Ramire Rosan

Ramire Rosan (14 April 1895 – 24 May 2004) was the last World War I veteran from the overseas departments and territories of France.[1] Grandson of a slave, he was born in Morne-à-l'Eau, Guadeloupe, where he was cultivating sugar cane. Mounted gendarmes came to pick him up and sent him immediately to a base,[2] he was enlisted to the twenty-third regiment of the colonial infantry. In July 1916 he took part in the Battle of the Somme, where he was gassed.

Ramire Rosan was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1996.

He received four medals, including, in 1996, the Légion d'honneur.

He died in Guadeloupe in 2004, at the age of 109.


References
  1. Florence Couret, « Dossier : les derniers Poilus », La Croix, 10 November 2003.
  2. Jean-Pierre Biot, Marc Sich, Paris Match N°2840, 1914-1918 Hommage aux derniers poilus, Paris Match, 23 to 29 October 2003.


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