6 Feb 1918
France
France
- Joseph Stilwell departed from the AEF General Headquarters in Chaumont, France. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chaumont, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]
16 Feb 1918
France
France
- Joseph Stilwell was assigned to an army intelligence course at Langres, France. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Langres, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]
28 Feb 1918
France
France
- Joseph Stilwell was attached to the AEF General Headquarters in Chaumont, France. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chaumont, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]
17 Mar 1918
France
France
- Joseph Stilwell departed the AEF General Headquarters in Chaumont, France. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chaumont, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]
30 Apr 1918
France
France
- Joseph Stilwell was attached to the AEF General Headquarters in Chaumont, France. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chaumont, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]
10 May 1940
France
France
- James Lacey was relocated with the No. 501 Squadron RAF to Bétheniville, Marne, France. ww2dbase [James Lacey | Bétheniville, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]
13 May 1940
France
France
- James Lacey shot down a German He 111 bomber, a Bf 109 fighter, and a Bf 110 fighter over Sedan, Ardennes, France. ww2dbase [James Lacey | Sedan, Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]
14 May 1940
France

France
- Marcel Albert, flying a D.520 fighter, shot down a Do 17 bomber and claimed a Bf 109 fighter later on the same day. ww2dbase [Champagne-Ardenne | CPC]

7 Jun 1940
France
France
- Flying Officer Edgar Kain DFC, the first five-victory fighter ace of the RAF in WW2 was killed in a flying accident in Échemines, France. ww2dbase [Échemines, Champagne-Ardenne | AC]
2 Mar 1944
France
France
- German Luftwaffe ace Egon Mayer (102 victories) was shot down and killed when his Fw 190 aircraft was bounced by a pair of US 9th Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft whilst attacking a formation of B-17 bombers near Sedan, France. In a cruel twist of fate his award of Swords had been announced on that same day. ww2dbase [Sedan, Champagne-Ardenne | AC]
16 Feb 1957
France
France
- Leslie Hore-Belisha, whilst leading a parliamentary delegation, collapsed and died from a cerebral haemorrhage while making a speech at Rheims town hall in France. ww2dbase [Leslie Hore-Belisha | Rheims, Champagne-Ardenne | AC]
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