René de Segonzac
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Marquis Édouard Marie René Bardon de Segonzac (7 September 1867 – 27 March 1962) was a French army officer and explorer. He studied at the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr before being commissioned and serving in the Ivory Coast where he was accused and acquitted of the murder of a fellow officer in the notorious Quiquerez-Segonzac affair(fr). He became renowned as an explorer and adventurer in Morocco and was also posted to Tunisia. In the First World War, he became a pilot and received the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre.
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Born | (1867-09-07)7 September 1867 Cuy, Oise, France |
Died | 27 March 1962(1962-03-27) (aged 94) Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium |
Allegiance | France |
Service/ | French Army |
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