Poilu (/ˈpwɑːluː/; French: [pwaly]) is an informal term for a late 18th century–early 20th century French infantryman, meaning, literally, the hairy one...

(10 September 2001). "Le dernier poilu s'est éteint". La Dernière Heure. Retrieved 2 May 2016. "Adieu au dernier poilu belge". La Dernière Heure. 19 September...

French Poilus posing with their war-torn flag in 1917, during World War I...

Mont des Poilus is a 3,161-metre (10,371-foot) mountain summit located in Yoho National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Its...

The Journées du Poilu Sportif (English: Hairy Sportsman Days) was a sports events held across France organized by the French sports weekly magazine Sporting...

Flivver in 1917, stayed on in France after militarization, and composed From "Poilu" to "Yank" in 1918. Robert Imbrie published Behind the Wheel of a War Ambulance...

First World War. The term became wrapped up in the public conception of the poilu ("hairy one", the typical French foot soldier) and his beloved pinard, joined...

"Adieu au dernier poilu belge". La Dernière Heure. 18 September 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2016. "Cyriel Barbary, 105 ans, était le dernier poilu belge". La Meuse...

"heartland" values. The brand was associated with the cigarette-smoking poilu (a slang term for the French infantryman in the trenches) and the resistance...

Le Départ des poilus, août 1914 (French: Departure of the Infantrymen, August 1914) is a monumental mural by the American artist Albert Herter. The painting...

Punch's view of Wilde as a poilu, when he threatened to take French citizenship over the ban on Salome in Britain...

stove. Alternative names for the British Brodie helmet Digger, Doughboy and Poilu for the Allied counterparts G.I. HMS Birkenhead (1845) Jack Tar Jerry (WWII)...

malle du poilu" : coup de cœur de la semaine pour Émilie Munera" (in French). Francemusique.fr. Retrieved 2015-10-29. "Dans la malle du Poilu". Dans la...

equivalent for Australian and New Zealand soldiers, originated in World War I Poilu – equivalent term for French soldiers of World War I Tommy Atkins – equivalent...

officially recognized veteran of the First World War from France and the last poilu of its trenches to die. Born in Italy, he travelled on his own to France...

History of the British Army, ISBN 0-19-285333-3 Sumner, Ian (2009). French Poilu 1914–18. Bloomsbury USA. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-84603-332-2. p. 216, Vol. XXX...

Friendly nickname. Marsouin (literally "porpoise"; marines or naval infantry) Poilu (infanterie): "Hairy one". A term that appeared during the First Empire...

French poilus on a battlefield during the First World War...

light blue wool). This horizon blue was not totally appreciated by the poilu, as the colour did not stand up well to light and inclement weather: Our...

during the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I. Respect to Mehmetçik Monument Poilu Johnny Turk David Nicole, (Illustrated by Christa Hook), Ottoman Infantryman...

to honour their sacrifice, it was decided to colour USAP jersey like a Poilu uniform and to name the stadium after Giral. Four years after the championship...

French Poilus posing with their war-torn flag in 1917, during World War I...

the archetypal soldier "Tommy Atkins") and French infantry were called "Poilus" ("hairy ones"). Some formal or informal designations may reflect the status...

breeder, René Fuselier, began inquiring in 1998 into the identity of the last poilu to die. He said: "With the computer facilities that we have today, it was...

un poilu", "Le Divin modèle", "L'Héroïque poilu de France" and "Lauriers célestes". The composition of "Ange de reconnaissance couronnant un poilu" comprises...

slang Slouch hat Gunnie Pat Hanna – Creator of Pat Hanna's Diggers Doughboy Poilu Mehmetçik (soldier) – Turkish slang for a common soldier Citations Dennis...

dragon that she named Pétronille. In 2023, she exhibited her collection Ciel poilu, pluie chaude at the Musée Marc Chagall as part of the anniversary exhibition...

« Trou du cul, trou du cul plein de poils sales, Trou du cul, trou du cul poilu ! » 20e bataillon « Vingtième Bataillon, Commandant Cambriels, Les Chasseurs...

manuscript, and in 1978, sixty years after the war, it was published as Poilu: the World War I notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, barrelmaker, 1914–1918...

2016. Retrieved 29 June 2023. Morales, Milan (23 December 2016). "Petit Poilu débarque sur OufTivi". Génération BD (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2023...