Erwin A. Lamoureux

Birth and Upbringing
Erwin André Lamoureux was born in April 7th, 1889 in Besançon, Franche-Comté, France.to Marlène and Jérôme Lamoureux, the eldest son out of 4. He had 3 younger sisters, Lilianne, Margeux, and Marie. He was born in the inner-city, growing up a poorer environment. His mother sewed clothing and sold them to help bring money in for the family and his father worked as a factory worker. Though they were typically short on cash, they would never would go hungry. Erwin began working as soon as he was able, working as a farmhand on a farm outside of the city. He lived a relatively regular life, despite his father's dead in 1908 and six years later, in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand had been assassinated and France had been dragged into the war.

Enlistment and Military Service
A letter was sent out to every household, "Ordre de Mobilisation Générale," that demanded all men between the ages of 19 and 30 be called to arms in the defense of France. He was 24 when he was called to military service. He enlisted into the military and was put into the '6e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne' (6th Infantry regiment of the Line) and sent to his first battle, the Marne. During his time in the military, he'd met a British Nurse by the name of Amelia. They'd move on to various other battles, fighting for each other's lives in battle.

Post-War
They both fortunately survived the entire length of the war. had developed an intense, loving, and caring relationship over the course of the war. Once they'd both returned to Paris once the war was over, the two decided to marry. They bought a house outside of the outskirts of Paris. They had a child named André Élisée Lamoureux. Erwin had a job that could support the family. Life seemed to be even better than before the war, but not so. Once the child was born, Amelia and Erwin grew apart. The stress for both trying to deal with both of their post-traumatic stress disorder and raising André piling on, eventually causing Amelia to abandon their new-born child and him. Erwin was a breaking man, traumatized from the horrors of war, the stress of raising a child, and the love of his life abandoning him completely adding on to his mental state. He began to drink, though realizing his responsibilities, did not drink heavily. He raised André without anyone to support him. His mental state got worse and worse, however. In a fit of madness and rage when the Germans marched into Paris on June 14th, 1940, he went out, trying to fight against them, though to no prevail. He had grown old and weak over the years, only contributing to his death. He was shot and killed by the Waffen-SS only a few hours after he had begun to fight.