Pétain, Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph
- Date of birth:
- April 24th, 1856 (Cauchy-à-la-Tour, France)
- Date of death:
- July 23rd, 1951 (Port-Joinville, France)
- Buried on:
- Grave Marshal Pétain
- Nationality:
- French (1870-present, Republic)
Biography
Promotions:
00.00.1876: Cadet
00.00.1878: Sous-lieutenant
12.09.1883: Lieutenant
12.07.1890: Capitaine
12.07.1900: Chef de Bataillon - Infanterie
23.03.1907: Lieutenant-colonel
01.01.1910: Colonel
30.08.1914: Général de Brigade
14.09.1914: Général de Division
20.10.1914: Général commandant de Corps d'Armée
20.04.1915: Général commandant d'Armée
21.11.1918: Maréchal de France
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Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- August 24th, 1917
Deprived by the State because of high treason on 18 August 1945.
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- April 27th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- May 10th, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 6th, 1914
- Awarded on:
- July 11th, 1901
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- August 6th, 1918
Deprived by the State because of high treason on 18 August 1945.
- Awarded on:
- December 23rd, 1909
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1915
Citations: 27 September 1914, 8 April 1915 and 10 May 1915.
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Medalla Militar
Presented by King Alfonso XIII at the Infantry Academy in Toledo, Spain.
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