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Louis Marie Joachim Napoléon Michel Murat, prince Murat, born September 8, 1896 in Rocquencourt (Yvelines), died for France on August 21, 1916 in Lihons (Somme).

Louis Murat is the great-great-grandson of Joachim Murat, of Marshal Ney, and of Marshal Berthier and the great-great-grand-nephew of Napoleon I, the wife of Joachim Murat being one of the sisters of the emperor, Caroline Bonaparte.

He is a volunteer (registration number 2771/308 - class 1916), housekeeper in the 5th regiment of cuirassiers on foot.  After a period of rest, his regiment was embarked by trucks on August 17, 1916 and went to the front during the night of 17-18 in the area of the village of Lihons1 - on the Santerre plateau, to the east of the Somme department. - during the Battle of the Somme, one of the deadliest in all of history2. He was killed there on August 21, 1916 north of Lihons. His regiment was relieved a few days later, on August 27.

We can read: "In this place, where he was killed, rests Louis Marie Michel Joachim Napoleon Prince Murat, born in Rocquencourt, Seine-et-Oise (today Les Yvelines), on September 8, 1896, volunteered, Maréchal des Logis in the 5th regiment of cuirassiers on foot, died for France on August 21, 1916, grand-nephew of Napoleon 1st, grandson of: Joachim Murat, volunteer, Marshal of France, Prince and Grand Admiral of the Empire French, Grand Duke of Berc and Cleves, King of Naples, commanded in chief the Grande Armée; of Michel Ney, volunteer, Marshal of France, Duke of Elchingen, Prince of the Moskva, the Brave des Braves; and of 'Alexandre Berthier, Marshal of France, Prince of Wagram, Sovereign Prince of Neuchatel and Valengin, Major General of the Drande Army. Like them, he served his homeland ".