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Maurice Floquet, the Glossary

Maurice Noël Floquet (25 December 1894 – 10 November 2006) was, aged 111 and 320 days, France's former oldest man on record and was one of the last surviving French veterans of World War I. He is also France's longest-lived soldier of all time.^[1]

22 relations: Agence France-Presse, Algeria, Battle of the Somme, Beauséjour, Marne, Central Powers, Embassy of France, Washington, D.C., First Battle of the Marne, Henry Allingham, Jacques Chirac, Jerzy Pajączkowski-Dydyński, Le Monde, Legion of Honour, List of French supercentenarians, List of last surviving World War I veterans, List of supercentenarians by continent, Montauroux, Poilu, Poissons, Robert Meier, Second Battle of Champagne, Supercentenarian, World War I.
French supercentenarians
People from Haute-Marne

Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.

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Algeria

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.

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Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme (Bataille de la Somme; Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire.

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Beauséjour, Marne

Beauséjour is a former commune and was a village in France that was largely destroyed in World War I. Now it was part of the commune of Minaucourt-le-Mesnil-lès-Hurlus (Marne).

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Central Powers

The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires,Mittelmächte; Központi hatalmak; İttıfâq Devletleri, Bağlaşma Devletleri; translit were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918).

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Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of France in Washington, D.C., is the French diplomatic mission to the United States.

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First Battle of the Marne

The First Battle of the Marne or known in France as the Miracle on the Marne (French: miracle de la Marne) was a battle of the First World War fought from 5 to 12 September 1914.

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Henry Allingham

Henry William Allingham (6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009) was an English supercentenarian. Maurice Floquet and Henry Allingham are men supercentenarians.

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Jacques Chirac

Jacques René Chirac (29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007.

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Jerzy Pajączkowski-Dydyński

Jerzy Kazimierz Pajączkowski-Dydyński (19 July 1894 – 6 December 2005) was a Polish veteran of World War I living in the United Kingdom. Maurice Floquet and Jerzy Pajączkowski-Dydyński are men supercentenarians.

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Le Monde

Le Monde (The World) is a French daily afternoon newspaper.

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Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.

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List of French supercentenarians

French supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from France who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. Maurice Floquet and List of French supercentenarians are French supercentenarians.

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List of last surviving World War I veterans

This is a list of the last known surviving veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who lived to 1999 or later, along with the last known veterans for countries that participated in the war.

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List of supercentenarians by continent

A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is someone who has lived to or passed their 110th birthday.

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Montauroux

Montauroux (Montauron) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.

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Poilu

Poilu is an informal term for a late 18th century–early 20th century French infantryman, meaning, literally, the hairy one. Maurice Floquet and Poilu are French military personnel of World War I.

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Poissons

Poissons is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.

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Robert Meier

Robert Meier (March 10, 1897 – January 29, 2007) was, aged 109, Germany's oldest living man, a combat-wounded veteran of the First World War and one of Germany's last surviving veterans of that war.

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Second Battle of Champagne

The Second Battle of Champagne (Bataille de Champagne, Herbstschlacht) in the First World War was a French offensive against the German army at Champagne that coincided with the Third Battle of Artois in the north and ended with a French defeat.

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Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian, sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian, is a person who is 110 years or older.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Floquet

Also known as Maurice Flocquet.