Jules-André Peugeot

Jules-André Peugeot
Peugeot c.1913-1914
Born(1893-06-11)11 June 1893
Etupes, Doubs, France
Died2 August 1914(1914-08-02) (aged 21)
Joncherey, Territoire de Belfort, France
Buried
Etupes Cemetery, Doubs, France
Allegiance France
Branch French Army
Years of service1913–1914
RankCorporal
Unit14th Infantry Division, 27th Infantry Brigade, 44th Regiment, 6th Company
Battles / warsWorld War I

Jules-André Peugeot (French: [pøʒo]; 11 June 1893 – 2 August 1914) was the first French soldier to die in World War I. He died one day before the German Empire formally declared war on France, in the same skirmish in which Albert Mayer became the first soldier and first German soldier to die.