Philippe Henri Joseph d'Anselme ( Voreppe, 30 August 1864 – 26 March 1936) was a French general during

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

and the

Southern Russia Intervention The Southern Russia intervention was an Allied military intervention in present-day Ukraine between December 1918 and April 1919 on the Black Sea shores of the former Russian Empire, as part of the Allied intervention in Russia after the Octob ...

. He was the son of Joseph Charles Denis d’Anselme and Louise d’Agoult.

Career

In September 1912 he became Chief of Staff of the French occupation Army in Eastern Morocco. During

he was first commander of the 1er Régiment de Tirailleurs Algériens, then of the 1st Moroccan Infantry Brigade and in January 1916 of the 127th Infantry Division. On 9 July 1918, he became commander of the 1st Division Group of the Allied Army of the Orient on the

Macedonian front The Macedonian front, also known as the Salonica front (after Thessaloniki), was a military theatre of World War I formed as a result of an attempt by the Allied Powers to aid Serbia, in the autumn of 1915, against the combined attack of Germa ...

, which was composed of the French 16th Colonial Division, the Greek

Archipelago Division The Archipelago Division () was an infantry division of Greece in World War I and the early stages of the Asia Minor Campaign. Establishment The division began being raised in September 1916 by the Provisional Government of National Defence, as ...

and the British 27th Infantry Division. In March 1919, he took over command of the French-Greek

from General Berthelot, at a moment when the Intervention had already failed and the evacuation was being prepared. On 10 September 1919, he became commander of the 38th Infantry Division. In February 1924, he was appointed commander of the occupation Division in Tunisia and in March 1926, supreme commander of all French troops in Tunisia. He retired 6 months later, on 30 August 1926. He was a Commander of the

Légion d’Honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

Source

* ''This is a translation of an article in the French Wikipedia, Philippe Henri Joseph d'Anselme.''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anselme, Philippe Henri Joseph d' 1864 births 1936 deaths People of the Russian Civil War French generals French Army generals of World War I Commanders of the Legion of Honour Macedonian front