Joseph-Marie Tissier

Joseph-Marie Tissier was bishop of Châlons in France from 1912–1948.[1] He dedicated the ossuary and memorial in Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus that holds the remains of 130 members of the French Foreign Legion who died in the Second Battle of Champagne.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Le monument de la Légion Etrangère Henry FARNSWORTH, Souain" (in French). Légion Cavalerie. Retrieved September 3, 2018.


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