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Germain Vassal de Monviel
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Germain Vassal de Monviel Famous memorial Veteran

Birth
Death
15 May 1760
Sainte-Foy, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada
Monument
Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada GPS-Latitude: 46.8142278, Longitude: -71.2316056
Plot
Section 1760 - First Plaque - Regiment de Bearn
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French officer and hero of the Seven Years War in America. Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis. (Chevalier de St-Louis)

Born in Saint-Georges, near Agen (France). He began his military service as second lieutenant in the Regiment of Bassigny, on January 2, 1744. Then, he became ensign on February 13, 1745 and four months later, on June 2, 1745, he received his commission of lieutenant. He was made captain on November 1, 1746 in the Regiment of Berry, then was later given the command of a company of riflemen in the Regiment of Béarn.

Along with his friend Louis de Missègle Bonne, he was mortally wounded in a trench the English artillery, on April 29, 1760, at the time of the siege of Quebec. He died on May 15, 1760. He had received the Cross of Saint-Louis on October 20, 1758.

His father-in-law, François-Clément Boucher de La Perrière, who was also Knight of Saint-Louis, had been mortally wounded seven months before, at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Both of them are buried in the cemetery of the General Hospital of Quebec from which a part, called "Cemetery of the Heroes", became in 2001 the Memorial of the Seven Years War.
French officer and hero of the Seven Years War in America. Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis. (Chevalier de St-Louis)

Born in Saint-Georges, near Agen (France). He began his military service as second lieutenant in the Regiment of Bassigny, on January 2, 1744. Then, he became ensign on February 13, 1745 and four months later, on June 2, 1745, he received his commission of lieutenant. He was made captain on November 1, 1746 in the Regiment of Berry, then was later given the command of a company of riflemen in the Regiment of Béarn.

Along with his friend Louis de Missègle Bonne, he was mortally wounded in a trench the English artillery, on April 29, 1760, at the time of the siege of Quebec. He died on May 15, 1760. He had received the Cross of Saint-Louis on October 20, 1758.

His father-in-law, François-Clément Boucher de La Perrière, who was also Knight of Saint-Louis, had been mortally wounded seven months before, at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Both of them are buried in the cemetery of the General Hospital of Quebec from which a part, called "Cemetery of the Heroes", became in 2001 the Memorial of the Seven Years War.

Bio by: Guy Gagnon


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  • Originally Created by: Guy Gagnon
  • Added: May 21, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7475711/germain-vassal_de_monviel: accessed ), memorial page for Germain Vassal de Monviel (unknown–15 May 1760), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7475711, citing Cemetery of the Poor - Hôpital-Général de Québec, Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada; Maintained by Find a Grave.