Louis Le Cerf sees the light of day in Cherbourg-Octeville (Normandy) on 20 January 1891. He serves as ‘quartier-maître torpilleur’ ??with the 1st regiment of Fusiliers Marins.
Louis incurs serious injuries on 1 February 1916, during the fighting in Nieuwpoort. He is transferred to the Belgian military hospital in Adinkerke, where he succumbs on 5 February 1916. He is the only French soldier to be buried in a Belgian military cemetery. His gravestone in Adinkerke is completely identical to the Belgian gravestones, with an identical bronze plate. Only the cockade shows the French colours.
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