Talk:Tirailleur
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[edit] Rene Riffaud
Carl Logan removed ". René Riffaud (1898-2007) was one of them" asking if there was any reason for him to include. Well, actually, apart of him having a Wiki article, yes. His advanced age, and the fact that he was not alone, and that there is a Wiki article on him, in English beside, shows you, who might not be aware of the current state of affairs in France, that tirailleurs from World War I are still a subject of interest for the medias and the people at large, that a new film concerning Algerian tirailleurs recently was made, and that this subject is still of actuality. So, yes, there is a reason, and honestly, I don't think this little sentence will ruin the article. We'll talk again about it in a year or so... Tazmaniacs 05:15, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
I agree with you that the last tirailleur to have served in World War I deserves to be named in this article. However Rene Riffaud may not necessarily be the correct choice. According to both the French language and Times obituaries to which his article is linked he served with the artillery and not the tirailleurs. The French website lists two other veterans: Abdoulaye N'Diaye of the Tirailleurs senegalais and Saci Ben Hocine Mahdi of the Tirailleurs algeriens as the last of the WWI tirailleurs. Both died in 1998. The new film Indigenes sounds very interesting - thanks for adding the link. Buistr 08:23, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
