ISOB Stanley Hill -American Field Service
Details:
Grave: 2004
Isolated BurialA tall stone cross stands on a rectangular base flanked by two curved side panels, each bearing a commemorative inscription in French honoring Stanley Hill who served in Section 28 of the American Field Service during World War 1.
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Monument Text:
STANLEY HILL
1896 1918
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Volontaire Américain venu de Lexington où naquit lIndépendance Américaine, Massachusetts, États-Unis, pour lomdre des Ambulances attachées à lArmée Française, fut blessé mortel- lement à Epernay le 15 Juillet 1918 à minuit et décédé le 14 Août 1918 à La Veuve, Marne |
Fidèle à lamitié ancestrale de la France et des États-Unis devançant lArmée Américaine il a servi lArmée Française dans la Guerre pour le Droit
Mort pour la France Médaille Militaire Croix de Guerre avec Palmes |
English translation:
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An American volunteer from Lexington, Massachusetts, United States, where American Independence was born, for the ambulance unit attached to the French Army, was mortally wounded at Epernay on July 15, 1918 at midnight and died on August 14, 1918, at La Veuve, Marne. |
Faithful to the ancestral friendship between France and the United States preceding the American Army he served the French Army in the War for the Right
Died for France Military Medal Croix de Guerre with Palms |
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
American Field Service
French Army
United States Army
Wars:
WWI
Battles:
2nd Marne
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