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THREE DAYS TO SAVE HONOUR

SAINT-MICHELLOISE ASSOCIATION OF MEMORY OF MAY 1940

Fighting on 16, 17 and 18 May 1940

FORGOTTEN FIGHTS

A WAR BETWEEN EUROPEANS IS A CIVIL WAR. (Victor Hugo)

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INDIVIDUAL SHEET

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Chief sergeant BOUCARD 

Edmund, Georges, Armand

Based on information provided

by the Historical Defence Service in Vincennes, the Central Bureau of the Military Archives of Pau, the communes of origin and, for some, the families that could be found.

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War: 1939-1945 - Date of death: May 17, 1940 - Place of death: Hirson, Aisne

- Born on 06 June 1914 in Legé (44)

son of Armand François Marie (great mutilated from the 1914-1918 war, broken mouth) and Angélique Marie Cécile POGU.

- Adopted by the Nation on June 18, 1920.

- Married to CLISSON (Loire-Atlantique) on September 3, 1935 with Marie-Madeleine BRAUD.

- 2 daughters: Marie-Madeleine born 31July 1936 and Marie-Annick born 30August 1937.

- Volunteered by advance call to April 21, 1934 under the 65th Infantry Regiment.

- Reappointed for two years commencing July 6, 1935 as the 65th R.I. with the rank of Master Corporal.

- Appointed sergeant on November 1, 1935.

- Renegotiated 2 years from July 6, 1937 for Military Preparation.

- Renegotiated 6 months from July 6, 1939 as part of the Military Preparation of the 11th Region.

- Appointed Sergeant-Chief on November 1, 1939 and assigned to the 116th Infantry Regiment.

- Seconded to the General Staff of the Infantry Command of the 22nd Infantry Division as Head of the Secretariat.

- Sent on a mission to collect a reinforcement in the forest of Saint-Michel (Aisne):

- Killed to the enemy on 17 May 1940,

"au Pas Bayart" in Hirson (Aisne).

-Enter the garden of the family BRUNET au Pas Bayard until July 27, 1948, date of restitution to the family.

-Inhumed in the cemetery of CLISSON (Loire - Atlantic).

DECORATIONS:

         - Cross of war with star of vermeil:

         Quoted from the Corps Order (Order No. 692/c of July 28, 1941):

"Excellent NCO, Chief of the Secretaries of the Infantry Staff of the 22nd Division, having done his duty everywhere with modesty and composure.

On May 17, 1940, in the forest of Saint-Michel carried out in full combat a perilous liaison mission during which he was killed "

         - Military Medal (posthumous):

         By Decree of 8 June 1944 (O.J. of 22 June 1944).

"Death for France."

See:

"Together on the Paths of Memory"