Honours Joseph Joffre

1 honours

1.1 french
1.2 foreign
1.3 homages

honours
french

legion of honour:




knight – 7 september 1885;
officer – 26 december 1895;
commander – 11 july 1903;
grand officer – 11 july 1909;
grand cross – 11 july 1914.




médaille militaire – 26 november 1914.
croix de guerre 1914–1918 palm
commemorative medal of 1870–1871 war
tonkin expedition commemorative medal – march 1887
officer of order of dragon of annam – 1887
colonial medal – senegal, sudan (1894)
jade scepter of emperor khải Định of annam – 1922

foreign

grand cross of order of ouissam alaouite of morocco
honorary knight grand cross of order of bath (gcb) (united kingdom)
order of merit (om) (united kingdom)
distinguished service medal (united states)
knights grand commander (first class) of order of rama (senangapati, 22 december 1921, thailand)
doctor honoris causa (harvard university), , of university of porto , university of coimbra (portugal)


the lycée joffre, high school , former military barracks in montpellier, bears joffre s name


homages

the joffre class of steam locomotives french decauville design built kerr stuart under contract during 1915 , 1916.

a french aircraft carrier bearing joffre s name under construction @ start of world war ii never completed due france s rapid fall in 1940.

when visited romania in 1920, casa capsa, purveyor royal court of romania, created joffre cake in honour.

the following landmarks named in marshal joffre s honour:

place joffre, avenue de la motte-piquet, paris, bronze statue of mounted subject.
avenue du maréchal joffre located in verdun, france
rue du maréchal joffre located in nice, france
boulevard maréchal joffre in dijon, france
avenue du maréchal joffre in chantilly, france
mount joffre, mountain located on continental divide on border of british columbia , alberta.
joffre street, located in dartmouth, nova scotia, canada.
joffre street in lowell, massachusetts.
rue joffre (joffre street), located in shawinigan, quebec, canada.
avenue joffre, located in quebec city, canada.
joffre, pennsylvania, zip code 15053 (latitude 40.4 degrees north; longitude 80.4 degrees west).
joffre avenue, located in milltown, new jersey, us.
joffre street, located in pascoe vale, victoria, australia.
avenue joffre (now huaihai road), located in former french concession of shanghai, china.
marshal joffre street (formerly ion mihalache street), located in timișoara, romania.

in 1918, mount joffre on continental divide in western canada named after him. summits names of other french generals nearby: cordonnier, foch, nivelle, mangin, , pétain.