Robert du Mesnil du Buisson

[6] Mesnil du Buisson volunteered in 1914, before the call-up, and was lieutenant in the 6th Regiment of chasseurs à cheval.

He volunteered again in 1939, as commander of a squadron of the cavalerie de réserve, fighting in Belgium and France in 1940 then joining the resistance in Normandy.

He was director of excavations at Qatna (el-Mishrifeh: 1924, 1927–29), Til-Barsip (Tell el-Ahmar: 1927, 1929–31) and Hadatu (Arslan Tash, 1928).

He was also vice-director of the excavations at Dura-Europos from 1932 to 1937 coordinated between Yale University led by Clark Hopkins and the French Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.

He also published accounts of the Temple of Onias and the Camp of Hyksos which he had come across while excavating Tell el-Yahudiya.