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Lyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalve

Date of birth:
November 17th, 1854 (Nancy, France)
Date of death:
July 21st, 1934 (Thorey-Lyautey, France)
Buried on:
Tombs Église Saint-Louis-des-Invalides
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

1873-1875: École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, promotion "archiduc Albert"
1876: sous-lieutenant, École d'application d'État-major, Paris
1878: promoted to lieutenant
June 1880: 2e régiment de hussards
December 1880: regiment moved to Algeria - Orléansville, Algiers
1882: promoted to capitaine and appointed to the 4e régiment de chasseurs à cheval, Bruyères, Vosges
1883: aide de camp, général L'Hotte, inspecteur de la cavalerie, Tours
1887: chef, 1er escadron, 4e régiment de chasseurs à cheval, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
1891: author of the article "Du rôle social de l'officier dans le service militaire universel"
April 1893: promoted to chef d'escadrons and appointed to the 12e régiment de hussards, Gray
October 1893: état-major, 7e division de cavalerie
August 1894: appointed to the état-major, corps d'occupation, Hanoï, Tonkin, Indochina
March 1897: appointed to Tananarive, Madagascar
December 1899: auhtor of the article, « Du rôle colonial de l'armée » in the newspaper "Revue des Deux-Mondes"
1900: promoted to colonel, commandant, province du sud, Madagascar
January 1902: commandant, 14e régiment de hussards, Alençon
September 1903: appointed to Aïn Sefra, Algeria and promoted to général de brigade - Figuig, Berguem, Aïn Beni Mathar
1907: commandant, division d'Oran, 19e Corps d'Armée, Algeria - campaign in Marocco, Oudjda
1908: Casablanca, Settat
November 1910: commandant, corps d'armée, Rennes
course, Centre des hautes études militaires
April 28th, 1912: first résident général de France au Maroc, Rabat
October 31st, 1912: Académie française
December 22nd, 1916: ministre de la Guerre
March 14th, 1917: dismissed
May 29th, 1917: résident général de France au Maroc, Rabat
1924: Rif War
October 1925: dismissed and retired at Thorey-Lyautey
1927-1931: commissaire général, Exposition coloniale, Porte Dorée, Paris

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Awarded on:
1882
Order of St. Stanislaus IV class
Rank:
Knight
Awarded on:
1882
Awarded on:
December 30th, 1895
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Awarded on:
March 1896
with clasps "Tonkin" and "Maroc"
Médaille Coloniale
Rank:
Commander
Awarded on:
1896
Awarded on:
1896
Commandeur de l'ordre du Dragon d'Annam
Awarded on:
July 12th, 1899
Chevalier du l' Ordre du Mérite Agricole
Awarded on:
January 13th, 1902
Ordre de l'Étoile d'Anjouan - Commandeur
Awarded on:
September 6th, 1902
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Awarded on:
July 12th, 1905
Commandeur de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1905
Officier du l' Ordre du Mérite Agricole
Awarded on:
July 11th, 1908
Grand Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Awarded on:
1910
with clasps "Casablanca" -"Oudjda" - "Haut-Guir, 1910" - "Maroc, 1912"
Médaille commémorative du Maroc (1909)
Awarded on:
September 17th, 1913
Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Kyuokujitsu sho, 4th Class
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
September 15th, 1915
Médaille Militaire
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1915
Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
February 4th, 1917
Grootlint in de Leopoldsorde / Grand cordon de l'Ordre de Léopold
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
February 4th, 1917
Croix de Guerre 1914–1918
Wissam Alaouit Cherifien - Grand Cordon

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