The mayor and the municipality invite the population to participate in the commemoration of the armistice of November 11, 1918. The ceremony will take place on Monday, November 11, 2024 at 11:45 a.m., in front of the stele of the war memorial, where all the victims will be honored from the village who fell on the field of honor, including 59 soldiers during the First World War.
59 soldiers fell on the field of honor
These soldiers, from diverse backgrounds – 40 farmers, 7 glove makers, 5 craftsmen, 3 employees, 2 civil servants and 2 career soldiers – were identified thanks to the “Aveyron Golden Book”. Among them, there were 52 second and first class soldiers, 2 corporals, 4 non-commissioned officers and 1 lieutenant. Twenty of them were decorated, some receiving the Croix de Guerre, the military medal, and one of them was made a knight of the Legion of Honor.
The first death was recorded on August 20, 1914, in Dieuze Lunéville. The youngest soldier, aged only 20, died on May 28, 1916, while the oldest, aged 48, lost his life on February 10, 1917. Of the 59 fallen soldiers, 30 were single and 29 married, and they left behind 25 dependent children.
A surge of solidarity
On August 3, 1914, during the general mobilization, more than a hundred men left the village to join the front. At 5 a.m., the entire population gathered on the Place du Terral to show support and solidarity. These men, full of courage, left confidently, believing they would return before the harvest. But the war lasted much longer than expected, and the able-bodied men remained on the front. Women, alone, had to assume all daily tasks: agricultural work, animal care and management of daily affairs.
Four years later, on November 17, 1918, during an extraordinary session, the municipal council decided to allocate 870 F for the Liberation loan and 500 F to finance a commemorative monument project. The latter, intended to glorify the memory of these brave men, would include the names of the fallen soldiers, engraved in gold letters.
