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<ref name="n1"> | <ref name="n1"> In Marcel Proust's military service record (Archives de Paris, la Seine matriculation registers and military recruitment register) his forenames are written in the same sequence as his baptism: "Valentin, Louis, Georges, Eugène, Marcel", the tradition being that the familiar first name was the one placed last. But some years after Proust's birth the custom changed and the familiar first name was on the contrary put first (which indeed was the case with his brother Robert, born two years after him: "Robert, Sigismond, Léon"). The men called up in 1914 and 1915 being mostly young men, the officials from the recruitment offices probably did not think that Marcel Proust came from the generation where the familiar first name was placed last. [FP, FL] </ref> | ||
<ref name="n2"> Note 2 </ref> | <ref name="n2"> Note 2 </ref> | ||
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6ème Bureau de Recrutement de la Seine to Marcel Proust [shortly before 7 July 1915]
(Click on the link above to see this letter and its notes in the Corr-Proust digital edition, including all relevant hyperlinks.)
Military Service
Monsieur Valentin Proust[1] 102 boulevard Haussmann Paris
6e Bureau de Recrutement de la Seine
No. 20
Name: Proust Valentin
Summons before the Special Discharge Commission held at 6e Bureau de Recrutement, Porte Champerret, Paris 17e, 7 July 1915 at 14:00
Notes
- ↑ In Marcel Proust's military service record (Archives de Paris, la Seine matriculation registers and military recruitment register) his forenames are written in the same sequence as his baptism: "Valentin, Louis, Georges, Eugène, Marcel", the tradition being that the familiar first name was the one placed last. But some years after Proust's birth the custom changed and the familiar first name was on the contrary put first (which indeed was the case with his brother Robert, born two years after him: "Robert, Sigismond, Léon"). The men called up in 1914 and 1915 being mostly young men, the officials from the recruitment offices probably did not think that Marcel Proust came from the generation where the familiar first name was placed last. [FP, FL]
- ↑ Note 2
- ↑ Translation notes:
- ↑ Contributors: