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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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Second lieutenant LIBERGE Bernard, Mary, Paul

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 20, 1940 - Place of death: Hirson, Aisne

- born on 24 March 1919 in Nantes (Loire - Atlantique)

- son of Joseph, Mary, Prosper and Mary, Martha, Emilia, Françoise BOUGÜIN.

- Volunteered on October 1, 1938.

- Admitted as a pupil to the Special Military School incorporated on October 1, 1938.

- Appointed second lieutenant on September 2, 1939.

- Started on the C. M. 1. n ° 92 on September 2, 1939 and assigned the said-day to the 21st Training Battalion.

- Party in the armed forces on November 5, 1939.

Attached to deposit 91 at Angers on April 8, 1940.

- Assigned to the 125th Infantry Regiment on April 11, 1940 

- Mortally wounded in the forest of Saint - Michel (Aisne)

 on May 17, 1940.

Corps returned to the family on 06/07/1948

- Buried at the Bouteillerie cemetery in NANTES (Loire-Atlantique).

COPY OF THE DEATH CERTIFICATE DRAWN UP BY THE HIRSON TOWN HALL ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1941:

"On 8 August 1941, at 16 hours 45 minutes, we noted the death apparently dating back to 20 May 1940 of Bernard LIBERGE, second lieutenant at 125th R.I., recruiting Nantes, born on 24 March 1919. (Without other information known to the registrant).

Bernard LIBERGE says "DEATH FOR FRANCE."

The body was found in Hirson cemetery.

Drawn up on 24 September 1941, at 17 hours 15 minutes, on the statement of Antoine DINARD, director of funeral services, domiciled in Hirson: 60, rue de Charleville, who, after reading it, signed with Nous, Georges RANSON, fourth Deputy Mayor of the City of Hirson, Officer of the Civil Registry, by delegation. "

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"Death for France."

"Together on the Paths of Memory"