Louis Grignon

Born

15 August 1748

Died

24 December 1825

A soldier of the Gardes françaises from 1767 who was a sub-lieutenant in 1789, Grignon was made general of brigade in November 1793 and commanded one of the divisions of Turreau’s columns, operating from Bressuire through the country round Pouzauges and Les Herbiers in the early months of 1794. Passing on his instructions to his men, he said that although there might be patriots in the country it was necessary to sacrifice everything, and prisoners were shot at Le Boupère at the end of January. He was suspended in August 1794 and imprisoned, wrote a memoir in his own defence, and was acquitted and restored to the army in October 1795. He served until his retirement in 1810 and died at Angoulême in 1825.

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