Date of birth:

August 28th, 1879 (Saint-Ulrich)

Date of death:

January 17th, 1975 (Dannemarie)

Nationality:

French

Promotions:
October 30th, 1899: Soldat de 2e classe
October 01st, 1901: Sous-lieutenant
October 01st, 1903: Lieutenant
March 23rd, 1914: Capitaine
March 03rd, 1918: Chef de Bataillon
June 25th, 1927: Lieutenant-colonel
September 24th, 1931: Colonel
March 16th, 1936: Général de Brigade

Career:
1899-1901: École militaire de Saint-Cyr - Promotion « In Fannah »
1901: 106e Régiment d’infanterie, Chalons sur Marne
January 1904: served in the 1er Régiment Etranger, Foreing Legion / Légion Etrangère, Sidi-Bel-Abès
1904: Chef, 19e Compagnie de Légion, 1er Régiment Etranger - took part in operations in Algeria and Western Morrocco
October 1904: Chef de Section, Compagnie Montée, 1er Régiment Etranger, Berguent - fightings in Debdou, Metarko, Tendrara, and Chott-el-Charbi
1907: Beni-Snessen and fightings in Aïn-Sfa
July 1910: instructor for German language, école militaire, 114e Régiment d'infanterie, Saint-Maixent
1911: War Academy / École supérieure de Guerre
1914: Capitaine, staff officer, staff, 125e Brigade d'Infanterie, 63e Division d'Infanterie de Réserve - took part in the first attempt to liberate Mulhouse
September 1914: distinguished himself in the fightings along the Ourcq River - Battle of the Marne
Beginning 1915: WIA during the fightings along the Aisne River
September 1915: staff, Etat Major, 132e Brigade d'Infanterie, 14è Corps, gased during the fightings in the Champagne region and evacuated to the hospital
March 1916: staff, 16e Corps d'Armée
1916-1917: Battle of Verdun
February 1918: staff, 63e Division d'Infanterie
March 1918: commanding officer, Bataillon, 305e Régiment d'Infanterie - "Four de Paris", Argonne
July 1918: Liaison Officer, 90th US Infantry Division - Battle of Saint-Mihiel
August 1918: Liaison Officer, staff, 6e Corps d'Armée
1920: served in the public affairs bureau of the superior administration of the Saar region
1920: director of publication, French newspaper in German language "Le nouveau Courrier de la Sarre"
1920: conducted many diplomatic missions in Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin, Warsaw, Krakow, Posnan, Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna and Munich
1920: official observer in Bavaria and chef of the French propaganda office in Sarre
November 04th, 1921: present during the fightings in « Hofbräuhaus » in Munich after one of Adolf Hitler's speech
1923: appointed in the 152e Régiment d’Infanterie, Colmar
July 1925: Division Marocaine, Oudjda, Morrocco to fight the rebels led by Abd-El-Krim region Taza
1925: Sidi Abdallah
1925: Chef d’Etat Major, 1re Division de Marche du Maroc, 1re DMM - Branès
May 1926: Targuet
July 1926: Engil, then Tichoukt
August 1926: took part in the assault of the Tichoukt lair against the Tazu tribes
October 1926: administrator Haut-Leban
April 1930: commanding officer, 2e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie, Légion Etrangère, Meknès - Atlas
May 1930-October 1930: operations in the Moyen Atlas, El-Abid Ouadi, fightings in Maokaïn
1931: commanding officer, Colonne Groupe Mobile de Meknès - Grand Atlas
April 30th, 1931: created the Képi Blanc for the commemoration of the combat of Camerone in Sidi-Bel-Abès
1932: seized Tazigzaout Pike after violent fightings
1933: fightings in Tanrecht and Tanghart, then Asil Melloul, fightings in Djebel Hamdou and Ouksersar
July 1934: subdivision d’Epinal, France - manouver along the Maginot Line in the Bitche sector
Beginning 1935: commanding officer, Brigade Nord-Africaine, 2e Division Nord-Africaine, Toul - organisation of the terrain for the construction of the Maginot Line in Puttelange and Saint-Avold
March 1936: promoted to Général de brigade and commandant of the Fez region in Morrocco
May 1936: AD général résidant au Maroc
September 1939: 8e Division d'Infanterie, Montpellier
1939: mobilized the 86e Division Nord-Africaine, 86e Division d'Infanterie d'Afrique in Oran
1939: deputy of the Préfet Maritime, Bizerte, Tunisia
May 1940: sent in Béjà, Tunisia to form a new division
June 1940: Chef, 180e Division d’Infanterie, between Sousse and the Mareth Line, Tunisia facing Lybia
November 9th, 1942: arrested 2 days on order of Résident Général
1948-1950: Directeur du Courrier du Maroc
1964: left his résidence in Fez and returned to Saint-Ulrich, Sundgau, France
August 28th, 1966: Citoyen d’Honneur

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with clasp "Oujda"

with clasp "Maroc"

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Capitaine (Captain)

Unit:

63e Division d'Infanterie de Réserve

Awarded on:

October 1914

1 star

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Capitaine (Captain)

Awarded on:

March 1915

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Capitaine (Captain)

Awarded on:

January 26th, 1915

Ordre Général 557/D du 26 janvier 1915

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Capitaine (Captain)

Awarded on:

1915

WIA 00.02.1915 + 00.10.1915

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Capitaine (Captain)

Unit:

Etat Major de la 63ème Division

Awarded on:

1917

for his action in Verdun

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Commandant (Major)

Unit:

Officier de Liaison, Etat-major du 6e Corps d'Arméee

Awarded on:

1918

1 palm

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

1918

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

1 palm

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

June 16th, 1920

Awarded on:

1926

Rank:

Colonel

Unit:

Chef, 2e Régiment Etranger, Meknès

Awarded on:

1932

“As commander of the group, on May 1, 1932, he took a decisive part in the operation of forcing the Targount locks, forcing in Laggouach, by a bold measure, a group of threatening dissidents, to lay down their arms. July 13, at An-efgou, achieved all objectives, despite great terrain difficulties and through skillful intervention cleared a convoy battling dissidents. In September, after having prepared with tireless tenacity the progression of his group, he captured, with great struggle, the fifth and seventh of Tazigzeout. Remained there despite counter-attacks and exploited his success with as much tactical sense as energy, until the complete capitulation of his opponent. Achieved this brilliant success thanks to the ardor and spirit of sacrifice that he, as commander of the 2nd Foreign Regiment, knew how to inspire in his Battalions”

Rank:

Colonel

Unit:

Chef, 2e Régiment Etranger, Meknès

Awarded on:

October 18th, 1933

Journal Officiel du 21 octobre 1933

Awarded on:

1934

Awarded on:

June 30th, 1938

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  - Képi Blanc 2 – Général Richert - Dominique Richert 1914 - 1918
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