Auguste Gérôme

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Auguste Gérôme
Monastir (décembre 1916). Le général Gérôme qui vient de recevoir des mains du Voïvode l'Ordre de l'Aigle Blanc.jpg
Born(1857-03-02)2 March 1857
Badonviller, Meurthe, French Empire
Died10 May 1919(1919-05-10) (aged 62)
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, French Republic
Allegiance France
BranchFrench Army
Years of service1875 - 1919
RankGeneral de brigade
Commands held

122nd Infantry Division
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsLegion of Honor (Commandeur)
Croix de guerre 1914–1918

Auguste Clément Gérôme was a French general who notably served at the Macedonian Front of World War I.

Biography[]

Gérôme was born on 2 March 1857 in Badonviller, at the time in Meurthe.[1] He was the son of Clément Gérôme, a non-commissioned officer in the French Army, and Marguerite Guillemette.[1] On 26 December 1881 he married Élisabeth Léonie Léonard, originally from [[Nancy}}. He enlisted on 14 March 1869 and served in the 60th Infantry Regiment. He attended the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr from 23 October 1875 to 1 October 1877, and afterwards was assigned to the 69th Infantry Regiment as a second lieutenant. He attended the War College from November 1884 to 28 November 1886, graduating with a staff patent. Then he was sent to Algeria to work on military maps from 12 January 1887 to 24 June 1887. During World War I He served on the frontlines of the French Army of the East and eventually commanded the 122th Infantry Division.[2][3][4] Gérôme died from war wounds on 10 May 1919 in Marseille.[5]

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Works[]

  • History of the 75th Infantry Regiment , under the leadership of Colonel Pedoya 1891, Paris;
  • Historical essay on the tactics of the cavalry, 1900, Paris;
  • Historical essay on infantry tactics from the organization of the standing army to the present day, 1903, Paris;
  • Campaign of 1813 , 1904, Paris.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Acte de naissance.
  2. ^ Marshal Franchet D'Esperey (September 1, 1938). Allied armies in the East - June 18 to September 30, 1918. . p. 5.
  3. ^ , ed. (October 15, 1938). Allied armies in the East - Correspondence. p. 948.
  4. ^ Ministry of War - Citations to the Order of the Army. Official Journal of the French Republic. August 2, 1918. p. 6701..
  5. ^ Mémoire des Hommes.
  6. ^ Home of heroes en anglais.

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