Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge
Appearance
Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge | |
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Born | Caen, France | 22 November 1767
Died | 28 November 1826 Chauconin-Neufmontiers, France | (aged 59)
Allegiance | French First Republic, First French Empire |
Service | Cavalry |
Years of service | 1785-1825 |
Rank | General of Division |
Battles / wars | French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars |
Awards | Légion d'honneur (Grand Officer) Order of Saint Louis (Knight) |
Other work | Commissary for the return of French prisoners in the kingdoms of Portugal and Spain |
Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ tɔmɑ ɡijom lɔʁʒ]; born 22 November 1767 in Caen; died 28 November 1826 in Chauconin-Neufmontiers), was a French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.[1] Lorge is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 6.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Thomas 1892, p. 1578.
References
[edit]- Thomas, Joseph (1892), Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology, vol. 2, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, p. 1578