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Losses of French Army and Air Force
in the Netherlands
10/05/1940 - 30/06/1940

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Losses of the French Army, Netherlands, May 1940

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See War over Holland for an account of the activities of the French Army, Navy and Air Force during the opening parts of the Battle of France in The Netherlands.

The data of the French soldiers and airmen killed in the Netherlands are gathered by Allert Goossens. Unfortunately it is unknown how many French soldiers are missing in action and what their names are.

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ARMY

Units with casualties:

60 Division d'Infanterie (2 KIA)

2e Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie (4 KIA, 1 DOW)
4e Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie (1 KIA)
5e Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie (5 KIA)
6e Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie (1 KIA)
12e Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie (2 KIA, 1 DOW)
27e Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie (1 KIA)
68e Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie (1 KIA)

38e Regiment d'Infanterie (7 KIA)
43e Regiment d'Infanterie (1 KIA)
92e Regiment d'Infanterie (7 KIA, 2 DOW)
121e Regiment d'Infanterie (4 KIA)
224e Regiment d'Infanterie (29 KIA, 1 DOW)
271e Regiment d'Infanterie (78 KIA, 1 MIA, 8 DOW)
341e Regiment d'Infanterie (1 KIA)

16e Regiment d'Artillerie (2 KIA)
89e Regiment d'Artillerie (2 KIA, 2 DOW)
307 Regiment d'Artillerie (3 KIA)
405e Regiment d'Artillerie (1 KIA, 1 DOW)
435 DcA (1 DOW)

4e Regiment de Cuirassiers (2 KIA)
6e Regiment de Cuirassiers (4 KIA)

4 Régiment de Dragons Portés (13 KIA)
19e Régiment de Dragons (1 KIA)

50 RAMD (2 KIA)

Unit unknown or unclear (9 KIA, 5 DOW)

Name unknown (2 KIA)

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60 Division d'Infanterie

Marcel Emile Deslaurens, General, 60 DI, 17/05/1940, Vlissingen/Villers-sur-Mer
Joseph Goalabre, Sgt 1stClass [or Sgt.Maj.], 60 DI, 17/05/1940, Terneuzen/Kapelle C-1-4

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2 Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie

Pierre Cabarat, Sgt, 2GRDI, 11/05/1940, Huybergen / Blois
Henri Ipinazar, Pvt, 2GRDI, 13/05/1940, Etten Leur / St.Léon Bayonne
Adrien Coudrier, Pvt, 2GRDI, 14/05/1940, Huybergen / Meilhards
Noël D.L. Taillebois, Pvt, 2GRDI, 14/05/1940, Huybergen / Kapelle E-3-7
  François Morin, 1st Lt, 2GRDI, DOW 21/05/1940, Orthen (near 's Hertogenbosch) / Jouy-en-Pithiverais

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4 Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie

Louis Durand Soyer, Cpt, 4 GRDI, 16/05/1940, died Wemeldinge, originally buried Wemeldinge; now French War Cemetery, Kapelle, grave D-1-9

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5 Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie

 Alfred Caudron, Pvt, 5GRDI, 11/05/1940, Zevenbergschenhoek / Oisy-le-Verger
Pierre Marcel Gilles, Cpl, 5GRDI, 11/05/1940, Zevenbergschenhoek / Kapelle E-3-10
Marius Ovise, Pvt, 5GRDI, 11/05/1940, Zevenbergschenhoek / Kapelle E-3-9
Raymond Perdereau, Sgt, 5GRDI, 11/05/1940, Zevenbergschenhoek / Kapelle E-3-8
 Serge Trichard, Sgt, 5GRDI, 11/05/1940, Zevenbergschenhoek / Bagnolet

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6 Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie

  Clément Léon Jeusselin, ?, 6 GRDI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle D-1-2

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12 Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie
  
? Herisson-Cavet, Sgt, 12GRDI, 13/05/1940, Zevenbergen / Boigneville
Joseph Tardivel, Pvt, 12 GRDI, 17/05/1940, Nieuw en St.Joosland/Villejuif
Maurice Tallier, Pvt, 12GRDI, 19/05/1940 aan verwondingen overleden - Roosendaal / Paris

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27 Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie

  François Rouxel, Sergeant, 27 GRDI, 12/05/1940, Roosendaal - Josselin

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68 Group de Reconnaissance Divisionnaire d'Infanterie

? Bouvier, Chef d'Escadron, 68 GRDI, 16/05/1940, likely to have died at Canal through Zuid-Beveland, burial place unknown.
Charles M. Gicquet de Preissac, 1st Lt, 68 GRDI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Plougasnou
Julien Houtain, Pvt, 68 GRDI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/St.Maur
Marcel Georges Lefrant, ?, 68 GRDI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle E-1-2
René Charles Lempereur, Pvt, 68 GRDI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Asnieres-sur-Oise
Charles Sardine, Sold.(2eme Cl.), 68 GRDI, 16/05/1940, Wemeldinge/Versailles
Clément Camboulas, Pvt, 68 GRDI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/Meudon
Constant Gadois, Pvt, 68 GRDI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/Parennes
 

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38 Regiment d'Infanterie

Pierre Darriet , Pvt, 38 RI, 12/05/1940, Ginneken / Léogan

Marcel P.L.J. Aulas, Corporal 1st Class, 38 RI, 13/05/1940, Roosendaal / St.Génis-Laval
Julien Barrieraud, Private, 3/38 RI, 13/05/1940, Ginneken / St.Priest Taurioy
Jean Loup Belval Delahaye, Private, 38 RI, 13/05/1940, Princenhage / Kapelle / Paris
Rémy Dejoux, Cpl, 38 RI, 13/05/1940, Ginneken / Firminy
Claudius Meunier, Pvt, 38 RI - 13/05/1940 -Etten Leur / St.Etienne

Eugène Didier , Pvt, 5/38 RI - 14/05/1940 - Bergen op Zoom / Kapelle E-3-1

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43 Regiment d'Infanterie

  André Le Clercq, ?, 43 RI, 16/05/1940, Yerseke / Kapelle E-1-5

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92 Regiment d'Infanterie

Jean Tavernier, Cpl, 92 RI, 13/05/1940, Groot Meren / Ossendrecht / Paulhaguet

Clovis Bouyssou, Pvt, 92 RI, 16/05/1940, Tilburg / Terrason
Henri Grandvoynnet, Pvt, 92 RI, 16/05/1940, Tilburg / Morteau
Georges Ribaud, Cpl 1stC, 92 RI, 16/05/1940, Tilburg / St.Pourcain s/Sioule

Jean Benages, Pvt, 92 RI - 18/05/1940, Tilburg / Ortaffa
André Chanteloube, Pvt, 92 RI, 18/05/1940, Tilburg / St.Anthème
Eliseé Marfoux, Pvt, 92 RI, 18/05/1940, Tilburg / Kapelle C-2-11

Jean Paran, Pvt, 92 RI, 23/05/1940, Died of wounds, Tilburg / Kapelle C-2-12
 Francisque Léon Riberoles, Pvt, 92 RI, 27/05/1940, Died of wounds, Tilburg / Kapelle C-1-12
  

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121 Regiment d'Infanterie

Robert Beraud , Pvt, 121 RI, 13/05/1940, Etten Leur /Kapelle D-3-11
Jean Baptiste Delpech , Pvt, 121 RI, 13/05/1940, Gelder / Ginneken / Fort de l'Eau  
Maurice Dumez , Pvt, 121 RI, 13/05/1940, Ginneken / Noyant
François Fites, Pvt, 121 RI, 13/05/1940, Ginneken / Sainte-Vite

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224 Regiment d'Infanterie (68 Division d'Infanterie)

François Barbier, Sold. 2 Cl., 224 RI, Serv. n° 527, age 37, 17/05/1940, died in Arnemuiden, Arnemuiden/Loguivy
Marcel Blaizot, Sold., 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Oost-en West-Souburg/Kapelle C-1-9
Eugène Colard, Sgt, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Nieuw en St.Joosland/Auvillars
Jean Cousin, Pvt, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Nieuw en St.Joosland/Gaillon
Louis Garrison, Cpl 1st Class, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Nieuw en St.Joosland/Bordeaux
Allain Marie Gueguen, Sold., 224 RI, Serv. n° 4654, age 31, 17/05/1940, died at Sloedam, originally buried Arnemuiden; now in ?
Georges Juvin, Pvt, [9e comp] 224 RI, Serv. n° 37429, age 35, 17/05/1940, died at Sloedam, originally buried Arnemuiden; Ivry sur Seine
Yvon Kervran, Pvt, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Nieuw en St.Joosland/Leuhan
Jean Labbe, Cpl, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Nieuw en St.Joosland/Plouzane
Eugène François Laplanche, Sold. 2 Cl., 224 RI, Serv. n° 1371, age 33, 17/05/1940, died at Sloedam, originally buried Arnemuiden, now in Yvignac
Marcel Marie Le Borgne, Sold. 2 Cl., [3e Bat.], 224 RI, Serv. n° 1747, age unknown, 17/05/1940, Arnemuiden/Kapelle E-2-10
Jean Marie Le Bougeant, ?, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Arnemuiden/Kapelle E-2-12
Eugène Raoul Letellier, Pvt, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Arnemuiden/Douvres
François Marie Le Guen, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Arnemuiden/Kapelle E-2-11
René Le Roux, Pvt, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Nieuw en St.Joosland/Leuhan
Victor Eugène Joseph Louazel, Sgt 1C, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Arnemuiden / Combourg
Auguste Momot, ?, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Nieuw en St Joosland/Kapelle D-2-4
Jean L. Morvan, Cpl, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Nieuw en St.Joosland/Le Cloître Pleyben
Guillaume Yves Marie Morvan, Pvt, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Arnemuiden/Plouisy
Dénis Jean Edouard Pascot, Sgt, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Arnemuiden/Le Garric
Charles Pelcat, Cpl, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Nieuw en St.Joosland/Rouen
Etienne Louis Philippe, Soldat 2, 224 RI, Serv. n° 732, age unknown, 17/05/1940, died in Arnemuiden, Arnemuiden/Kapelle E-2-6
Daniel Marcel Paisson (or Poisson), Pvt, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Oost en West Souburg/St.Georges de Bohon
Michel Robert Porcher, Pvt, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Arnemuiden/Kapelle E-2-7
Constant Rau, Cpl, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Nieuw en St.Joosland/Kapelle D-2-3
Joseph Rau, Cpl, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Arnemuiden/Kapelle E-2-8
Léon Thibon, Soldat 2, 224 RI, Serv. n° 88, age 22, 17/05/1940, died in Arnemuiden; Arnemuiden/Kapelle E-2-9
Georges René Raymond Toublanc, ?, 224 RI, 17/05/1940, Middelburg/Kapelle E-2-5
Claude Weill, 1st Lt, 224 RI, age 24, 17/05/1940, died in Arnemuiden, Arnemuiden/Elbeuf

André Pierre Louis Codet, Cpl or Cap., 224 RI, age 28, 23/05/1940, Domburg/Cherbourg

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271 Regiment d'Infanterie (60 Division d'Infanterie)

Marcel Froger, Pvt, Pvt, 1/271 RI, 12/05/1940, Schore/Kapelle/Beaumont Pied de Boeuf

Robert Roger Chansay, ?, 1/271 RI, 14/05/1940, Schore/Kapelle/Thiais

Fernand Bahier, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/St.Hilaire du Maine
Camille Jules Bailleux, ?, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle D-1-4
Jean Alfred Baillot, Cpl, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Amor
Léon Jules Barbet, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Dollon
Louis Alexander Charles Barbonnat, Sold., 271 RI, 16/05/1940, died in Wemeldinge, originally buried Wemeldinge; now Kapelle French War Cemetery, grave D-1-10.
Marcel Léon A. Baudou, ?, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Schore/Kapelle/Vitrai s/Laigle
Georges François Behier, ?, 1/271 RI, 16/05/1940, Schore/Kapelle/ St.Pierre des Nids
Alfred Bellanger ?, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kattendijke/Laval
Léostène Berth ?, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Louvres
Jules Blanchart, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Houilles
Joseph Blexmann, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Bagneux Parisien
Pierre Bourgon, Majoor (Commandant), 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Nancy
Jean Chantepie, Pvt, 10/271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Sept Forges
Joseph Edmond Chauveau, Pvt, 271RI, 16/05/1940, Kattendijke/La Chaize le Vicomte
Yves Dantec, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Poissy
Fernand Davoy, Cptn, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Le Mans
Marcel Marie Joseph Decorsaire, Adjudant, 1/271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Blois
Henri Decourtet, Cpl, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Raismes
Pierre Delaplace, ?, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Schore/Kapelle E-1-4
Alphonse Jean Delencre, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Anzin
Edmond Destenay, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Schore/Kapelle/Croissey
Jacques Dumazel, Sgt, 10/271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Thiais
André Fiau, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Le Mans
Henri M.F. Gambert, ?, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle D-1-8
André G.A. Georges, ?, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle E-1-3
Albert Graffin,Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/St.Jean de la Moette
Raymond F.M. Grillon, Adjudant, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Goes/Bagneux Parisien
Victor L.C. Grosbois, ?, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle E-1-1
Guy Yves Marie Guegan, Cpl, 4/271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/St.Brieuc
Roger Hardel, 1st Lt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/St.Croix
Robert Hate, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Le Mans
André Louis Issard, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle D-1-5
Maurice Roger Lafosse, Sgt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Rennes
René Alfred Lebret, Pvt, 10/271 RI, 16/05/1940, Goes/Lanhelin
Charles Lecrocq, Pvt as(?), 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Montrouge
François Legendre, Cpl, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kattendijke/Sablé
Rene Adolphe Le Goff, Cpl, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle D-1-6
Alphonse Leroux, Sgt 1st Class, 5/271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Le Mans
Charles Leroy, ?, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Ferriere-la-Grande
Raymond Constant Levrard, Pvt, 1/271 RI, 16/05/1940, Schore/ Torce-en-Charnie
Désiré Mercier, 1st Lt, 7/271 RI, age 31, 16/05/1940, Wemeldingen/Kapelle E-1-8
Alphonse Monceau, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kattendijke/Mezeray
Maurice Eugène Montbeau - Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, 's Heer Arendskerke/Verneil Le Chétif
Ferdinand Moreau, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Souce
Maurice Moussel, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Avon
Auguste Louis Pageot, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Sablé sur Sarthe
Gustave Papillon, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Wemeldinge/Beille
Léon Perroux, Adjudant, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Ruilles s/Loir
Julien Perrono, Cpl, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Guénin
Guiseppe Picco, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Goes/Chateaugiron
Charles Prevel, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Vire
Georges Richebois, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Ivry sur Seine
Julien Léon Roche, ?, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Sablé
Joseph Marie Prudent Samson,, Cpl, 1/271 RI, 16/05/1940, Schore/Montfort-sur-Mer
Romain Sevestre, Pvt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/St.Cloud en Dunois
Joseph Pierre Marie Simon, Pvt, 1/271 RI, 16/05/1940, Schore/Kapelle/Loges Machis
Pierre Tachot, 1st Lt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Thivars
René Trousson, 1st Lt, 271 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Pantin

François Emile Cocau, Pvt, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/St.Mars la Jaille
Romain Deville, ?, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/Lille
Alphonse Dubois, Pvt, 16/271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/St.Ellier
André Dubois, ?, 10/271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/Bain de Bretagne
Wilhelm Arman Lucien Enadan, Cptn, 8/271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/St.Dénis de Moronval
Fernand Etoc, chaplain, I-271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/Alencon
Marcel L. Ferron, Pvt, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, Schore/Kapelle/Nantes
Marcel Geffroy, ?, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/Plougras
Albert Goue, Pvt, 10/271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/Ivry
Jean Hernandez, 1st Lt, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/Maubeuge
Maurice Kriegel, Pvt, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/Drancy
Marcel G.J. Lechat, Pvt, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, Arnemuiden/Parennes
Robert Lenoir, ?, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, Goes/Kapelle E-1-9
Paul Leroyer, ?, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, Middelburg/Kapelle E-2-1
J.H.L. Maury, 1st Lt, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, drowned at Hoofdplaat, MIA
Eugène Joseph Pinson, Pvt, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/Le Moustoir
Marcel Poisson, Cpl, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/Mézières s/Savardin
Marcel Pottier, ?, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle D-1-1
Julien Retiere,, Cpl, 271 RI, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/Suce

Paul Roger Allard, ?, 1/271 RI, 18/05/1940, Kapelle / somewhere in France (DOW?)
Jean Le Stum, ?, 1/271 RI, 18/05/1940, Schore/Kapelle E-1-7 (DOW?)
Jean Marie Rivoal, Sgt, 248 RI, 18/05/1940, Domburg/Sèvres (DOW?)
Georges Fernand Torzec, Cpl, 7/271 RI, 18/05/1940 (or 22/05), Domburg/St.Nazaire (DOW?)

Marc Pitou, Pvt, 271 RI, 21/05/1940, Goes/St.Maixent (DOW?)
Alexis Rousseau, Pvt, 271 RI, 21/05/1940, Goes/Paulx
  (DOW?)

Albert Sauger or Albert Saugier, Pvt, 271 RI, 22/05/1940, Domburg/Boisville la St.Pierre (DOW?)

Camille Riblier, Pvt, 3/271 RI, 17/11/1941 Died of wounds sustained in Bergen op Zoom, May 1940
, Bergen op Zoom / St.André de Briouze

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341 Regiment d'Infanterie

Frédéric Antoine Maire, Sgt, 341 RI, 20/05/1940, Groede/Toulon

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16 Regiment d'Artillerie

René Anjoulat, Pvt, 16 RA, 13/05/1940, Roosendaal / Lozère
Claude Damet, Pvt, 16 RA, 13/05/1940, Roosendaal / Lusigny

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89 Regiment d'Artillerie (68 D.I.)

 Armand Josse, Sgt, I-89 RA, 17/05/1940, Nieuw en St.Joosland/Kapelle D-2-2
Augustin Vilvielle, ?, 89 RA, 17/05/1940, Oostburg/Kapelle C-1-5

René Jacques Corré, 2nd Lt [Sous-Lieutenant], I-89 RA, age 21, 19/05/1940, Domburg /Relecq (DOW?)

Robert Jules Lefebvre or Robert Paul Jules Lefebre, 1st Lt, I-89 RA, 22/05/1940, Domburg/St.Brieuc (DOW?)

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307 Regiment d'Artillerie (60 D.I)


Jean Marie Dornic, Sold., 307 RA, age 33, 15/05/1940, died Heinkenszand; originally buried in Heinkensand; now Edern, France

Henri Rabiau, Pvt, 307 RA, 16/05/1940, Kattendijke/Les Trois Pierres

François Le Duigou, Soldat, 2 Cie 307 RAP.5Bt. 2gr. Nr. 826, age 34, 17/05/1940, died in Vlissingen, originally buried in Vlissingen, now French War Cemetery, Kapelle, grave D-2-11

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405 Regiment d'Artillerie

Eugène Joan Alphonse Klein, Cpl 1st Class [Brig. Chef], 19 Battery, 1 CA, 405 RA, age 30, 18/05/1940, Domburg/Préville Nancy  (DOW?)
Auguste Alexis Hestroffer, Pvt, 405 RA, age 27, 09/06/1940, Domburg/Fremery (DOW?)

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435 DcA (Detachement d'Artillery?)

Jean Maurice Aubertie, Gunner [Can 2 Cl.], 435 DcA, age 28, 18/05/1940, died in Domburg; originally buried Domburg, now Rosier, France(DOW?)
Could also have been with 271 R.I. 1 Comp. 2 seche SP 157.

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4 Regiment de Cuirassiers

Victor F. Duchatel, Sgt, 4 RC, 12/05/1940, Diessen / Crouy-en-Thelle
Fortuné Duvinage, Adjudant, 4 RC, 12/05/1940, Diessen - Raon l'Etape

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6 Regiment de Cuirassiers

Gilbert Hautbout, Pvt, 6 RC, 11/05/1940, Tilburg / Ponthoile
 Paul Lucien Emile Barbier, Pvt, 6 RC, 12/05/1940, Breda / Bergen op Zoom / Etefay
Georges Bouard, Pvt, 6 RC, 12/05/1940, Tilburg / Bagneux Parisien
Maurice Robert Paul Grimaud, Pvt, 6 RC, 13/05/1940, Ginneken / Kapelle E-3-11

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4 Régiment de Dragons Portés

Jean Louis Emile Bazille, Pvt, II-4RDP, 12/05/1940, Diessen / Kapelle bij onbekenden (D-3-3 t/m 9)
Louis Denis, Cpl, 4RDP, 12/05/1940, Hoge Mierde / Toutencourt
Albert Doneau, 2nd Lt,4RDP, 12/05/1940, Hoge Mierde / Angers
Henri Gudin, Pvt, 4RDP, 12/05/1940, Diessen / Kapelle bij onbekenden (D-3-3 t/m 9)
Joseph Heraut, Pvt, 4RDP, 12/05/1940, Diessen / Kapelle bij onbekenden (D-3-3 t/m 9)
Jean Huron, Pvt, 4RDP, 12/05/1940, Diessen / Kapelle bij onbekenden (D-3-3 t/m 9)
Marcel Laversin, Pvt, 4RDP, 12/05/1940, Diessen / Kapelle bij onbekenden (D-3-3 t/m 9)
Jean Lenoir, Sgt, 4RDP, 12/05/1940, Hoge Mierde / Rombas
Marcel Loury, Pvt, 4RDP, 12/05/1940, Diessen / Kapelle bij onbekenden (D-3-3 t/m 9)
Pierre Molliere, Pvt, 4RDP, 12/05/1940, Diessen / Kapelle bij onbekenden (D-3-3 t/m 9)
Vivien Vernon, ?, 4RDP, 12/05/1940, Diessen / Kapelle bij onbekenden (D-3-3 t/m 9)
Fernand Vivien, Pvt, 4RDP, 12/05/1940, Diessen / Auchel
Jean Louis Descubes, Cpl, 4RDP - 13/05/1940 aan verw - Valkenswaard / Saumur

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19 Régiment de Dragons

Clément Constant Sable, 19 Rgt. Dragons, 16/05/1940, Kapelle D-1-7

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50 RAMD

Marc Boulet, ?, 50 RAMD, 16/05/1940, Goes/Castelmayran
Dominico Rua, Pvt, 50 RAMD, 17/05/1940, Arnemuiden/Villejuif

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Unit unknown or unclear

Roger Labaille, substitute helmsman, Navy?, ?, Breskens/Kapelle C-1-10

André Besse, Pvt, ?, 15/05/1940, Roosendaal / Kapelle C-1-9
Noé Quentin, Pvt, ?, 16/05/1940, Kapelle/Bonneval
Eugène Roux, Pvt, "13 e Div.Cor.I" (unknown in French Order of Battle in the Netherlands; possible with 92 RI or 6 RC), 16/05/1940, Tilburg / Lezoux
Théophile Arsène Perrier, ?, 42 RI, 16/05/1940, Kapelle D-1-3 (42 RI? mogelijk 224RI bedoeld)
Emil Schuler, ?, ?, 16/05/1940, buried Algemene Begraafplaats Wemeldinge
André Dodier, ?, ?, 17/05/1940, Kapelle/unknown cemetery in France
René Roisin, Cpl 1st Class, 50 RA (or 224 RI), 17/05/1940, Arnemuiden/Breuil Le Vert
Elie Benazach, Sgt [Off. d'administration?] (quartermaster), ?, 22/05/1940, DOW?, Schoondijke/Kapelle D-2-1
. Same as Zéchélie Bene? From Marocco. Original grave was marked with 'I.M79087.I'
Gilbert Grallan, Pvt, 171 RI?, 21/05/1940, Tilburg / Aulnay-sous-Bois - DOW?
Julien Sebastien Alaux, Sold. 2 Cl., Gunner, 115 RALH, age 28, 22/05/1940, Schoondijke/Kapelle/ Penne - KIA by shell explosion.
René Tabary, ?, ?, 31/07/1940, originally buried Domburg
Régis Michel or Rogis Michel, 1st Lt, ?, 18/05/1940 or 18/08/1940, Domburg/ergens in Frankrijk

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Name unknown

NN [Cadzand NN1-F], France, 24/06/1940, originally buried Cadzand, C 1 7
NN [Cadzand NN2-F], France, 24/08/1940, originally buried Cadzand, C 1 6

Possibly Dunkirk victims, washed ashore in Cadzand.

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Sources

Armée de l'Air - Order of Battle, 10th May 1940
Armée de Terre Française 1940
Chars français
Ciel de Gloire (in French)

Gemeente Kapelle - Franse Militaire Begraafplaats
Marokkanen in WO II
Generals of World War II
Oorlogsmonumenten - Kapelle, Frans ereveld
De Slag om de Grebbeberg (Dutch)
Slagveld Sloedam

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Prisoners of War captured in Europe 1940
RAF - Campaign Diary - The Battle of France (May-June 1940)
RAF Museum: British Military Aviation in 1940
The Second World War - a day by day account

The War in France and Flanders, 1939-1940, by Major L.F. Ellis, 1954

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Books

Peter D. Cornwell, The Battle of France, Then and Now, 2008

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Links

Discussion Groups
Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum
War over Holland Discussion Forum

Other
Abbreviations used in the Royal Air Force
Code Names & RAF Vocabulary

Air Aces
Airwar over Denmark
Allied World War II Casualties in the Netherlands
Australian Wargraves
Axis History Factbook
Battle-of-Britain.com
De Belgen in Engeland 1940-1945 (in Dutch)
Belgian Aviation History Association Archaeological Team
Belgian War Cemetery Willemstad
British Aircraft Directory
British Aviation Archaeological Council - Books and research links
Canada's Air Force History
HMS Cavalier
Ciel de Gloire (in French) RAF Squadrons
CWGC Cemeteries Germany
CWGC Cemeteries Netherlands
Czechoslovak airmen in the RAF 1940-1945
Danish WW2 Pilots

Dutch Pilots in RAF Squadrons
Eagles Squadrons (American pilots in the RAF)
Foreign Aircraft Landings in Ireland 1939-1946
Håkans aviation page (from Sweden, in English)
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, poem by W.B. Yeats
Jagdgeschwader 27 (in German)
Luchtoorlog ('Arial War', in Dutch, with many photos)
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945
Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum
The National Ex-Prisoners of War Association
Naval History.net
Nordic Aviation during WW2
Pilotfriend.com: aircraft of WW2
Polish Air Force 1940-1947 Operations Record Books
RAF Battle of Britain
RAF Upwood
RAF WWII 38 Group Squadrons Reunited
Warbird Alley
War over Holland
World War II Aircraft wrecksites in Norway
www.bomber-command.de

The Aerodrome - Aces and Aircraft of World War 1
WW1 Cemeteries

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This page is dedicated to the French soldiers, sailors and airmen who lost their lives in the defense of the Netherlands, May 1940.

© Allert Goossens / Bart FM Droog / War over Holland / Rottend Staal Online 2008. Permission granted for use of the data gathered here for non commercial purposes, if this source is mentioned with links to http://www.waroverholland.nl and http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/france/index.html