Croix de guerre 1914-1918 Gabriel, Marie, Joseph Bougrain (Laval, April 9, 1882 ; Saint-Germain-en-Laye, May 30, 1966) was a general of the French Army who commanded the 2nd Light Mechanized Division during World War II.

As the yarn industry in Mayenne was in sharp decline, Father Bougrain-Dubourg, chaplain of Sainte-Anne Hospital Center and the Salpêtrière,[1] encouraged his brother Augustin to direct his sons to the banking trades.

Barthelemy, Count O'Mahony,[3] Lieutenant-General of the King's Armies, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Louis, commanded the Berwick Regiment in 1788.

He was first appointed to organize and then lead the Hortackoy training instructions center, learning to fly at the Verria Mikros base (Macedonia) with Captain Victor Denain, head of the French Army's aeronautical service on the Eastern Front.

He was appointed to head the 3rd Office headquarter of the Allied Armed Forces of the Orient, with a recommendation from General Franchet d'Espèrey.

will resists assaults from the tanks of General Hoepner's 16th Corps - outnumbered and supported by their Air force - in an extremely violent battles that will last until 14 May.

In these clashes, attacks and counter-attacks of the armoured vehicles will follow, one after another at a hellish pace, the adversaries competing with audacity and courage.

[20] Cited to the Order of the Army[21] He then, took part in the violent battle at Dunkirk that allowed the evacuation of nearly 340,000 soldiers for England, 115,000 were French.

Without any more delay, the PS Queen of Thanet, a smaller vessel, took on board the remainder of the 1st R.D.P., as well as General Bougrain, the Director of the Health Service and the medical commander Ricard.

At the time armistice negotiations were announced, two allegiances clashed : that of the officers who were given the task of containing the Germans forces on the Loire border line and that of the civil authorities of Tours who wanted to avoid fighting fearing above all the destruction of their city.

The following day, the radio announced the congratulations from the French Government sent to the prefect of Indre-et-Loire, promoting him to Commander of the Legion of Honneur,[28] and to the people of Tours, for their heroic stand and defense of their city.