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11 janvier 2009

May-June 1915: Henri is searching in vain Aimé's burial place.

May-June 1915: Henri is searching in vain Aimé's burial place.
Henri rushed up, as soon as he could, from the Loos-en-Gohelle sector, where he had taken an active part to the 9th May attack; he, then, attempted to retrieve any track of his younger brother, unfortunately without success: "[...] I walked along and...
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Tags: Henri,  Aimé,  Artois

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10 janvier 2009

Aimé shot to death, in Artois

Aimé shot to death, in Artois
The 8th "Régiment de Marche des Zouaves" entered the battles on the 11th May 1915, in Neuville Saint Vaast (Pas de Calais), South of the Vimy Ridge: "...Violent Infantry and machine guns firings are coming from the trenches located at 1000 meters beyond...
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Tags: Aimé,  Artois,  Neuville St Vaast,  8th Zouaves Regiment

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9 janvier 2009

April 1915: Aimé on the Champagne front

April 1915: Aimé on the Champagne front
In April 1915, Aimé, who was less than 18 years old, had enlisted by anticipation: he was already a Sergeant, when he was sent to the front, amongst the 1st Batalion of the 8th "Régiment de Marche des Zouaves", the same batalion as his brother, and almost...
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Tags: Henri,  Aimé,  Champagne,  8th Zouaves Regiment

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8 janvier 2009

From November 1914 to April 1915: Henri fights in Ypres

From November 1914 to April 1915: Henri fights in Ypres
Meanwhile, Henri was entering Ypres'hell: "...On the 11th [November], the violence of the bombing redoubles, and the German Infantry launches new assaults. The enemy forces are three to four times more numerous. The 90th has been holding the lines for...
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Tags: Henri,  Letters,  Ypres,  90th Infantry Regiment

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7 janvier 2009

18th September 1914: Jean-Baptiste's wound, on the Champagne front

18th September 1914: Jean-Baptiste's wound, on the Champagne front
Jean-Baptiste was severely injured in the left eye and in the chest, by some German schrapnell bullets, on the 18th September 1914, in Prunay sur Vesle (Marne). On this occasion, Jean-Baptiste was awarded the "Légion d'Honneur" and the "Croix de Guerre"...
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Tags: Jean-Baptiste,  Champagne

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6 janvier 2009

August-September 1914: the first fightings

August-September 1914: the first fightings
As soon as August 1914, Henri and Jean-Baptiste and their units took part to the first massive attack North bound, then to the retreat from Belgium. They, then, participated to the Battle of La Marne (Henri was fighting on the grassy slopes of the "Mont-Août"...
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Tags: Henri,  Jean-Baptiste,  Champagne,  La Marne

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19 décembre 2008

The Declaration of War

The Declaration of War
When the War broke out, ... ... Henri was serving as a Warrant Officer, in the 90th Infantry Regiment, in Châteauroux (Indre). On the very day following his eighteenth birthday, on the 28th July 1899, he volonteered and got enlisted as a simple private,...
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Tags: Henri,  Augustine,  Charlotte,  Euphrasie,  Jean-Baptiste,  Aimé,  La Guerre,  Marc,  1st Zouaves Regiment,  90th Infantry Regiment

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18 décembre 2008

The Baudiment family before the War

The Baudiment family before the War
Henri was born in Algeria, the eldest of six, from the encounter in Constantine, of Boniface, a gendarme, born in the French region of Berry, and Marie-Anne Robert, born ten years after in the region of Auvergne. Photography of the family in Kouba, around...
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Tags: Augustine,  Boniface,  Charlotte,  Euphrasie,  Jean-Baptiste,  Marie-Anne

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17 décembre 2008

Ville sur Cousances, on the 22nd May, 1998

Ville sur Cousances, on the 22nd May, 1998
"Dad? I am calling you from Verdun. I just retrieved the grave of Henri Baudiment". In the receiver, Daddy's voice broke down with emotion... Photography: Pierre Cazaubon - May 1999 Eighty two years after his death, Henri, the elder brother of my Dad's...
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Tags: Cemetery,  Henri,  Verdun

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16 décembre 2008

Introduction

Welcome on "World War Wounds", After more than ten years of personal research, I have eventually decided to publish this English speaking blog, dedicated to a French family, the Baudiment family from Algiers, during the Great War: this was the family...
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Tags: Copyright

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