Jacques de Lesseps - Gaspé, Québec - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

Texte sur le monument :

À la mémoire de Jacques
de Lesseps
Chevalier de la Croix d’Honneur
Croix de Guerre
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S.A.
Né à Paris en 1883

Deuxième traversée de la
Manche en avion 1910
Le premier survola –
Montréal et Toronto
1914-18 Quatre fois cité
à l’ordre du jour
Perdu en mer 18 OCT 1927
Au cours du levé aérien
de la carte de la Gaspésie
Cité à l’ordre de la Nation Française
Son corps repose dans le
Cimetière de Gaspé

Jacques de Lesseps: (visit link)

Text on the monument:

In memory of Jacques
de Lesseps
Knight of the Cross of Honor
Military Cross
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S.A.
Born in Paris in 1883

Second crossing of the
English Channel by plane 1910
The first to fly over
Montreal and Toronto
1914-18 Four times cited
on the Order of the day
Lost at sea 18 OCT 1927
During the aerial geographic
survey of Gaspésie
Cited to the order of the French Nation
His body rests in the
Gaspé Cemetery

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Date Logged Log User Rating   10/20/2019 Blurman visited it