Chris Boonzaier Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 Then another for the German offensive in the Champagne in mid July 1918.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roeland Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 superb, I really enjoyed looking at this great group!you don't see those kind of groups often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 Oooooooooooohhhhh Boy!!! Just got back from a hastily cobbeled together tour of some battlefields.... Some especially related to this group... Really fantastic... watch this space!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 This is the Grave of the Regt commander killed on the 25th September 1915, Tiffay retrieved his body under fire and brought it to the rear while under heavy fire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 In the background you can see the Pyramid shape of the Main Monument to the Champagne Fighters and Dead, it is on the grunds of the remains of the Navarin Farm. It is the objective taken by Tiffays Regt on the day of the assulat. Of 2200 men who attacked, 1050 were killed. They more or less advanced from the cemetary to the Pyramid, as well as to the left and right of the Pyramid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 The monument. It is not to the men who took the farm, but to all Allied Champaign fighters, this includes US troops who fought in the sector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 This is the Grave of the Regt commander killed on the 25th September 1915, Tiffay retrieved his body under fire and brought it to the rear while under heavy fire... Wow!... My jaw dropped... My shoulders are slumped... I am simply in awe at this INCREDIBLE group and research! It could occupy, on its own, an entire showcase in a museum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 Wow!... My jaw dropped... My shoulders are slumped... I am simply in awe at this INCREDIBLE group and research! It could occupy, on its own, an entire showcase in a museum! I have just started... there is quite a bit more he did... Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralstona Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Great stuff! Rare to see so many docs together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) Auguste Victor Tiffay enlisted as a volunteer in 1896, Initially serving in 4e Regiment Infanterie Coloniale and from December 1899-0ctober 1902 he served in New Caledonia Leaving the Colonial service in 1902 In 1903 he reenlisted back into the 4e Régiment d'infanterie coloniale and passed to the 24e Régiment d'infanterie coloniale and in 1905 passed to the 11e Régiment d'infanterie coloniale in Cochinchine from October 1905 until 1907, he passed to the 22e Regiment Infanterie Coloniale in 1908 then stationed in Madagascar serving from 1908 until 1914. I found his death entry in the local newspaper but it gives no details of the circumstances He passed to the 33e Régiment d'infanterie coloniale serving from 1914-1918 He passed to the 13 Régiment d'infanterie coloniale du Maroc from 1919, He married Alice Eugénie GERARDIN in 1919 leaving the service in 1922 he was given an appointment at the Gironville post office due to his war service He was also awarded the Order Nichan Iftikhar in 1917. His wife Alice died in 1928 and Auguste-Victor died in 1930 Edited January 3, 2021 by dante Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 I always found the most poignant part of the group the orphanage papers, where they were delivered with x pairs of underwear, x handkerchiefs etc. etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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