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Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge

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Service/branch
  
Cavalry

Years of service
  
1785-1825


Name
  
Jean Guillaume

Rank
  
Divisional general

Born
  
22 November 1767 Caen, France (
1767-11-22
)

Allegiance
  
French First Republic, First French Empire

Battles/wars
  
French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

Awards
  
Legion 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

Died
  
November 28, 1826, Chauconin-Neufmontiers, France

Battles and wars
  
French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge (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. Lorge is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 6.

References

Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge Wikipedia