Auguste Louis Jeannin was killed in action on this day in 1915

Auguste Louis Jeannin was born in Bordeaux on 4 June 1846. He was a veteran of the Franco-German War of 1870 -71 where he saw action at Orleans and Le Mans.

At the time of the outbreak of war in 1914 he was living at 18, Rue Paul Bert, Roanne, Loire. Auguste volunteered in August 1914, and was sent to the 175 RI with which he was to see service at Gallipoli from May 1915.

French Soldiers At Gallipoli — French soldiers at Sedd-el-Bahr, Cape Helles, during the Battle of Gallipoli, 1915. Photo from The War Illustrated, 19 June 1915. Caption reads: :French soldiers sorting out the kits of fallen in their camp at Seddul Bahr, the Turkish fort on the Gallipoli shores that was captured by the allied troops.

Auguste was killed by Turkish shelling near Sedd ul Bahr on 25 June 1915; he has no known grave. He was one the oldest men to be killed in action during the First World War; he was three weeks into his 70th year.

Sgt Auguste Louis Jeannin, 175 RI.

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