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Jean Thurel
Jean Thurel, fusilier of the Touraine Regiment at 89 years of age. His three Médaillon Des Deux Épées medals and his Légion d'Honneur medal are visible in this 1788 portrait by Antoine Vestier, which was modified in 1804 to include the Légion d'Honneur.
Nickname(s)
The oldest soldier of Europe
Born
(1698-09-06)6 September 1698 Orain, Burgundy, France
Died
10 March 1807(1807-03-10) (aged 108) Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Allegiance
Kingdom of France Kingdom of the French French First Republic First French Empire
Service/branch
Infantry
Years of service
17 September 1716 – 29 January 1792 (75 years, 4 months)[1]
Rank
Soldat
Unit
Touraine Regiment
Battles/wars
War of the Polish Succession War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War American Revolutionary War
Awards
Médaillon Des Deux Épées (3)[2] Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Jean Thurel, or Jean Theurel (French pronunciation:[tyʁɛl]; 6 September 1698 – 10 March 1807),[3] was a fusilier of the French Army and a centenarian with an extraordinarily long career that spanned over 75 years of service in the Touraine Regiment. Born in the reign of Louis XIV and dying during that of Napoleon I, Thurel lived in three different centuries.
^Lucien Decombe, Jean Thurel : épisode du séjour à Rennes du régiment de Touraine 1788, vol. XIV, Rennes, Société archéologique du département d'Ille-et-Vilaine, 1880,
p. 334.
^Riera, Lieutenant Colonel (2011). "Le musée est ouvert ou une ouverture en cascade" (PDF). Le Musée du Sous-Officier (in French). 2011 (4): 5–6. Retrieved 4 July 2011.[permanent dead link]
^"Base Léonore" (in French). Retrieved 23 July 2013.
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Global Information
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of the French
French First Republic
First French Empire
Médaillon Des Deux Épées (3)[2]
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur