Gaston Thierry

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Gaston Thierry
Born 17 July 1866
Munich
Died 16 September 1904 (aged 38)
Mubi
Buried Garoua
Allegiance Germany
Service/branch Army
Years of service 1886-1904
Rank Captain
Unit Infantry Regiment No. 88
Gaston Thierry (born 17 July 1866 in Munich, † 16 September 1904 near Mubi) was a German officer
and civil servant in Togo and Cameroon.

Life[edit]
Thierry was the son of a tradesman. After attending the Gymnasium, he joined the Infantry Regiment No.
88 in 1886. In the same year, he became Portepee-Fähnrich (ensign with sword-knot) and in
1887 Sekondeleutnant (second lieutenant). In 1891 he retired from the army and became a member of the
First See-Bataillon. In 1894, after the suppression of the mutiny of the police force, he was temporarily
ordered to Cameroon. In 1894 he was promoted to first lieutenant, he resigned on 12 September 1895
from the Marine Infantry and entered into the Grenadier Regiment of King Frederick William II (1st
Silesian) No. 10.
In June 1896 he was made à la suite of the regiment and ordered to serve at the Foreign Office. Thierry
was first used in Togo, where he served as station director of Sansanné-Mango and district manager
in Yendi, and was involved in the occupation of the north. In 1902 he was transferred to Cameroon,
stationed first in Victoria and after his promotion to captain (12 September 1902) in 1903 was appointed
station director of Yaoundé. In 1903 he accompanied Governor Jesko von Puttkamer on his trip
to Chad and on this occasion was appointed first Resident of Adamawa [de] on 20 September 1903.
Thierry was killed in a battle against the Kirdi people of Cameroon in September 1904, and was buried
in Garoua.
[1]
A species of West African lizard, Chalcides thierryi, is named in his honor.

References[edit]
1. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym
Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296
pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Thierry", p. 264).
Sources[edit]
• Ergebnisse der Untersuchung über den Tod des Hauptmanns Thierry, in: Deutsches Kolonialblatt
16 (1905), p. 161
• Manfred Maximilian Ulbrich: Offizier-Stammliste des Grenadier-Regiments König Friedrich
Wilhelm II. (1. Schlesischen) Nr. 10 1808-1908, Berlin 1907, p. 499f.
Categories: Prussian Army personnelTogolandGerman colonial people in Kamerun1904
deaths1866 births

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