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Militaireloopbaan WW I:

Datum indienstreding: 1915/05/18: eerste intrede bij het Belgische leger bij het regiment van grenadiers
Stamnummer: 135/53999 / (2137)
Graad: Soldaat, oorlogsvrijwilliger, 6de legerdivisie, 12de divisie vaninfanteristen, 3de bataljon
Regiment: 1ste regiment grenadiers, 11de compagnon-Escadron-Batterie 6de legerdivisie
Verloop militaire loopbaan: opleiding C.I nr.8 (Centre d’instruction) in Carentan
1914/11/14: als oorlogsvrijwilliger krijgt hij zijn opleiding in het Centre d’instruction van Valognes
1915/05/18: eerste intrede bij het Belgische leger bij het regiment vangrenadiers
Onderscheidingen: Ridderkruis orde van Leopold 2 + ridderkruis. Beiden op 1919/04/03 toegewezen, overhandigt aan de vader op 1919/10/12
Stationering van 1ste en 2de regiment grenadiers: (16é Brigade, 6é Legerafdeling, gevormd op 21 december 1916):
8 februari 1917 tot 2 mei 1917 Sector Steenstrate – Boezinge (Sas)
3 mei 1917 tot 20 december 1917 Sector Nieuwekapelle – St-Jacobskapelle
20 december 1917 tot 8 februari 1918 Rust in de regio Hondschote-Hauthem
8 februari 1918 tot 3 juni 1918 Sector Nieuwpoort (22 februari gesneuveld)
Veldslagen:
Slag om Ieper van 1915/05/17 tot 1915/07/14
Op 24 december 1916 wordt hij gepositioneerd in de sector te Nieuwpoort.
Vergoeding/ verdiensten:
Vader vraagt de vergoeding van het strijdersfonds aan op 1925/12/20
Het ministerie van defensie heeft dit berekend op 1926/03/25
Frontstrepen: 4 frontstrepen, verdiensten: 34 maanden aan het front en 6 maanden achter het front komen neer op een totaal van 2850 frank. 300frank wordt afgetrokken door familiebegiftiging, dus komt zijn verdienste uit op 2550 frank, dotatie werd geleverd aan zijn vader.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Franciscus van Gestel

Joannes van Gestel
1827-1892
Anna Catherina Wils
1836-1907

Franciscus van Gestel
1897-1918


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    Historical events

    Birthday January 19, 1897

    • The temperature on January 19, 1897 was about 0.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
      • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
      • June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
      • June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
      • July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
      • September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.

    Day of death February 22, 1918

    • The temperature on February 22, 1918 was between 2.7 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
      • January 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
      • March 31 » Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
      • May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
      • July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
      • August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
      • October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
    

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