Claude Lecomte was a French general killed by the National Guard of the Paris Commune.
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The killing of Generals Clement-Thomas (above) and Lecomte by national guardsmen on 18 March sparked the armed conflict between the French Army and the National Guard.
Assassinat des généraux Clément-Thomas et Lecomte, rue des Rosiers 6 à Montmartre - Photomontage d'Eugène Appert (Killing of Generals Clément-Thomas and Lecomte, 6 rue des Rosiers, Montmartre - Photomontage by Eugène Appert). Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris.
18 March 1871 General Jacques Leon Clement-Thomas is executed by the Commune
1871 medal commemorating the death penalty for the murder of the French Generals Lecomte and Thomas, obverse
The reverse of this medal
The monumental grave of Generals Lecomte and Thomas, Pere Lachaise Cemetery (detail)Awards 1
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Lived 1817 to 1871 · aged 53
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