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Retourne au front | la France a besoin de toi
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europeana19141918:agent/7c5b410e0a5f87204acf52703b2a1d4c
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Urbain Vincent | europeana19141918:agent/7c5b410e0a5f87204acf52703b2a1d4c
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Dans la galerie familiale : Mon grand-père, Léon Marie Léon Marie (1881 – 1940), mon grand-père maternel, était un passionné de cyclisme et de sports mécaniques (photo 1), bon musicien aussi. Faute d'être un athlète émérite, après son mariage en 1907 avec Nathalie Kieffer, alsacienne d'origine (photo 2), il s'établit dans sa ville natale, Vire en Normandie, comme mécanicien automobile et spécialiste en cycles (photo 3, rare, qui le montre auprès d'André Grapperon, champion d'Europe de motocyclisme, le 31 janvier 1908, sur « bicyclette à pétrole » Alcyon, moteur Anzani et pneumatiques Le persan, qui effectuait son tour de France (6000 km) ). L'armée, comme tous ceux de sa génération, il l'a connaît bien : trois années de service militaire,près de cinq années de guerre, car la démobilisation ne se fait que lentement en 1919, sans compter plusieurs périodes de rappel (photos 4 à 6). De « sa » guerre, nous ne savons pas grand chose : au décès de son mari, ma grand-mère - acte criminel au regard de l'histoire - a brûlé toutes ses lettres écrites du front ! Il ne reste que quelques cartes postales et photographies, toutes rassurantes, prises essentiellement entre 1916 et 1918 ainsi que d'épars souvenirs oraux de ma grand-mère. Tout est vague, mes frères et moi nous étions si jeunes à cette époque ... Il est mobilisé en août 1914 (photo 7 « départ aux armées »). Ayant dépassé les 35 ans et fort de ses connaissances en mécanique, Léon est en février 1916, muté des tranchées (photos 8 et 9 dans un groupe de biffins, Léon vu en pied) pour servir en qualité de chauffeur sur la Voie Sacrée à Verdun. Jusqu'à fin juillet, 17 à 18 heures de conduite par jour « sans pouvoir pisser ailleurs que dans son froc » par séries de dix jours entrecoupées d'une courte période de repos. Le rythme infernal est bien connu et nullement une légende (Sélection de 18 photographies montrant la diversité des véhicules qu'il conduisit ainsi que Léon revêtu d'une pelisse chaude et légère, vue que je n'ai pas résisté au plaisir de rapprocher un siècle après, d'une photographie de Maurice Ravel alors chauffeur également sur La Voie Sacrée!). On le retrouve en photo en juin 1918 à Soissons, clarinettiste de son régiment (photos 29 et 30). Des permissions rarissimes : pas une seule suffisamment longue avant août 1916 lui accordant le loisir d'aller retrouver son épouse et son fils Paul âgé de quatre ans (photos 31 et 32). Ce retour en famille subsiste dans la mémoire familiale en raison de la réponse cinglante du petit Paul à son père – Personnage si étrange à ses yeux - qui lui faisait une remontrance sur sa façon de se tenir : « Et toi, qu'est-ce que tu fais là ? Retourne au front, la France a besoin de toi ! ». A la fin de la guerre, il reprend son activité de mécanicien à Vire (photo 33), devient concessionnaire Peugeot et agent Ford (photo 34). Léon est décédé fin juin 1940 des suites d'une commotion cérébrale survenue à l'écoute du discours de reddition du Maréchal Pétain, « son » maréchal qu'il ne reconnaissait plus. Nous ne l'oublions cependant pas (4 photos de mes fils Etienne et Guillaume sur ses traces entre Bar le Duc et Verdun).Photo 1 : Léon, passionné de cyclisme (1900) Photo 2 : Mariage (1907) Photo 3 : Avec le champion André Grapperon (1908) Photo 4 : Léon militaire (vers 1903) Photo 5 : De profil Carte du service (1904) Photo 6 : Période de rappel (1912) Photo 7 : Août 1914 : Départ aux armées avec son épouse et son fils Paul Photos 8 et 9 : Début 1915 à la biffe. Photo 10 : La Voie sacrée : dernier pipi avant d'embarquer Photo 11 : Embarquement pour la Voie Sacrée Photo 12 : Prêts pour le départ Photo 13 : La file des véhicules à l'arrêt Photo 14 : La file en route Photos 15, 16 et 17 : Léon Marie au cul du camion Photos 18 et 19 : Véhicules Photo 20 : Examen moteur Photos 21 et 22 : Léon, chauffeur d'autorité Photo 23 : Près de Bar le Duc Photo 24 : Avec une Madelon Photo 25 : Verdun 1916 Entre camarades Photos 26 : Groupe de chauffeurs en pelisse Photo 27 : Léon en doudoune Photo 28 : Ravel en doudoune (photo extraite de Ravel de Vladimir Jankélévitch, Seuil collection Solfèges p 31 - fonds Georges-Jean Aubry) Photos 29 et 30 : Léon, clarinettiste (Soissons 16 juin 1918) Photos 31 et 32 : En permission et en famille (Vire, août 1916) Photo 33 : Mécanicien à Vire (1919) Photo 34 : Concessionnaire Peugeot, stand expo Vire (1929) Photos 35 à 38 : In memoriam , Etienne et Guillaume sur les traces de leur arrière-grand-père (1990 et 1998)
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In the family gallery: My grandfather, Léon Marie Léon Marie (1881 – 1940), my maternal grandfather, was a cycling and motor sports enthusiast (photo 1), a good musician too. For lack of being a distinguished athlete, after his marriage in 1907 to Nathalie Kieffer, originally from Alsace (photo 2), he settled in his hometown, Vire in Normandy, as a car mechanic and bicycle specialist (photo 3, rare, which shows it with André Grapperon, European motorcycling champion, on January 31, 1908, on an Alcyon "petrol bicycle", Anzani engine and Le persan tires, who was doing his tour of France (6000 km). The army, like all those of his generation, he knows it well: three years of military service, nearly five years of war, because the demobilization is done only slowly in 1919, without counting several periods of recall (photos 4 to 6). Of "her" war, we don't know much: when her husband died, my grandmother - a criminal act in terms of history - burned all her letters written from the front! There are only a few postcards and photographs, all reassuring, taken mainly between 1916 and 1918, as well as scattered oral memories of my grandmother. Everything is vague, my brothers and I were so young at that time... He was mobilized in August 1914 (photo 7 “departure for the armies”). Having passed the age of 35 and strong in his knowledge of mechanics, Léon was transferred from the trenches in February 1916 (photos 8 and 9 in a group of biffins, Léon seen at the foot) to serve as a driver on the Sacred Way in Verdun . Until the end of July, 17 to 18 hours of driving a day "without being able to pee anywhere but in his pants" in series of ten days interspersed with a short period of rest. The infernal rhythm is well known and by no means a legend (Selection of 18 photographs showing the diversity of the vehicles he drove as well as Léon dressed in a warm and light fur coat, a view that I could not resist the pleasure of comparing a century afterwards, a photograph of Maurice Ravel, then also a driver on La Voie Sacrée!). We find him in photo in June 1918 in Soissons, clarinettist of his regiment (photos 29 and 30). Extremely rare leaves: not a single one sufficiently long before August 1916 giving him the leisure to go and see his wife and his four-year-old son Paul (photos 31 and 32). This return to the family lives on in the family memory because of the scathing response of little Paul to his father - a character so strange in his eyes - who admonished him about his way of behaving: "And you, what are you what are you doing there? Go back to the front, France needs you! ". At the end of the war, he resumed his work as a mechanic in Vire (photo 33), became a Peugeot dealer and Ford agent (photo 34). Léon died at the end of June 1940 following a concussion which occurred while listening to the surrender speech of Marshal Pétain, “his” marshal whom he no longer recognized. We do not forget it however (4 photos of my sons Etienne and Guillaume in his footsteps between Bar le Duc and Verdun). || Photo 1: Léon, passionate about cycling (1900) Photo 2: Marriage (1907) Photo 3: With the champion André Grapperon (1908) Photo 4: Military Léon (circa 1903) Photo 5: In profile Service card (1904) Photo 6: Recall period (1912) Photo 7: August 1914: Departure for the armies with his wife and son Paul Photos 8 and 9: Early 1915 at the crossroads. Photo 10: The Sacred Way: last pee before boarding Photo 11: Boarding for the Sacred Way Photo 12: Ready to leave Photo 13: The line of vehicles at a standstill Photo 14: The line on the way Photos 15, 16 and 17: Léon Marie behind the truck Photos 18 and 19: Vehicles Photo 20: Engine examination Photos 21 and 22: Léon, authority driver Photo 23: Near Bar le Duc Photo 24: With a Madelon Photo 25: Verdun 1916 Between comrades Photos 26: Group of drivers in a fur coat Photo 27: Léon in a down jacket Photo 28: Ravel in a down jacket (photo taken from Ravel by Vladimir Jankélévitch, Seuil Solfèges collection p 31 - Georges-Jean Aubry collection) Photos 29 and 30: Léon, clarinettist (Soissons, June 16, 1918) Photos 31 and 32: On leave and with family (Vire, August 1916) Photo 33: Mechanic in Vire (1919) Photo 34: Peugeot dealership, exhibition stand in Vire (1929) Photos 35 to 38: In memoriam, Etienne and Guillaume in the footsteps of their great-grandfather (1990 and 1998)
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