Comte (Count) Robert Louis Marie Joseph de Buyer-Mimeure was a younger son of Marquis Ferdinand de Buyer-Mimeure by his wife, Marie Louise Caroline Ferdinande Jouffroy d'Abbans.
Trained at l'Ecole de Cavalerie (Cavalry School) at Saumur, he was a cavalry officer and a General during the first World War. He was commander, first, of the 6th Light Armored Brigade (Cuirassiers), then the 3rd Cavalry Corps and, later, the 2nd Army Corps.
Retired just after his wedding in 1917, he was created a Commander of the Legion of Honor in 1916, and also awarded the Croix de Guerre.
He married at Vitrimont on 12 Sep 1917, Miss Daisy Polk. A relation of the former American President Polk, she had been put in charge of a project to rebuild that town after the war.
A resident of Nancy, General de Buyer died at his home there of his war-related injuries.
In 1998, a book of his war-time letters was published, Lettres De Guerre: 1915-1916.
He was undoubtedly buried at his family's plot at Besancon, where his wife was later laid to rest.
Trained at l'Ecole de Cavalerie (Cavalry School) at Saumur, he was a cavalry officer and a General during the first World War. He was commander, first, of the 6th Light Armored Brigade (Cuirassiers), then the 3rd Cavalry Corps and, later, the 2nd Army Corps.
Retired just after his wedding in 1917, he was created a Commander of the Legion of Honor in 1916, and also awarded the Croix de Guerre.
He married at Vitrimont on 12 Sep 1917, Miss Daisy Polk. A relation of the former American President Polk, she had been put in charge of a project to rebuild that town after the war.
A resident of Nancy, General de Buyer died at his home there of his war-related injuries.
In 1998, a book of his war-time letters was published, Lettres De Guerre: 1915-1916.
He was undoubtedly buried at his family's plot at Besancon, where his wife was later laid to rest.
Comte (Count) Robert Louis Marie Joseph de Buyer-Mimeure was a younger son of Marquis Ferdinand de Buyer-Mimeure by his wife, Marie Louise Caroline Ferdinande Jouffroy d'Abbans.
Trained at l'Ecole de Cavalerie (Cavalry School) at Saumur, he was a cavalry officer and a General during the first World War. He was commander, first, of the 6th Light Armored Brigade (Cuirassiers), then the 3rd Cavalry Corps and, later, the 2nd Army Corps.
Retired just after his wedding in 1917, he was created a Commander of the Legion of Honor in 1916, and also awarded the Croix de Guerre.
He married at Vitrimont on 12 Sep 1917, Miss Daisy Polk. A relation of the former American President Polk, she had been put in charge of a project to rebuild that town after the war.
A resident of Nancy, General de Buyer died at his home there of his war-related injuries.
In 1998, a book of his war-time letters was published, Lettres De Guerre: 1915-1916.
He was undoubtedly buried at his family's plot at Besancon, where his wife was later laid to rest.
Trained at l'Ecole de Cavalerie (Cavalry School) at Saumur, he was a cavalry officer and a General during the first World War. He was commander, first, of the 6th Light Armored Brigade (Cuirassiers), then the 3rd Cavalry Corps and, later, the 2nd Army Corps.
Retired just after his wedding in 1917, he was created a Commander of the Legion of Honor in 1916, and also awarded the Croix de Guerre.
He married at Vitrimont on 12 Sep 1917, Miss Daisy Polk. A relation of the former American President Polk, she had been put in charge of a project to rebuild that town after the war.
A resident of Nancy, General de Buyer died at his home there of his war-related injuries.
In 1998, a book of his war-time letters was published, Lettres De Guerre: 1915-1916.
He was undoubtedly buried at his family's plot at Besancon, where his wife was later laid to rest.
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