France Pantheon Commemorative Wall Remembering Fallen Writers (including Americans) WW1
Details:
Inside the Panthéon spreading across a wall.
MonumentA large pale-stone wall memorial with carved inscriptions honoring several Americans who volunteered for France and were among the 560 writers killed in battle during World War I, whose names are commemorated on this wall.
Those volunteers included:
HENRY FARNSWORTH - 1890 - 28 September 1915 KIA Bois Sabot en Champagne
VICTOR-EMMANUEL CHAPMAN - 1890 - 23 June 1916 KIA Verdun
RUSSELL KELLY - 1893 - le 16 June 1915 KIA Souchez en Artois
ALAIN SEEGER - 1888 - 4 July 1916 KIA Belloy (Somme)
KIFFIN YATES ROCKWELL - 1892 - 25 September 1916
NORMAN PRINCE - 1887 - 15 October 1916
JAMES-ROGER MC CONNELL - 1887 - 19 March 1917 KIA Ham
EDMOND GENET - 1896 - 16 April 1917 près de Ham
PAUL PAVELKA - 1892 - 12 November 1917 KIA Salonique
GERVAIS-RAOUL LUFBERY - 1885 - 19 May 1918 KIA Toul
KENNETH WEEKS - 1889 - 17 June 1915 KIA Arras en Artois
Source of Information: Greatwar Forum .org
Source of photo: fr.wikipedia.org
Monument Text:
AVX ECRIVAINS
MORTS POVR LA FRANCE
MCMXIV MCMXVIII
MORTS
AV CHAMP DHONNEVR
(listed amoung the French writers)
V. CHAPMAN
H. FARNSWORTH
E. GENET
R. KELLY
J. KILMER
G. LUFBERY
J. MC CONNELL
P. PAVELKA
N. PRINCE
A. SEEGER
K. ROCKWELL
K. WEEKS
English translation:
TO THE WRITERS
WHO DIED FOR FRANCE
1914 1918
DIED
ON THE FIELD OF HONOR
(Listed amoung the 560 French Writers)
V. CHAPMAN
H. FARNSWORTH
E. GENET
R. KELLY
J. KILMER
G. LUFBERY
J. MC CONNELL
P. PAVELKA
N. PRINCE
A. SEEGER
K. ROCKWELL
K. WEEKS
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
165th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division
42nd (Rainbow) Division
94th Aero Squadron 1st Pursuit Group
American Field Service
American Volunteer Group
French Army
French Foreign Legion
Lafayette Escadrille
Lafayette Flying Corps
Wars:
WWI
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