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French War Grave Thorembais-les-Béguines

The cemetery in Thorembais-les-Béguines contains the grave of a French military victim of the Second World War.

It concerns Joseph BIGOURDAN, born in Bordeaux on July 14, 1916 and killed in action in Thorembais-les-Béguines on May 14, 1940. Second Lieutenant of the 1st Regiment Cuirassiers of the French army. He was shot by the Germans while reconnaissance on a motorcycle.

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Source

  • Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
  • Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge

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