FRAM - Fernand ZAEPFEL

Born in 1895 in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis), volunteered for 3 years in the 39th Infantry Regiment of Rouen at the age of 18, my father Fernand ZAEPFEL found himself on the front line when war was declared on 2 August 1914, with the rank of corporal. Colonel's liaison officer, he carries the missives announcing the orders and counter-orders by bike all over the battlefield. Wounded on September …