Georges Journois

Georges Journois
Born	(1896-11-13)13 November 1896 Bosc-Bordel, Seine Maritime, France
Died	26 September 1944(1944-09-26) (aged 47) Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	French Army O.R.A.
Years of service	1914–1944
Rank	Général de Brigade
Battles/wars	World War I Franco-Turkish War Rif War World War II
Awards	Officer of the Légion d'honneur Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 Croix de Guerre des TOE Médaille de la Résistance Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance Croix du Combattant 1914–1918 Croix du Combattant 1939–1945 Médaille Coloniale-Maroc Médaille Interalliée 1914–1918 Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1914–1918 Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1939–1945 Médaille commémorative de Syrie-Cilicie Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite

Georges Henri Journois (13 November 1896 – 26 September 1944) was a French resistance fighter and Brigadier General who died in a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

Journois was born on 13 November 1896 to Pierre Hyppolite Journois (4 March 1858 – 7 January 1935) and Henriette Grillière (7 February 1858 – 27 June 1906). Journois had a sister Georgette and a brother Roger, fraternal twins born on 21 April 1903. Roger died in infancy in December 1904.

Journois lived in the commune of Bosc-Bordel in the Normandy region of France, and went to elementary school there until he and his family moved to the commune of Buchy in northern France in 1906. On 27 June of that year, Journois's mother died; his father remarried on 6 October 1908 to Anne Marie Grebeauval.

Following the move, Journois went to elementary school in Buchy. Later, he was sent to boarding school at Armentières in northern France. He was an excellent student and was accepted at the School of Arts and Crafts in Armentières where he hoped to become an engineer.

When World War I began in 1914, Journois was too young to be enlisted and stayed in school. One year later, on 13 April 1915, he was called up and enlisted into the 3rd Engineers Regiment. He was then transferred to the 101st Infantry Regiment on 29 May 1915 and was sent on the same day to the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (St. Cyr Special Military School) to become an officer. He stayed there until 1 September 1915 and was promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer. He was assigned to the 103rd Infantry Regiment on 2 October 1915 and, a few days later on 7 October, to the 130th Infantry.

He was deployed to the front on 5 December 1915. He fought with the 9th Battalion of the 130th Infantry until 25 March 1916, when he was transferred to the 412nd Infantry. In April, his battalion was in Champagne at the Boyaux camp. He was temporarily promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant on 29 June 1916. He was awarded his first Order of the Army Corps on 3 July 1916, making him a recipient of the Croix de guerre with bronze star.

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