Ponticelli Freres S.A.S.

Lazare Ponticelli.(Lazare Ponticelli, last of the poilus)(In memoriam)
The Economist (US); 3/22/2008; 1220 words; ...strove to honour Mr Ponticelli. It was a way of...Les Invalides. Mr Ponticelli wanted none of that...heard from no-man's land, caught in...rescued, until Mr Ponticelli ran out to him with...setting up Ponticelli freres, a company that...

France honors WWI vets at funeral for last veteran
AP Worldstream; 3/17/2008; 1031 words; ...After fighting for Italy, Ponticelli returned to France in...smokestacks. The company, Ponticelli Freres, grew into a manufacturer...funeral ceremony planned. Ponticelli himself had agreed to...honored all of France's WWI veterans. He was...

France Buries Last WWI Vet
AP Online; 3/17/2008; 1080 words; ...ceremoniously unfurled. Ponticelli was a French citizen...Europe. Germany's last WWI veteran died on New Year's Day. Monuments to...French fighters dead. Ponticelli was born Dec. 7...company, Ponticelli Freres, grew into a manufacturer...

Lazare Ponticelli; France's Last WWI Veteran
The Washington Post; 3/14/2008; 780 words; ...running into no man's land to save a wounded...war in 1915, Mr. Ponticelli was called up to fight...to the veteran's daughter, Jeannine...then for Italy, Mr. Ponticelli "offered an admirable...company, Ponticelli Freres, grew into a manufacturer...

France's last survivor of the great war
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 3/13/2008; 727 words; ...age to enlist. Mr Ponticelli decided to fight...taken him in. Mr Ponticelli joined the Foreign...running into No Man's Land to save a wounded...war in 1915, Mr Ponticelli was called up to...company, Ponticelli Freres, grew into a manufacturer...