Paul L Murphy Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 (edited) Today I bought a nice Croix de Guerre citation to a corporal in the 101st Infantry who was wounded in fighting between 1st and 5th June 1916. Does anybody have the French order of battle which will show where exactly they were serving at that time ? He was in the 6th Company and receive the C de G with bronze star for his conduct. The regimental commander was a Lt Colonel Lanusse and the regiment was part of the 247th Brigade, 124th Division, 4th Army Corps, if that helps.Many thanks. I will post a photo once I get myself properly organised ! Paul Edited November 10, 2007 by Paul L Murphy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Hi,they were right here. Maybe a couple of thousand meters South East.Hope that helps Chris ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 I am such a TEASE !(What a nice find by the way!!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul L Murphy Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 I am such a TEASE !(What a nice find by the way!!!!)So what the hell were they doing in your back yard ? You need to cut the grass by the way ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Your guy was defending the approaches to fort Vaux from the Germans. It would for me be about the most desirable bit of battlefield I could imagine for a CdG in my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul L Murphy Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 A Fort Vaux defender That was definitely 35 Euros very well spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Bastid...... (Just kidding)Being INSIDE the fort would have beena holy grail,your guy was somewhere on the slopes in front of it.... which is about as good as any mortal collector may hope to get. BestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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