Joseph Maurice Pambet

rdf:langString Joseph Maurice Pambet

rdf:langString Joseph Maurice Pambet

rdf:langString Joseph Maurice Pambet

rdf:langString France

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rdf:langString Chevalier of the Legion of Honour

rdf:langString Golden Palms of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques

rdf:langString Commander of the Order of Glory (Tunisia)

rdf:langString Occupation of Tunisia First World War *Battle of the Ardennes *Battle of the Meuse *First Battle of the Marne *Battle of the Marshes of Saint-Gond *First Battle of the Aisne *First Battle of Picardy

rdf:langString Pambet as chef de bataillon of the 4th Zouaves in 1897

rdf:langString Général de division

rdf:langString Joseph Maurice Pambet (13 March 1854 – 6 January 1916) was a French army general. Volunteering for service in 1872 Pambet graduated from the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr and served with a number of line infantry and light infantry regiments, reaching the rank of captain by 1885. Having attended the École Militaire he became an adjutant to his regiment and then an aide to brigade and divisional generals. Returning to regimental service as a chef de bataillon Pambet began a nine-year tour of service in Tunisia from 1896. Leaving Tunisia in 1905, Pambet gained his first command, that of an infantry regiment, before becoming military governor of Marseille. A number of brigade and regional commands followed before he was appointed commander of the 22nd Infantry Division and a général de division in 1912. Pambet held command of the 22nd Division at the outbreak of the First World War and led it into many of the early battles. After the division's poor performance at a river crossing during the First Battle of Picardy, however, Pambet was relieved of his command by General Foch for his "lack of impetus". Pambet was placed in reserve and made assistant to the commander of the 12th Military Region. It was in this capacity that he was acting when he was killed in a car accident at Plaisance, Dordogne on 6 January 1916.