Henry Victor Deligny [SEP] date of death
Henry Victor Deligny
Henry Victor Deligny (5 September 1855 - 2 January 1938) was a French divisional general who served in the First World War.
Biography.
Deligny was born in Rennes in 1855, the son of Victor Valéry Deligny, a house painter, and Anne Émilie Gilles. He entered the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr on 27 October 1873.
Made a Lieutenant Colonel on 12 July 1903, he was second in command for the General Staff of the Second Army Corps. He became a
- Major John Becke
French Armies.
- Generalissimo - Général d’Armée Joseph Joffre
French Armies Fifth Army.
- Commanding General - Général d’Armée Louis Franchet d'Espèrey
French Armies Fifth Army I Corps.
- Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée Henry Victor Deligny
- 1st Infantry Division - Général de Division Gallet
- 2nd Infantry Division - Général de Division Henry Victor Deligny, Colonel Noël Garnier-Duplessix (assumed command on 8 September)
French Armies Fifth Army III Corps.
- Commanding General - Général de Corps d’Armée Emile