FRAD034-107 Joseph CHEVALLIER, chef d'escadron de cavalerie au Maroc

Joseph CHEVALLIER is the paternal grandfather of contributor Laurent CHEVALLIER Born in Fougères in Brittany, he is a career soldier. He has been a horseman since the school of St Cyr and began the war in 1914 fighting on horseback, then was promoted to cavalry squadron leader at the end of his career in October 1917 when he was mobilized in Morocco. His new status as squadron leader will frustrat…