eugène - 45 RI and 72 RI. Killed to Bois Bolante on 13 July 1915.
CALIPPE Gérard (Marie Hildebert) - 8 RI died in Landau in Germany in October 27, 1918.
CARBONNIER Odile - 51, 128, 272 RI, wounded repeatedly, died on July 21, 1918.
CAVILLON Raoul (Octave, Marcel) - 18 Bn Foot Soldiers battalions, died in Soupir, Aisne department on Nov 2, 1914.
CROGNIER Albert (Paul), 19 RI and 242 RI, died in Chalons-Sur-Marne hospital on 30 May 1919 (Rail accident).
CROGNIER Marcel (Joseph) 51 RI Died in Saint-Menehould in Marne on 16 January 1915.
CROGNIER Raoul (Alfred) - 72 RI, died in Tahure on October 6, 1915.
DAMERVAL (Emile Joseph) Edgard - 150, 155, 154 RI, died in the north-west Berry-au-Bac, Aisne department on 21 April 1917. The military medal was awarded posthumously.
DAMERVAL Gaston - Regiment Paris fire brigade, RI, Bn Foot Soldiers battalions.
DAMERVAL Joseph Emile - 272 RI, missing in action in Tahure sur Marne on Oct. 10, 1915.
DAMERVAL Paul - 18 Bn Foot Soldiers battalions, died on October 11, 1919 (Germany)
DEROGY Auguste Sigebert - 72 RI, killed in Marne department, in Mesnil Les Hurlus.
DEVERITE Gustave Kléber Clément - 164 RI Corporal, a model of courage and coolness. Killed on 4 June 1915, during a violent bombardment of their trenches by the enemy artillery in Bethincourt in Meuse.
DEVERITE Henri - 19th Light cavalry regiment killed on 10 September 1914 in Saint-Vrain in the Haute-Marne region.
DOMONT Arthur Théophane known Léonide - 128 RI, 12 Territorial infantry. Dead at Buydecoote hospital, on January 25, 1915. He was injured at Lambaertzyde, located on the coast near Dunkirk (Shrapnel, broken leg).
DOURLENS Léonide Achille - 22 Nursing section, 272 RI, died in Bois de la Gruerie, on December 30, 1914.
DUBOILLE Jules Léonce - 54 RI, died of injuries (gaz posining) in the Cuperly farm in Marne department, on May 21, 1916. He was wounded a first time in the Calonne trench on April 1915. (leg, bomb fragment). Military medal.
DUCROTOY Charles Octave - 72 RI, died in wood of Gruerie on November 27, 1914.
DUCROTOY Joseph Louis - 72 RI killed in Mesnil-les-Hurlus, on 23 February 1915.
FRANCOIS Hippolyte - 18th BCP Foot soldiers Bn, died at the hospital of Châlons-sur-Saône, on 24 October 1916 .
GAMARD Emile - 120 RI, 12 RI. died in Belgium, on November 18, 1914.
GAUDRIOT Abélard oseph - 120 and 77 RI. Died, in Craonne, Aisne dept, on May 22, 1917.
GENTE Fernand Emile - 72 RI, soldier missing in action. Died in Mesnil-les-Hurlus in the Marne region, on 5 March 1915. French medal for cross war engraved with a bronze star.
GODEFROY Victor Benjamin - 72 RI and foot soldiers Regiment, died of wounds at the Hospital "St Maur" in Chalons Marne, on 24 September 1915. He lived in Beauvais.
GODEFROY Victor - 8e BCP Foot Soldiers battalion, dead in 1914.
GOURGUECHON Sosthène - 120 RI and 272 RI quoted in the Historic of the 272th infantry regiment. Killed at Maizeray - Meuse department.
HUBERT Charles - 3th Engineer Regiment - died on November 30, 1914.
HUBERT Eugène - 72 RI - First wounded in Gruerie wood (shrapnel) on September 24, 1914, disappeared in Eparges, on April 25, 1915.
LANCEA Joseph Eugène - 176 RI Died in December in Serbia.
LEFEBVRE Alcide Jules - 116 RI. Died in the village of Vadelaincourt close to Verdun, on 20 April 1916.
LEFEBVRE Marius Paul Jules - 72 RI. Killed in Maurupt in September 1914. Buried in Bignicourt-sur-Saulx.
LOYER Albert Théotime - 51 RI. Died in Vienne-le-Château on November 2st, 1914.
LOYER Arthur Armand - 48 RI and 12 RI, died at the military hospital in Abbeville.
LOYER Juste - 151 RI, Died Bois des Caurieres, on 8 September 1917. (reburied in the Meuse on 1921).
LOYER Marcel Emile Eugène - Colonial infantry Regiment. Died on May 7, 1917 in Vauxaillon in Aisne department.
MAGNIER Henri Norbert - 151th Infantry Regiment, 31th Cie, died at Quimper Hospital. (Bronchitis and tuberculosis contracted in operation).
MARGUE Vulphy Joseph Jules - 401 RI, disappeared on August 18th, 1918 in Tilloloy, Somme. Death recognised on August 31, 1918.
NIQUET Charles Emilien Théotime - 51 RI. Died in Marne depart, on September 8, 1914.
NIQUET Renaud Donas - 33, 6, 31 RI. Died in Canly, Oise department, on 21 June 1918.
PETIT Jean-Baptiste Louis Joseph - 120 RI (Péronne) Died of his wounds at Friauville Hospital on 15 April 1915, according to any information provided by German authorities.
PLUQUE Jules Anselme - 72nd Infantry Regiment with the rank of Caporal on 15th October 1914 and the rank of sergeant on December 5th, 1914. He was killed in Belloy en Santerre on September 4, 1916, between Amiens and Saint-Quentin. He was a breadwinner.
PRUVOST Paul - 128 RI Died in Belloy-en-Santerre on September 5, 1916. (Musician).
RETHORE Gaston Philippe - 8th battalion of light infantrymen. Died in Belgium, Steenstraete on 10 Dec 1914. French medal for cross war engraved with bronze star.
ROUY Albert - 72nd Infantry Regiment in 1902 and 1904 and 12th Regiment in 1910 (training periods), integrated into the 115th Infantry Regiment on 8th October 1914. He was injured in Auberive-sur-Suippe in the Marne region on September 25th, 1915. 434 men are dead this day in the trenches in Auberive-sur-Suippe. He was evacuated to the military hospital of Chalons the following day, and he died on October 4th, 1915.
ROYON Albert - 57 RI, died at Menehould on Sept. 22, 1914. He used to play music.
SAGEOT Marceau - 72 et 51 RI. Missing soldier in Meuse department Eparges on 26th September 1915.
THEOT Alfred Victor, 151 RI, Died in Mort-Home in Meuse on 21 May 1916, around 10 kilometers northwest of Verdun.
THEOT Gaston Virgile, 51 RI. Died in Sapigneul, coast 108, on April 16, 1917.
THEOT Henri Joseph Albert - 72 RI, died in Maurupt on 14 September 1914.
THEOT Joseph Alfred - 91 RI killed in Bois of Saint-Pierre-Vaast on October 7, 1916.
THEOT Virgile Théophile - 51 RI, Died in Mesnil-les-Hurlus on 22 February 1915.
THUILLIER Emile Clotaire - 128 RI, listed missing on 28 October 1916, Gruerie wood.
THUILLIER Gatien Joseph - 2nd Foot Soldiers battalion, killed in Belgium - Pilkem (4 mi from Ypres) on 26 April 1915.
TOUZET Firmin Alfred 128 RI (+ Abbeville), died on 19th April, 1915, killed in Gruerie wood, Vienne-le-Château, Marne region. French medal for cross war engraved with a bronze star.
VASSEUR Abel Edouard Elie - 51, 151, 297 RI Died on September 5, 1918.
VAUCHELLE Paul (Joseph Emile) - 129 RI. He is inscribed on the war memorial in the municipal cemetery. He was born in the village of Saint-Ouen. He died on 30 October 1914 in the Bois de la Gruerie (wood) in the Marne.
VIGREUX Louis - 6th Regiment of Hussars and passed to the 72 RI. He was injured on 22 October 1914 in the Marne department in Vienne-le-Château. Listed missing in the Meuse department, Lorraine region, on 13th July 1915. (Bolante wood).
VION Paul Oscar - 272 RI, killed in Mesnil-les-Hurlus, Marne department, on 6 March 1915.
A few names of soldiers who survived to the War 14-18:
CARLIER Edmond Raymond
The first local to become Australian! Before, he served the French army in the Regiments listed hereafter:
- 8th Infantry Regiment, 18th December 1914,
- 36th Infantry Regiment, 13th January 1915,
- 129th Infantry Regiment, 27th June 1915,
- 103rd Infantry Regiment, 30th December 1915,
- 61st Territorial Infantry, 16th January 1919,
- 94th Infantry Regiment, 11th May 1919,
- 54th Infantry Regiment, 16 April 1920.
He sustained injuries from pomegranate splinters, resulting in multiple wounds on his forearm and legs.
He was evacuated twice for strep throat on 6th Nov 1916 and 8th Sept 1917.
Although he was gassed and evacuated at the end of August 1918, he survived the war.
He arrived in Australia from France on 20 September 1920 on the ship Orsovia and disembarked at the port of Melbourne. He obtained Australian citizenship after a few years and lived in Victoria, in Mildura, next to the Murray River. He became a horticulturist over there. He was married to Valentine Carlier, a native of Paris, France. (Mother-in-law: Blanche). He was the brother of Mrs. Paule Carlier, married to Leo Westhead. His son, Albert, had become a veteran.
According to Australian researchers, Helen Petschel got a photo of returned servicemen who became the first settlers at Red Cliffs, Vic. They settled on land cleared by them for dried grape growing. The first clearing started in April 1920.
Paule married Leo Westhead, and they sponsored Raymond and Valentine, who took up block 675. Blanche Carlier, their mother, also owned Block 27 in 1925.
CROGNIER Emile
M. Joseph Fuscien, called Emile, worked at the brickyard. He served as an officer in the French Army and had experience in the following regiments: 72nd, 272nd, 51st, and 65th infantry regiments. He fought with bravery and was wounded several times. He made valuable contributions to the successful defeat of the enemy, which ultimately led to him being honored with the Military Cross.
During World War II, he served in various regiments and was incorporated into the 16th Light Infantry Brigade. He died in Meurthe-et-Moselle on June 18, 1940.
Plate of the street - Commander Emile Crognier - near the church.
POULAIN Albert
Quartermaster of the French Navy, he volunteered in Cherbourg in 1911. He was aboard the Simoun, a sea torpedo boat. This warship was moored in the North Sea, a stone's throw away from Belgium, in December 1915.
He married in 1916 in Dunkirk, where he lived after the war and worked in the port. He was registered as a sworn weigh-in in 1933. He died in Rouen in January 1943. (To date, the family can't provide us with a portrait).
The Simoun, Deep Sea Torpedo boat - Photo credit Mr. Rouxel - Ecole.nav.traditions.free.fr
ROUY Emile Frederic
He was born in Vignacourt and moved to Paris, where he worked as a hairdresser before the war. He was incorporated into the 161st Territorial Infantry.
He saved several children from a fire during a bombing in 1914 in Achiet-le-Petit (Pas-de-Calais). He was mentioned in Dispatches in the army corps order on October 2, 1914,nd was awarded the War Cross. His brother died of wounds in the Marne sector.
THEOT Adolphe Alphonse
Zouaves Regiment 1st, 2nd (Sept 1917), 4th (Nov 1917 - Orient), and 24th Infantry Regiment, the year 1924.
Adolphe Théot worked as a baker at Clérentin's in Picquigny, on the street named "Au-delà-du-Pont," which translates to Beyond-the-Bridge Street.
He ensured the liaison under heavy bursts of machine guns and artillery. He was honored with multiple prestigious medals, recognizing his outstanding achievements and contributions, including the Orient Medal for his actions in the Orient from October 16, 1917, to April 21, 1919.
The Orient Medal, courtesy of M. Pierre-Yves Raynier,
website: www.medailles1914-1918.fr (map).
Soldiers - Second World War:
Soldats died during the conflict
5 local soldiers died during the Second World War, 3 of whom died in 1940. Among them, one died in Happenheim in Germany in 1941, and one died in Picardy in 1943.
- Emile CROGNIER - 16th Light Infantry Brigade.
- DEVISME Léon - 45th RI (Infantry Regiment).
- LEFEBVRE André - 28th RR guard (Regional Regiment).
- LEFEFBVRE Marc - 229th RALD. (Heavy Artillery Regiment).
- BEAUVAL Marcel - 163th RAF (dead in Germany).
Soldiers taken prisoner according to German authorities
Béguin Marcel
Bernard Lucien
Bertin Anselme
Bienaimè Marc
Binet Yves
Bocquillon André
Damerval Gilles
Deliry Paul
Ducrotoy André
Ducrotoy Gaston
Ducrotoy Léon
Géron André
Godard Georges
Frète Edmond
Leclercq Elienne
Lefebvre Antoine
Lefebvre René
Marchand, Georges
Piedecocq Robert
Quint Paul
Sageât Ernest
Pecourt Gaston
Théot Raoul
Théot Robert
Thuillier Léon
Thuillier Maurice
Thuiller Paul
Vigreux Ghislain
Warin Marcel