Amédée-François Lamy

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Amédée-François Lamy
Born	(1858-02-07)7 February 1858 Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Died	22 April 1900(1900-04-22) (aged 42) Kousséri
Nationality	French
Occupation	French commander Major
Known for	Battle of Kousséri

Amédée-François Lamy (French pronunciation:

Biography

Family origins

He is the son of lieutenant Joseph Sosthène Lamy (1818-1891), originally from Nancy, and of Elisabeth Giraud, from an old and notable Provençal family, whose father Louis Giraud, notary, had married Honorine Courmes, from Grasse, the latter was the daughter of Claude-Marie Courmes, mayor of Grasse from 1830 to 1835.^[1]

Early years

Lamy's ambition to become an officer developed very early; at ten-years-old, he entered the

Lamy began his career in 1879 as a

Foureau and Lamy proceeded from

In 1970, Chad issued an undated gold 1,000 francs coin as part of its tenth independence celebrations. One side features Lamy's head, with a military style collar, and the legend COMMANDANT LAMY 1900.

National honours

Officier de la Légion d'honneur

Tribute

• N'Djaména, since 1973) was founded by Émile Gentil
  on May 29, 1900 who gave it this name in his memory.

• Commander Lamy Monumen, Algiers,
• Commander Lamy Monumen, N'Djamena,
• Commander Lamy Monumen, Mougins
• Place du Commandant Lamy, 06250 Mougins
• Avenue du Commandant Lamy, 06250 Mougins
• Impasse du Commandant Lamy, 06250 Mougins
• rue du Commandant Lamy, 75011 Paris
• Rue du Commandant Lamy, 92400 Courbevoie
• Rue du Commandant Lamy, 51100 Reims
• Rue du Commandant Lamy, 06110 Le Cannet
• Rue du Commandant Lamy, 62300
  Lens
• Rue du Commandant Lamy, 89000 Auxerre
• Rue du Commandant Lamy, 13007 Marseille
• Rue du Commandant Lamy,
  Maroc
• Place Commandant Lamy, 83000 Toulon
• In Cannes, there is the Place du Commandant Lamy which leads to: rue d'Alger, rue d'Oran, rue de Constantine and rue de Bône.

There is a Lamy barracks in Longuyon 54

• 
  Inauguration of the Lamy monument in Algiers
• 
  Statue of the Lamy monument in Algiers
• 
  Commander Lamy
  Memorial to Mougins

Bibliography

• Marcel Souzy : Les coloniaux français illustres B. Arnaud Lyon vers 1940
• Gentil, Émile (1971). La chute de l'empire de Rabah. Hachette, 567–577.
• Ayakanmi Ayandele, Emmanuel (1979). Nigerian Historical Studies. Routledge, 130–131.
  ISBN 0-7146-3113-2
  .
• Pakenham, Thomas (1992). The Scramble for Africa. Abacus, 515–516.
  ISBN 0-349-10449-2
  .

• Henri Bretonnet Mission
• Battle of Togbao 1899
• Voulet-Chanoine Mission
• Paul Joalland
• Émile Gentil
• Rabih az-Zubayr
• Battle of Kousséri

References