Joseph Maurice Pambet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joseph Maurice Pambet

French army general

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1854

Place of Birth: Commercy, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 06-Jan-1916

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Joseph Maurice Pambet

  • Joseph Maurice Pambet (13 March 1854 – 6 January 1916) was a French army general.
  • Volunteering for service in 1872 Pambet graduated from the Ecole SpĂ©ciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr and served with a number of line infantry and light infantry regiments, reaching the rank of captain by 1885.
  • Having attended the École Militaire he became an adjutant to his regiment and then an aide to brigade and divisional generals.
  • Returning to regimental service as a chef de bataillon Pambet began a nine-year tour of service in Tunisia from 1896. Leaving Tunisia in 1905, Pambet gained his first command, that of an infantry regiment, before becoming military governor of Marseille.
  • A number of brigade and regional commands followed before he was appointed commander of the 22nd Infantry Division and a gĂ©nĂ©ral de division in 1912.
  • Pambet held command of the 22nd Division at the outbreak of the First World War and led it into many of the early battles.
  • After the division's poor performance at a river crossing during the First Battle of Picardy, however, Pambet was relieved of his command by General Foch for his "lack of impetus".
  • Pambet was placed in reserve and made assistant to the commander of the 12th Military Region.
  • It was in this capacity that he was acting when he was killed in a car accident at Plaisance, Dordogne on 6 January 1916.

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