An account
of André de Gailhard-Bancel and his family
© Barrie H Bertram 2012
An account
of André de Gailhard-Bancel and his family
© Lara Pollard 2020
Commemorated on:
French Consulate Memorial (St Thomas), Jersey
Sous Lieutenant Marie Joseph Roche
André de Gailhard-Bancel was a Jesuit Scholastic
(he was a Jesuit cleric who had not taken his final
vows so was not officially a priest). He was resident
in Jersey in 1914.
He was in the novitiat at Jersey and also studied in
Bollengo in Turin Italy. He was a Jesuite student (novice)
in the province of Lyon and was at the scholasticat
in Jersey in 1914. Receiving a Licencie es Lettres in
1911, he was professor of letters and supervisor in
various Jesuit colleges in England and in Italy most
notably in Bollengo. He was a former student of the
St Ignace College in Marseille, history student at the
faculty of letters of the Catholic Institute of Paris
1904-5 and 1910-11.
There were 5 brothers from the Gailhard-Bancel family
who fought - three were killed and one wounded, The
funeral of the the three brothers was celebrated at
Valence Cathedral in 16 Aug 1921 and they were buried
the next day at Allex, Drome in the family crypt/grave.
Reported missing in action 12 Dec 1914, his body was
found in August 1921.
His name appears on numerous memorials in France, but
he and his two brothers are buried in the family grave/crypt/caveau
at Allex, Drome and they are also listed on the the
war memorial there.
His brothers, who died, were Marie Roch Adrien Pierre
De Gailhard-Bancel (died in 1914 at St Baussant) and
Joseph Marie Roch Louis De Gailhard-Bancel (died in
1918 at Sezanne). His father was deputé de l'Ardeche
1899-1910.
André de Gailhard-Bancel was awarded Chevalier
de la Legion d'Honneur posthume & Croix de guerre
avec palme et etoile d'argent
© Lara Pollard 2020
