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| According to his research, there are 10 Romanian soldiers buried in Belgium, of which 8 in Mons, 1 in Anvers and 1 in Boussu (the ones identified are Nicolae Toma, A. Prectese, Ambrosanu Constantin, Zamfir Iordache, Leulescu Ion, Mandache Ion, Paslaru Stefan, Radu Dumitru and Dimi Gheorghe Stan). He thinks that these soldiers were part of the Romanian military missions sent to purchase weapons from France and Belgium, who volunteered to join the Entente armies. |
"Bilo kako bilo"I have checked for these names and none of them appears to be listed on French or British Army register of casualties, so I have second doubts whether these Romanians have been fighting in the French Army. Could it be possible that they have volunteered to serve in the BELGIAN ARMY and not French as you initially suggested in your original message?
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As I said I checked French WW1 Casualty database and none of these names appear on it. I am sure they would if they would be members of FFL or French Army. I could thus not find any Ambrosanu Constantin, but I did find out Legionnaire 2eme classe CONSTANTIN CONSTANTINESCO, born 1892 in Gurgera (sp., OK?). He was a private in the RMLE (Régiment de Marche de la Légion Etrangère). He died of wounds on 18th July 1918 in an ambulance at the Pierrefonds Castle near the Oise River.
Do you know any other names of Romanian legionnaires who died in the French Army or FFL in the Great War or WW2?
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| For more information about these soldiers and also about the Romanians who fought in Belgium in WW2, check Mr. Francois' excellent book: "32 heros roumains sur le territoire belge entre les annees 1916-1918 et 1940-1945". There will also be a Romanian edition of his book. |
This is certainly good news.
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