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Charles N'Tchoréré (15 November 1896 - 7 June 1940) was a French (naturalized in 1940) military commander who was shot by Germans in World War II. Born in Libreville to a notable Mpongwe family, he was a top student at the École Montfort, but had to abandon his studies at age 16 to work with his father in German Cameroon. In 1914, Charles took up a post in the governor's cabinet, then in 1916 enlisted in the Tirailleurs Sénégalais and fought in World War I, earning a promotion to sergeant. N'Tchoréré's son Jean-Baptiste was killed in action in the same area a week later.

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  • Charles N'Tchoréré (15 November 1896 - 7 June 1940) was a French (naturalized in 1940) military commander who was shot by Germans in World War II. Born in Libreville to a notable Mpongwe family, he was a top student at the École Montfort, but had to abandon his studies at age 16 to work with his father in German Cameroon. In 1914, Charles took up a post in the governor's cabinet, then in 1916 enlisted in the Tirailleurs Sénégalais and fought in World War I, earning a promotion to sergeant. N'Tchoréré's son Jean-Baptiste was killed in action in the same area a week later.
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  • Charles N'Tchoréré (15 November 1896 - 7 June 1940) was a French (naturalized in 1940) military commander who was shot by Germans in World War II. Born in Libreville to a notable Mpongwe family, he was a top student at the École Montfort, but had to abandon his studies at age 16 to work with his father in German Cameroon. In 1914, Charles took up a post in the governor's cabinet, then in 1916 enlisted in the Tirailleurs Sénégalais and fought in World War I, earning a promotion to sergeant. After further training during the 1920s, in 1927 he became one of few Africans to receive an officer's commission. As commander of the Tirailleurs in the French Sudan (present-day Mali), he improved the military training for the sons of African soldiers. In 1937 N'Tchoréré became a battalion chief, and after serving as commandant of École des Enfants de Troupe at Saint-Louis in Senegal, he retired, with the rank of lieutenant. When World War II broke out, he came out of retirement and took command of a battalion of Gabonese volunteers at Bordeaux, then later was captain of a company in the Infanterie Coloniale Mixte Sénégalaise, which fought Germans on the Somme River. After three days of resistance, the company was left with only ten Africans and five Europeans, and they surrendered near Amiens. But the German officer would not treat N'Tchoréré as an officer, and when N'Tchoréré refused to fall in line with the black enlisted soldiers, the German shot him. N'Tchoréré's son Jean-Baptiste was killed in action in the same area a week later. Charles N'Tchoréré has a memorial in Airaines, and in 1962 he was honored on a postage stamp of Gabon.
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