Philippe van M.

Good evening, I forgot to mention that I aslo published a second book, called "En mémoire d'un fils" (In remembrance of a son). It are actually the extended letters of Louis Chevrier de Corcelles, a soldier who served in captain's Cornet-Auquier company. They were very close, and his captain could be considered as a sort of mentor to Louis. He pushed him to become an officer cadet in 1915. Louis died during the battle of the Somme in july 1916, after he joined the 23 infantry regiment. Letters were published after the war but in a limited number of copies (around 80) and could no longer be found. That is the reason I published them in 2018, with additional letters I found, new photos provided by his family and comments. Philippe

Sure. Here is the link to the blog post (in French) that I published in 2016 (100 years after he passed) and recently refreshed: https://charlesbarberot.fr/il-y-a-100-ans-tombait-le-capitaine-cornet-auquier/ Philippe

Dear Chris, I just joined the forum. I am the great-nephew of major Barberot, mentioned in your extract. He was André's mentor, promoted him at the head of the 1rst company of his 1rst battalion (133e infantry regiment). I have published Barberot's biography five years ago and have a blog about him and related topics. I did publish a blog post about Cornet-Auquier in 2016 (that I recently refreshed). I have seen on your post and on the soldier's burden website his identity plate but also the whissel that my great-uncle gave him on January 5th, 1915, and the Croix de guerre that he got from him on June 21, 1915 (after the assault against Cote 830). I am wondering who the owner of those objects is. Are you the one ? Is it the family (he had two sisters that married English men). Best regards