Deaths in the 1940s

Zygmunt Broniewski

1890–1949 (age 59)

Duran

Polish military officer of the twentieth century.

Salvador J. Lara

1920–1945 (age 25)

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Medal of Honor recipient Salvador J. Lara fought bravely in Italy and was killed in 1945.

Montgomery Cunningham Meigs

1919–1944 (age 25)

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

American service member who died in World War II.

Princess Marguerite of Orléans

1869–1940 (age 71)

Dreux Royal Chapel

Princess Marguerite of Orléans, granddaughter of Louis-Philippe, devoted herself to her family’s cultural and charita...

James Marshall-Cornwall

1922–1944 (age 22)

Cahagnes

British military officer who died in World War II.

Robert A. Dunlap

1924–1944 (age 20)

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Robert A. Dunlap was a young American servicemember who gave his life in World War II and is commemorated at Lorraine Am...

Carlton Chapman

1912–1944 (age 32)

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

American soldier who died in World War II.

Klaus Mann

1906–1949 (age 43)

Cannes (Grand Jas) Cemetery

Klaus Mann, a German-born writer and screenwriter, is remembered for his perceptive literary voice and is interred at Ca...

Leonetto Cappiello

1875–1942 (age 67)

Cannes (Grand Jas) Cemetery

Leonetto Cappiello was an influential Italian-French illustrator and poster artist of the early twentieth century.

Amélie Diéterle

1871–1941 (age 70)

Cannes (Grand Jas) Cemetery

Amélie Diéterle, celebrated French actor of the Belle Époque, is laid to rest at Cannes (Grand Jas) Cemetery.

Louis Pastour

1876–1948 (age 72)

Cannes (Grand Jas) Cemetery

Louis Pastour was a French painter of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Léon Noël

1917–1943 (age 26)

Cannes (Grand Jas) Cemetery

Léon Noël is honored as a French resistance fighter who rests at Cannes (Grand Jas) Cemetery.

Paul Fleurot

1874–1946 (age 72)

Cannes (Grand Jas) Cemetery

Paul Fleurot was a French politician of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Victor Tuby

1888–1945 (age 57)

Cannes (Grand Jas) Cemetery

Victor Tuby, a thoughtful poet, is remembered at Cannes (Grand Jas) Cemetery.

Charles-Edmond Veil-Picard

1856–1947 (age 91)

Passy Cemetery

Charles-Edmond Veil-Picard was a French figure of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Vincent Martinez-Picabia

1919–1947 (age 28)

Passy Cemetery

Vincent Martinez-Picabia is remembered for his connection to Parisian artistic life and rests at Passy Cemetery.

Alfred Baudrillart

1859–1942 (age 83)

Catholic University of Paris

Alfred Baudrillart was a French writer and intellectual of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Ferdinand Jean Luigini

1870–1943 (age 73)

Orliénas

Ferdinand Jean Luigini, dedicated engraver, is laid to rest in Orliénas.

Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville

1870–1946 (age 76)

Dourgne

Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville was a French composer of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Mario Buisson

1924–1944 (age 20)

Anse

Mario Buisson is remembered by the community of Anse for the life he lived during trying times.

François Mermet

1911–1940 (age 29)

Tassin-la-Demi-Lune

François Mermet was a French military personnel who served during World War II.

Michael Trotobas

1914–1943 (age 29)

Cimetière du Sud

Michael Trotobas is honored for his covert service and is interred at Cimetière du Sud.

Constant Blaquière

1864–1948 (age 84)

Béziers Cathedral

Constant Blaquière was a French historian of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Gabriel Brunhes

1874–1949 (age 75)

Montpellier Cathedral

Gabriel Brunhes, a devoted Catholic priest, is remembered at Montpellier Cathedral.

Friedrich Dollmann

1882–1944 (age 62)

Champigny St. André German War Cemetery

Friedrich Dollmann was a German military officer who served during World War II.

Hans Hermann Junge

1914–1944 (age 30)

Champigny St. André German War Cemetery

German soldier who served through the trials of World War II and died in 1944.

Henri Blot

1908–1945 (age 37)

Haveluy Communal Cemetery

Henri Blot was a French miner of the twentieth century.

Eugene Tobin

1917–1941 (age 24)

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

Airman Eugene Tobin served with bravery and was lost in 1941.

John Ambrose Henry Greville

1918–1942 (age 24)

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

John Ambrose Henry Greville was a British serviceman who died in 1942 during the Second World War.

Gaston Baratte

1898–1944 (age 46)

Ascq Communal Cemetery

Industrialist Gaston Baratte supported his community’s industry before passing in 1944.

Michel Vanandrewelt

d. 1949

Pecquencourt Communal Cemetery

Michel Vanandrewelt was a French politician who served his community with dedication.

Angus McCorquodale

1905–1940 (age 35)

Warhem cemetery

Military personnel Angus McCorquodale gave his life in 1940 while serving his country.

Eusebio Ferrari

1919–1942 (age 23)

Fenain Communal Cemetery

Eusebio Ferrari was an Italian resistance fighter who died in 1942 fighting against fascism.

Jules Mousseron

1868–1943 (age 75)

Denain Communal Cemetery

Poet Jules Mousseron expressed the spirit of his era through poignant verse until 1943.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

1887–1944 (age 57)