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Message: [QUOTE="François Codet, post: 441210, member: 166269"] Some remarks about Pierre Maréchal's biography In 2011 the Association Française du Titanic published a book about the French on board Titanic (Les Français du Titanic, Marine Editions). For the preparation of this work two of us had been in contact with Christian Maréchal, Pierre's grandson. 1 - Christian affirmed that his parents weren't married; they lived together as a couple for several years, probably until Pierre left London for Paris in the early 30s. 2 - Pierre did not serve in the French military during the 1st world war. The reason is he had previously suffered a leg fracture and was medically unfit for military service. So he cannot have been a prisoner in Germany with Roland Garros. The aviator who escaped from a German camp with Garros was Anselme Marchal (another person). François Codet [/QUOTE]