Édouard Michel du Faing d'Aigremont

Édouard Michel

du Faing d'Aigremont
Édouard Michel; du Faing d'Aigremont
Born	14 May 1855; Charleroi, Belgium
Died	15 June 1931 (aged 76); Fays-Famenne, Belgium
Buried	Ixelles, Belgium
Allegiance	Belgium
Years of service	1871-1920
Rank	Lieutenant-general
Battles/wars	World War I Siege of Namur; Battle of the Yser; Hundred Days Offensive;

Baron Augustin Édouard Michel du Faing d'Aigremont, born Augustin Édouard Michel (14 May 1855 – 15 June 1931) was a Belgian army officer and general who served during World War I.

Career

Son of a mining engineer, he studied at the Athénée de Charleroi, and in 1871 at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels. He qualified in 1873 as an artillery officer, and rose through the ranks to become Inspector General of the Artillery in 1906.

In 1912, he was promoted to Lieutenant-General and received the command of the 4th Army Division based on in the

Wulpen. It participated on the general allied offensive in 1918 and crossed the Scheldt river on 8 November 1918, reaching the city of Ghent. After the war, Michel commanded the Belgian forces during the Occupation of the Rhineland. He retired in 1920 in order to work with the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History

in Brussels.

In 1921, he was made Baron du Faing d'Aigremont. The barracks of the 17th Regiment of the Line in Mechelen was named after him, and numerous streets in different towns across the country are named in his honour.

Honours

Belgium: 1919 : Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold.^[1]

References

^ "Op de Balkan stijgt de temperatuur".

External links

Michel du Faing d'Aigremont memorial in Namur at Traces of World War I

[1] "Op de Balkan stijgt de temperatuur".

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