Lepercq biography
Aimé Marie Antoine Lepercq (2 September – 9 November ) was a French soldier, industrialist and political figure..
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Aimé Lepercq
French politician (–)
Aimé Marie Antoine Lepercq (2 September – 9 November ) was a French soldier, industrialist and political figure.
Early life and education
Born in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or (now part of the Metropolis of Lyon), as the eldest of nine children, he graduated from the École Polytechnique in , and then the École des Mines.[1]
Military service
World War I
Lepercq fought in World War I, in which he was wounded three times and decorated for valor five times, becoming Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in and receiving the British Armed ForcesMilitary Cross.
After the war, he worked as an administrator of industrial properties for the Škoda company in Czechoslovakia.[2]
World War II
On the outbreak of World War II, Lepercq fought in the artillery during the battle of France, and continued to fight despite orders to no longer do so, until the actual Compiègne armistice of June, After a brief internment by the Germans,