French WWI soldier’s room unchanged for over 96 years

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French WWI soldier’s room unchanged for over 96 years

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Post by Helmut0815 » 15 Oct 2014, 19:02

French soldier’s room unchanged 96 years after his death in first world war

Parents kept room as it was the day he left, and stipulated when they moved that it should not be changed for 500 years

The name of dragoons officer Hubert Rochereau is commemorated on a war memorial in Bélâbre, his native village in central France, along with those of other young men who lost their lives in the first world war.

But Rochereau also has a much more poignant and exceptional memorial: his room in a large family house in the village has been preserved with his belongings for almost 100 years since his death in Belgium.
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Source: Article in The Guardian

Full article here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/o ... -world-war

Photos in higher resolution: http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/1-wel ... 20081.html


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Post by countess » 20 Oct 2014, 01:38

Amazing. Sad he died last days of WWI.
My grandfather, an engineer, repaired British tanks during WWII, that fought against the mighty Tiger and Panther tanks.


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Post by Helmut0815 » 20 Oct 2014, 21:42

countess wrote:Amazing. Sad he died last days of WWI.
Ehemm, he died on 26 April 1918 and the war raged over a half year longer.

Here's an excellent BBC video with Michael Palin telling the story of the last two days of WWI and how soldiers were sacrified for almost nothing in the very last hours.




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Post by countess » 20 Oct 2014, 22:49

Here's an excellent BBC video with Michael Palin telling the story of the last two days of WWI and how soldiers were sacrified for almost nothing in the very last hours.
That's so terrible! Goes to show our govs don't really care about the average citizens.

About the french soldiers room, now we know many WWI soldiers lived with his parents. I suspect things are different these days.
My grandfather, an engineer, repaired British tanks during WWII, that fought against the mighty Tiger and Panther tanks.

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