Back to French version As is often the case, this research started with an anecdote which, one thing leading to another, led to a little… Lire la suite »Trench name for an artillery captain (Somme 1916)
Two X-rays of his wounds show the story of a sergeant of the 138th RI who was hit in September 1914 near Reims.
From 1913 to his death in September 1914, this young volunteer with the 13th « alpine » battalion of « chasseurs à pied ».
Two brothers in the same squad is not common; photographed at the front, it is even less so.
Analysis of a photograph by T. Vallé: 5 – Research into a family in the First World War using a photo card: the Monternier family.
Henri Terrisse, 128th RIT, Morocco, 1915. Unusual uniforms, a distant location and a conscript who tells us enough to find him.
25 – 52nd RAC, Lyon, 1911. Example of the impossible which does not fail to happen but which can be discovered thanks to synergies.
The « Conseil de révision » was not satisfied with a simple declaration to judge the health problems of a conscript. Barthès, class of 1914, discovered it.