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28 janvier 2009

The mourning of the family

The mourning of the family
Then came the long mourning, heavy to bear, for the parents, for the remaining brother, for the sisters. Family mourning which was not even interrupted by the sound of the bugle, on the Armistice Day, the 11th November 1918. Family photography, Spring...
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27 janvier 2009

The end of the War, for Jean-Baptiste

The end of the War, for Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Baptiste never recovered a normal health, and so, never returned back to fighting: Official ceremony at the 1st Zouaves Regiment, at the "Champ de Manoeuvres" (training area), in Algiers, beginning of 1915: Jean-Baptiste Baudiment carries the Regiment...
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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