| Birth: | 1701
Uzes
Departement du Gard
Languedoc-Roussillon, France | | Death: | Jul. 23, 1760
Quebec
Quebec, Canada | 
French officer and hero of the Seven Years War in America. Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis. Esquire of the king. Born in 1701 in Uzès (France). He began his military career as lieutenant on March 18, 1725. He became captain on November 3, 1738 and finally, he was promoted captain of a company of grenadiers in the Regiment of Béarn on November 4, 1757. He obtained the Cross of Saint-Louis on November 3, 1739. At the time of the Battle of Sainte-Foy, he was seriously wounded in the thighs and he died of his wounds, three months later, on July 23, 1760. He was buried in the cemetery of the General Hospital of Quebec from which a part, called "Cemetery of the Heroes", became in 2001 the Memorial of the Seven Years War. (bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Search Amazon for Jacques de Barjetton de Montredon | | | Burial:
Seven Years War Memorial
Quebec
Quebec, Canada
Plot: "1760" Section |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Guy Gagnon
Record added: Apr 30, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7398682 |
|
|
|
Do you have a photo to add? Click here |
