Martin Windrow

male, 65 years old
Military writer, World War II, post-war, First Indochina War, Battle of Dien Bien Phu, frenchforeignlegion
Martin Windrow (1944-) is a British historian, editor and author of several hundred books, articles and monographs, particularly those on...
Hans Hartung

Hans Hartung

male, deceased (1989)
From Leipzig, World War II, modern painter, From Paris, frenchforeignlegion, Cubism…French, Soldier of the French Foreign Legion
Hans Hartung (21 September 1904 - 8 December 1989) was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. He was also a decorated...
Simon Murray

Simon Murray

male, 69 years old
British, leicester, frenchforeignlegion, Algerian War of Independence, Front de Libération Nationale, 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment
Simon Murray is a British businessman, author and former French Foreign Legionnaire. Murray was born in Leicester, England into a family with some...
Alan Seeger

Alan Seeger

male, deceased (1916)
Posthumous work, American military personnel killed in action I, American military, From Staten Island, bohemian, hackley school…frenchforeignlegion, Soldier of the French Foreign Legion
Alan Seeger (June 22, 1888 - July 4, 1916) was an American poet. Born in New York, Seeger moved with his family to Staten Island at the age of one...
P. C. Wren

P. C. Wren

male, deceased (1941)
Oxford University, Beau Sabreur, adventure novel, R. M. Ballantyne, adventure fiction, Percival Christopher Wren…frenchforeignlegion
Percival Christopher Wren was a British writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for "Beau Geste", a much-filmed book of 1924...
Susan Travers

Susan Travers

female, deceased (2003)
Marie Pierre Koenig, British women writer, Royal Navy, Croix de guerre recipient, croix de guerre, General…frenchforeignlegion, Free French Forces, Free French
Susan Travers (September 23, 1909 - December 18, 2003) was a British citizen and daughter of a Royal Navy admiral who, during World War II, was...
Akihiko Saito

Akihiko Saito

male, deceased (2005)
Soldier of the French Foreign Legion, Japanese, frenchforeignlegion, Foreign hostages in Iraq, Jaish Ansar al-Sunna
Akihiko Saito was a Japanese security guard who was taken hostage by the Jaish Ansar al-Sunna in Iraq in 2005, and later died in captivity of...
William A. Wellman

William A. Wellman

male, deceased (1975)
Western film director, frenchforeignlegion, World War I, Western movie director, movie director, declaration of independence
William Augustus Wellman was an American movie director. Wellman's father was a New England Brahmin of English-Welsh-Scottish and Irish descent....
Eugene Bullard

Eugene Bullard

male, deceased (1961)
buried at Flushing Cemetery, American military personnel of World War II, American military, World War I flying ace, From columbus, georgia, World War I veteran…Soldier of the French Foreign Legion, frenchforeignlegion
Eugene Bullard (9 October, 1894 - 12 October, 1961) was the first African-American military pilot. He was born Eugene Jacques Bullard in Columbus,...
Jean Danjou

Jean Danjou

male, deceased (1863)
French intervention in Mexico, frenchforeignlegion, Soldier of the French Foreign Legion, Battle of Camarón
Jean Danjou was a highly decorated captain in the French Foreign Legion. He commanded the 62 legionnaires and three officers who fought the...