Ramire Rosan
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Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
in 1996.Ramire Rosan (14 April 1895 – 24 May 2004) was the last
overseas departments and territories of France.[1] Grandson of a slave, he was born in Morne-à-l'Eau, Guadeloupe, where he cultivated sugar cane. Mounted gendarmes came to pick him up and sent him immediately to a base,[2] he was enlisted to the twenty-third regiment of the colonial infantry. In July 1916 he took part in the Battle of the Somme
, where he was gassed.
He received four medals, including, in 1996, the
Légion d'honneur
.
He died in Guadeloupe in 2004, aged 109.
Distinctions
- Legion of Honour (1996)
- Combatant's Cross
- 1914–1918 Commemorative war medal (France)
- 1914–1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal
References
- ^ Florence Couret, « Dossier : les derniers Poilus », La Croix, 10 November 2003.
- ^ Jean-Pierre Biot, Marc Sich, Paris Match N°2840, 1914-1918 Hommage aux derniers poilus, Paris Match, 23 to 29 October 2003.
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