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Grisons, Switzerland. His mother was Hélène Marie de Riquet, Comtesse de Caraman-Chimay (18 August 1864 – 31 May 1902), eldest daughter of Marie Eugène Auguste de Riquet, Prince de Caraman-Chimay; she died aged 37, when John her eldest son was
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The Times, 30 June 1919, describes Joffre's departure from London: Marshal Joffre, accompanied by
Commandant Blanchard and Commandant Gillot, and Captain Count de Salis, of the Irish Guards, who had been specially attached to the Marshal's staff during his stay in this country, left the Ritz Hotel
128:(Lt. September 1914), and was twice wounded, 15 September 1916 and July 1917; he was Captain on special service in the Balkans. He was attached to the British Embassy in Paris, as an assistant to military attaché, 1918–19 (specially attached to
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