Roeland Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 (edited) Hello,I bought this commandeur Legion d'honneur cross, it was awarded to General Guillot.I believe he was a commander in 1940 of the 4th army, and later the 507 RCC?That is all I know about him, who can tell me more please?other awards, his life, his career etc.there also should be a book about the 507 RCC, does anybody know the exact title and where I can get it.It is supposed to have a picture of this medal I bought.thanks in advance!kind regards,Roeland Edited October 9, 2007 by Roeland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steen Ammentorp Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Hi Roeland,Are you referring to http://www.generals.dk/general/Guillot/Jea...ton/France.html Though I find it a bit strange that he should later command a regiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roeland Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 It is the general as shown at the link.Actually I don't know if the regiment was later or before the 4th army tank commander period.Sorry if I wrote that wrong in my last post.I can't read the sellers handwriting, I'm missing some keywords about the 507, something to do with a school.here's a scan of the writing:sentence starts from:''Il avais commandi le 507 ....''I can't make out some words. I only read he commanded the 507, the next thing up to school I can't read, as well as the words between school and Versailles (des.... ?), the sentence ends after Versailles.thanks for the help.kind regards,Roeland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodion Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Hello RoelandFrom the "annuaire des officiers d'infanterie" 1932 :Jean Gaston GUILLOT :born 2th august 1882 in Auxonne.Came from Saint Cyr school and entered in the army on 25th october 1901L?gion d'honneur : officer 21th december 1926, croix de guerre 2 citationssous lieutenant 1/10/1903Lieutenant 1/10/1905Capitaine 1/11/1914Chef de bataillon 25/3/1925Lieutenant-colonel 25/9/1931In 1932 he worked at the" ?cole d'application de l'infanterie et des chars de combat" and in the "annuaire" of 1935 he commanded the 507e RCCBest regards Rodion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steen Ammentorp Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Hi Roeland,A search on him in Google Books get an result on him in "Listes g?n?rales d?anciennet? des officiers de l?arm?e active des armes et services, 1936" which has him attached to the 507 RCC. He was proberly succeed as commander by le Grande Charles himself in 1937.Kind RegardsSteen AmmentorpThe Generals of World War II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roeland Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Wow great information, just what I was looking for!Thanks for clearing up on the 507 RCC.many thanks to the both of you! Did he only get the Leg.hon. commander and croix de guerre?I would like to know if he had more, like WW1, or service medals etc.if anybody can find anything about thatthanks. kind regards,Roeland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodion Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Hello Roelandmore details :Guillot reached the rank of colonel on 25/12/1935. Charles de Gaulle was the colonel of the 507e RCC after him.In 1938 he commanded the 503e RCC. He retired fron the army with the rank of g?n?ral de brigade.It is possible to get the list of all his awards, citations and much more : his personnal file is at the records of the army (service historique de la d?fense).Best regardsRodion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roeland Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 thanks for the additional information.I'll try to contact the service historique de la d?fense to see if they can help me with more information.kind regards,Roeland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEHIN Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 It is the general as shown at the link.Actually I don't know if the regiment was later or before the 4th army tank commander period.Sorry if I wrote that wrong in my last post.I can't read the sellers handwriting, I'm missing some keywords about the 507, something to do with a school.here's a scan of the writing:sentence starts from:''Il avais commandi le 507 ....''I can't make out some words. I only read he commanded the 507, the next thing up to school I can't read, as well as the words between school and Versailles (des.... ?), the sentence ends after Versailles.thanks for the help.kind regards,RoelandHello Roeland,We can read "Chars de la 4?me arm?e en 1940 - Il avait command? le 507?me r?giment (rgt) de chars de combat puis l'?cole des chars ? Versailles"Best regardsG?rard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roeland Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 (edited) Hello G?rard,thank you for saying what the seller wrote.In the meantime I have a lot of other information on this general as well.A gmic member took photo's for me of his file.He had an incredible career, 1901 at Saint-Cyr, he was an officer during WW1, fought in Marocco as well and then WW2.He has been involved with tanks most time of his career since they came in use in WW1.I've translated his career file in Dutch for myself, but haven't translated it in English, I'll see if I might have some time soon to do so and list it here.here's a picture of General Guillot:if anyone has pictures or items related to this man, I'd sure love to buy it, I'll pay a good price of course.kind regards,Roeland Edited March 7, 2009 by Roeland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEHIN Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Hello again,I find this man in Saint Cyr promotion 1900-1902 "Promotion du Tchad" 533 officiers cadetsIn 1911 he was lieutnant at the fourth colonial infantry regimentI hope you a nice week-endBrgdsG?rard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roeland Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) What does ''promotion du Tchad'' mean?He graduated as number 97th of 437 (according to his file).Eleve 2e classe 26-10-1901Eleve 1e classe 3-11-1902Caporal 8-4-1903Lieutenant 1-10-1903Capitaine TT 3-10-1914Capitaine TD 1-11-1914Chef de Bataillon TT 11-8-1917Chef de Bataillon TD 25-3-1925Lieutenant-colonel 25-9-1931Colonel 25-12-1935Nomm? Adjoint de General gouverneur de Belfort 10-3-1939General de Brigade 8-12-1939(when the war broke out he was the commander of the tanks from the 4th army), after that he was the commander of the department Jura, on 20-8-1940 he was put on reserve. He died in 1957 at Nice. Edited March 8, 2009 by Roeland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noir 7 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 "Promotion du Tchad": in the tradition of Saint Cyr, each class receives a name, the class-name or "nom de promotion". The "1900-1902 class" received the name "Tchad" or "Chad" in english, because this territory became definitively French at this period.Today, the name is chosen at the ministery level among three proposal of the class and are more often heroes, but could be an event too (for example in 2002 "Bicentenary" of the school). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roeland Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 thank you for the explanation, didn't know that, very interestingkind regards,Roeland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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