French Soldier

[bluedog]

Pals

On my last visit to the Somme in 2001, I picked up

at a market an oval copper disc with the name

GUIGNARD LESTANDICIE

BORDEAUX

1915

stamped on it.

I have e-mailed the Mayor's office in bordeaux to see

if his office can trace any related family, but to date I

have received no reply.

Could any Pal with some expertise in French soldiers

let me know if in fact the disc was a part of French

Army I.D. as I do not know if France has the equivelant

of a CWGC website

Bluedog

[DirtyDick]

The French equivalent of the CWGC is 'Memoire des Hommes'. Try a google search for this site. It's pretty easy to navigate.

Here is the link:

Guignard is the surname, and it is fairly common. However, there is no one with that forename among the 20 pages, so hopefully he survived, although the site is not 100% complete and probably has the same inaccuracies as the CWGC.

http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/

Also, the Site lists appropriate Departments to write to for additional information.

Richard

[Annie]

Hi,

224 "Guignard" on "Mémoire des Hommes":

http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/

But nothing about Guignard Lestandicie

Regards

Annie