Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich (20 February 1858 – 11 June 1937) was a French military officer in its
colonial empire
A colonial empire is a collective of territories (often called colonies), either contiguous with the imperial center or located overseas, settled by the population of a certain state and governed by that state.
Before the expansion of early mode ...
.
Biography
Aymerich was born in
Estagel
Estagel (; ca, Estagell) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Localisation
Estagel is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Population
N ...
, in the
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...
, the eldest of three sons of Férréol-Vincent Aymerich and Thérèse Marie Moner. He was commissioned at age 18, and attended the military college of
Saint-Cyr.
He commanded several units during World War I.
He was military commander and Administrator of
French Cameroons
French Cameroon or French Cameroons (french: link=no, Cameroun) was a French mandate territory in Central Africa. It now forms part of the independent country of Cameroon.
History Beginnings
The area of present-day Cameroon came under Germ ...
after the German colony of
Kamerun
Kamerun was an African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon. Kamerun also included northern parts of Gabon and the Congo with western parts of the Central African Republic, southwestern p ...
was seized in the
Kamerun campaign of World War I. In 1933, he published ''La Conquête du Cameroun'' (The Conquest of Cameroon).
[Gérard Bonet, "Aymerich (Joseph-Gaudérique)", in ''Nouveau Dictionnaire de Biographies Roussillonnaises'' 1789-2011, vol. 1 Pouvoirs et société, t. 1 (A-L), Perpignan, Publications de l'olivier, 2011, 699 p. ()]
References
* E.H. Gorges (1930) ''The Great War in West Africa'', Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., Londres; Naval & Military Press, Uckfield, 2004:
* Jean-Paul Messina and Jaap van Slageren ''Histoire du christianisme au Cameroun: des origines à nos jours'' Pais-Yaoundé: Éditions Karthala-éditions Clé, 2005
* Ibrahim Mouich ''Genre et commandement territorial au Cameroun'', ''Cahiers d'études africaines'' 186 (2007)
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Biography and Photographs
Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur
French generals
French military personnel
French military officers
People from Pyrénées-Orientales
1858 births
1937 deaths
École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni
French military personnel of World War I
People of French West Africa
Colonial Governors of French Niger
French colonial governors and administrators
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