Deaths in the 1940s

Tony Garnier

1869–1948 (age 79)

nouveau cimetière de la Croix-Rousse

Jules Beaulieux

1913–1940 (age 27)

Cimetière d'Anzin

Military personnel Jules Beaulieux answered the call of service with resolve during turbulent times.

Louis Bachelier

1870–1946 (age 76)

Sanvic Communal Cemetery

Albert Kahn

1860–1940 (age 80)

Cimetière de l'avenue Pierre-Grenier

Banker Albert Kahn combined financial leadership with a strong sense of civic responsibility.

André-Lucien Caille

1881–1940 (age 59)

Cimetière de l'avenue Pierre-Grenier

Charles Edward Ashton Buist

1922–1944 (age 22)

Biguglia War Cemetery

Charles Edward Ashton Buist is remembered for the courage he showed in service during wartime.

Jean-Louis Bozzi

1860–1946 (age 86)

L'Isle-Adam cemetery

Hyacinthe Mars

1908–1942 (age 34)

Cimetière de Petite-Forêt

Resistance fighter Hyacinthe Mars bravely risked everything to uphold liberty and solidarity.

Marius Berliet

1866–1949 (age 83)

Guillotière New Cemetery

Clotilde Bizolon

1871–1940 (age 69)

Guillotière New Cemetery

Social activist Clotilde Bizolon tirelessly championed equality and compassion for the marginalized.

Raymond Davi

1915–1944 (age 29)

Guillotière New Cemetery

Bernard Courtault

1923–1943 (age 20)

Cemetery of Puteaux

Resistance fighter Bernard Courtault was remembered for his bravery and selfless stand for freedom.

Marius Poncelin

1906–1941 (age 35)

Cemetery of Saligney

Jean Tupin

1924–1944 (age 20)

Cemetery of Pesmes

French resistance fighter Jean Tupin was a courageous youth who stood bravely against tyranny.

André Valot

1916–1944 (age 28)

Cemetery of Saligney

René Légé

1921–1944 (age 23)

cemetery of Colombes

René Légé is remembered as part of the generation of young French citizens whose lives were shaped by wartime trials.

Pierre Marécaux

d. 1940

Cimetière de Guesnain

Trafford Leigh-Mallory

1892–1944 (age 52)

Allemont (Le Rivier) Communal Cemetery Commonwealth Plot

Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory is remembered for his leadership of the Royal Air Force during pivotal campaign...

Gonzague de Saint-Geniès

1917–1944 (age 27)

Choloy War Cemetery

French spy who died in service during World War II.

Albert Réville

1883–1949 (age 66)

cimetière du Nord

Albert Réville is remembered for his steady civic leadership through momentous years in French politics.

Eugène Dupont

1859–1941 (age 82)

cimetière du Nord

French writer whose literary works contributed to nineteenth-century French culture.

Jean Harouard de Suarez d'Aulan

1900–1944 (age 44)

cimetière du Nord

Jean Harouard de Suarez d'Aulan is honored for blending entrepreneurial drive with steadfast attention to community need...

Michel Temporal

1886–1944 (age 58)

cemetery of Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey

French physician who served his community with dedication.

Thomas Frank Durrant

1918–1942 (age 24)

Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery

Captain Thomas Frank Durrant VC is celebrated for his extraordinary courage during the St. Nazaire Raid.

Ernest Russell Lyon

1922–1944 (age 22)

Guidel Communal Cemetery

British airman who died in service during World War II.

Grahame Dawson

1895–1944 (age 49)

Choloy War Cemetery

Grahame Dawson is remembered for leading with calm professionalism amid the upheaval of global conflict.

André Baillet

1900–1945 (age 45)

Cimetière Nord de Saint-Mandé

French official who served in government administration.

Roland Zemour

1926–1947 (age 21)

jewish cemetery in Bagneux

Roland Zemour is remembered for pursuing justice with integrity during France's difficult years.

Henri Coupez

1882–1945 (age 63)

Cimetière de Guesnain

French politician who served in public office.

Henri Lebesgue

1875–1941 (age 66)

Cimetière ancien de Gouvieux

Mathematician Henri Lebesgue is celebrated for bringing clarity to analysis through his work on measure theory.

Frédéric Sauvignier

1873–1949 (age 76)

cimetière du Nord

French illustrator whose artistic works enriched visual culture.

Émile Charbonneaux

1863–1947 (age 84)

cimetière du Nord

Industrialist Émile Charbonneaux is remembered for guiding French industry through a period of renewal.

Pol Gosset

1868–1942 (age 74)

cimetière du Nord

French physician dedicated to medical practice and patient care.

François Maille

1881–1949 (age 68)

cimetière du Nord

Architect François Maille is honored for shaping durable spaces that supported community life.

Édouard Mignot

1867–1949 (age 82)

cimetière du Nord

French entrepreneur whose business ventures contributed to economic development.

Léon d'Anglemont de Tassigny

1862–1944 (age 82)

cimetière du Nord

Léon d'Anglemont de Tassigny bore witness to a transformative era in France and is memorialized near the cimetière du ...

Georges Lyvet

1906–1944 (age 38)

cemetery of Curciat-Dongalon

French Resistance fighter who died in the struggle against Nazi occupation.

John Crichton, 5th Earl Erne

1907–1940 (age 33)

Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, Commonwealth Plot

John Crichton, 5th Earl Erne, served his country with distinction during World War II and now rests at Wormhoudt Communa...

Marthe Chenal

1881–1947 (age 66)

Cemetery of Maisons-Alfort

French opera singer known for her powerful voice and contributions to early 20th-century opera.

Heneage Finch, 9th Earl of Aylesford

1908–1940 (age 32)

Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, Commonwealth Plot

Heneage Finch, 9th Earl of Aylesford, is remembered as a committed public servant who rests at Wormhoudt Communal Cemete...

Pierre Convert

1922–1944 (age 22)

cemetery of Saint-Étienne-du-Bois

French student whose life ended during World War II at the age of 22.

Émile Mercier

1910–1943 (age 33)

cemetery of Volognat

Émile Mercier served as a devoted physician and is remembered at the cemetery of Volognat.

Hippolyte Convert

1847–1940 (age 93)

former cemetery of Ars-sur-Formans

Catholic priest who devoted his long life to spiritual service and pastoral care.

Jacques Guéritaine

1874–1944 (age 70)

cimetière de Cluny

Jacques Guéritaine, a dedicated railway worker, rests in the cimetière de Cluny.

Gustave Simonet

1904–1945 (age 41)

cimetière de Digoin

French miller whose life and work were rooted in the agricultural traditions of his community.

Charles Guernier

1870–1943 (age 73)

Cemetery of Rocabey

Charles Guernier served France through political stewardship and is interred at the Cemetery of Rocabey.

Georges Colomb

1856–1945 (age 89)

Cimetière ancien d'Asnières-sur-Seine

French comics artist whose pioneering work contributed to the development of the medium.

Henri Sellier

1883–1943 (age 60)

Ancien cimetière du Mont-Valérien

Henri Sellier is remembered as a reform-minded politician and is interred at Ancien cimetière du Mont-Valérien.

Léon Ougloff

1919–1947 (age 28)

Cimetière ancien d'Asnières-sur-Seine

French military personnel whose service ended in 1947 at the age of 28.

Jean Magrou

1869–1945 (age 76)

Old cemetery of Béziers

Jean Magrou, esteemed sculptor, is remembered at the Old cemetery of Béziers.