Var : my grandpa hairy 14
On the front from the beginning of the conflict
My grandfather was performing his military service at Mount Faron in Toulon at the time of the declaration of war. Paid from the month of August 1914 to the 8th R.I. of the Eastern Army, he left for the Dardanelles where he carried out three years of war, from this unnamed butchery he returned seriously wounded.War Cross with citation.
An article dated January 02, 1916 of "Small Var", the newspaper of the time informed the population of Burgundy of the allocation of the war cross with a citation given to it for its courage in the face of the enemy."It is with a real sense of pride that the population of Roquebruno has just learned the following quotation, with a cross of war, addressed to our young compatriot Mr Boyer Stanislas. An elite soldier, of constant dedication and zeal, has ceased to show the best training and absolute contempt for death to ensure the connections between the units of the first line and the head of the body and to bring grenades back to the first line upon his return from mission. Our warm congratulations to this brave three-haired man who gives his hometown the greatest honour. "(Three-haired brave: Expression found at Molière in "the ridiculous precious" in 1659: A brave three-haired man is a very brave man)
The injury
On March 22, 1917, while he held the position of a bicycle liaison officer, a splinter of a bus took him the left calf to Monastir in Bosnia and Herzegovina (now Bitola) while he transmitted the orders by bicycle from the rear towards the front.
Photo: Boyer family/culture and heritage
Source: https://passadoc.fr/grand-pere-poilu-front-conflict-toulon-war-dardanelles-busse-bosnie-herzegovine/
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