{{Short description|French World War I general}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Pierre Berdoulat | honorific_suffix = [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] | image = Le_général_Berdoulat_gouverneur_militaire_de_Paris_(2,_fragment).JPEG | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | other_name = | nickname = | president1 = [[Alexandre Millerand]] | prime_minister1 = [[Raymond Poincaré]] | office1 = [[Military governor of Paris]] | predecessor1 = [[Charles Emile Moinier]] | successor1 = [[Henri Gouraud (general)|Henri Gouraud]] | term_start1 = February 18, 1919 | term_end1 = July 20, 1923 | birth_date = {{birth date|1861|07|29}} | birth_place = [[Pinsaguel]], Haute-Garonne, [[Second French Empire|France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1930|11|24|1861|07|29}} | death_place = Paris, [[Seine (department)|Seine]], [[French Third Republic|France]] | allegiance = {{flagcountry|French Third Republic}} | branch = {{army|France}} | branch_label = Branch | service_years = 1879–1923 | service_years_label = | rank = [[File:Army_France_OF7.png|20px]] ''Général de Division'' | rank_label = | servicenumber = | unit = | commands = [[69th Infantry Division (France)|69th Infantry Division]] (1914–1915)<br>[[1st Army Corps (France)|1st Army Corps]] (1915–1917)<br>[[20th Army Corps (France)|20th Army Corps]] (1917–1919) | known_for = | battles = [[Sino-French War]]<br>[[1904–1905 uprising in Madagascar]]<br>[[World War I]] *[[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] **[[Second Battle of Champagne]] **[[Battle of the Somme]] | battles_label = | awards = | memorials = | alma_mater = [[École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr]] | spouse = Marguerite Alice de Moines | children = | relations = | laterwork = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website = <!--{{URL|example.com}}--> | module = }} '''Pierre Émile Berdoulat''' (July 29, 1861 – November 24, 1930) was a French Divisional General who participated in [[World War I]]. He participated in the battles of the [[Second Battle of Champagne|2nd Champagne]] and [[Battle of the Somme|the Somme]] before becoming the [[Military governor of Paris]] from 1919 to 1923.

==Biography== Pierre Émile Berdoulat was born on July 29, 1861, in [[Pinsaguel]], Haute-Garonne.{{sfn|Qui êtes-vous?|1924|p=62}}<ref name="mortgallica"/> His parents were Isidor Berdoulat and Alfonsina Deffes.<ref name="ecolenav"/><ref name="geneanet">{{Cite web|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/garric?lang=fr&p=pierre+emile&n=berdoulat|title=Pierre Émile Berdoulat|publisher=[[Geneanet]]|access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref> He studied at the lyceums of [[Toulouse]] and [[Bordeaux]].<ref name="montreuxvieux">{{Cite web|url=http://montreux-vieux.net/?p=2498|title=Général Berdoulat|publisher=[[Montreux-Vieux]]|access-date=February 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502164412/http://montreux-vieux.net/?p=2498|archive-date=May 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On October 20, 1879, he volunteered for military service as a soldier of the [[57th Infantry Regiment (France)|57th Infantry Regiment]].<ref name="mortgallica"/><ref name="ecolenav">{{Cite web|url=http://ecole.nav.traditions.free.fr/officiers_berdoulat_pierre.htm|title=Pierre Émile Berdoulat|publisher=[[École navale]]|access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref> On September 21, 1880, he received the rank of corporal.<ref name="nouvean">{{Cite book|title=Le nouvean Gouverneur Militaire le Paris|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6254107j/f6.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=Le Vétéran. Bulletin de la Société nationale de retraites Les vétérans des armées de terre et de mer|date=March 1919|volume=3|pages=6}}</ref> On October 27, 1882, he was enrolled in the [[École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62234669/f3.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=July 23, 1882|number=199|pages=3947}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6215484k/f5.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=October 19, 1882|number=286|pages=5677}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62154924/f7.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=October 27, 1882|number=294|pages=5815}}</ref> On September 11, 1884, he graduated from high school,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62218610/f12.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=September 11, 1884|number=250|pages=4852}}</ref> and on October 1 of the same year, with the rank of second lieutenant, he was enlisted in the [[Troupes de la Marine]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Partie officielle|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62218699/f2.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=September 19, 1884|number=258|pages=4994}}</ref> He then entered in the [[4th Colonial Infantry Regiment (France)|4th Colonial Infantry Regiment]] in [[Toulon]] and took part in the fighting in the [[Sino-French War]] as well as pacification operations in [[Bình Thuận province|Bình Thuận]] and [[Khánh Hòa province|Khánh Hòa]].<ref name="mortgallica"/><ref name="ecolenav"/><ref name="montreuxvieux"/>

On November 2, 1886, he was promoted to lieutenant.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Partie officielle|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6256987z/f5.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=November 5, 1886|number=300|pages=5081}}</ref> He served in the {{interlanguage link|1st Tonkinois Tirailleurs Regiment|fr|1er régiment de tirailleurs tonkinois}} and the [[6th Colonial Infantry Regiment (France)|6th Colonial Infantry Regiment]].<ref name="ecolenav"/><ref name="montreuxvieux"/> On January 1, 1892, he was transferred to work at the [[Chief of Staff of the French Army]].<ref name="ecolenav"/> On August 12 of the same year, he was promoted to captain.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Marine|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6269483s/f2.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=August 14, 1892|number=220|pages=4206}}</ref> On April 17, 1893, he married Marguerite Alice de Moines.<ref name="ecolenav"/> On May 26 of the same year, he was appointed head of the 4th department at the headquarters of the 2nd naval district in [[Brest, France|Brest]].<ref name="ecolenav"/> He then served in the [[2nd Marine Infantry Regiment]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Marine|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6240678t/f8.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=November 6, 1896|number=302|pages=6036}}</ref> After graduating from the [[École navale]] on November 27, 1896, he joined the military government of Paris as a trainee. <ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62407006/f5.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=November 28, 1896|number=324|pages=6481}}</ref>

On November 8, 1898, he was sent to serve at headquarters at [[French Sudan]] and participated in quelling the unrest there.<ref name="mortgallica"/><ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Marine|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6254134f/f6.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=November 9, 1898|number=304|pages=6844}}</ref> On May 30, 1900, he was promoted to battalion commander. <ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Marine|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k63382710/f3.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=June 1, 1900|number=148|pages=3151}}</ref> On January 22, 1901, he was sent to serve in the technical department of the administration of the [[Troupes coloniales]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Armée coloniale|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62596992/f4.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=January 23, 1901|number=22|pages=600}}</ref> On August 1, 1903, he was appointed chief of staff of the occupation corps in Madagascar.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6456434k/f3.item.r=Berdoulat.texteImage|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=August 2, 1903|number=207|pages=4971}}</ref> On March 30, 1904, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62493560/f8.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=April 2, 1904|number=92|pages=2088}}</ref> Served in the [[3rd Marine Infantry Regiment]] which participated in the [[1904–1905 uprising in Madagascar]].<ref name="mortgallica"/><ref name="montreuxvieux"/>

On March 26, 1908, he was promoted to colonel.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6252212k/f12.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=March 26, 1908|number=85|pages=2156}}</ref> He served in the 28th Colonial Infantry Regiment.<ref name="mortgallica"/> On July 1, 1910, he became commander of the 1st Malagash Tyralliers Regiment.<ref name="montreuxvieux"/> On December 1 of the same year, he was appointed director of the 1st Bureau of the Colonial Troops.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6447801m/f16.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=December 4, 1910|number=330|pages=9836}}</ref> On December 30, 1911, he took over as director of the colonial troops.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6352235t/f10.item.r=Berdoulat|edition=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=January 5, 1912|number=4|pages=162}}</ref> On February 14, 1912, he became a member of the National Committee for the Defense of the Colonies.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Nominations et mutations|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6521492w/f201.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher={{interlanguage link|Ministry of Overseas Affairs (France)|fr|Ministère des Outre-mer}}|date=1912|number=2|pages=446}}</ref> On October 23, 1912, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6475828g/f6.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=October 24, 1912|number=290|pages=9054}}</ref>

[[File:111-SC-21639 - NARA - 55202978 - Officers of the French 20th Army Corps, with Gen. Berdoulat. Chateau Montgobert, France. (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Officers of the French XX Corps, with Pierre Bourdalot in the centre of the group, outside the [[Château de Montgobert]], France, July 1918.]]

After the start of the war, on October 8, 1914, he was appointed commander of the 52nd Infantry Brigade. <ref>{{Cite book|title=Le général Berdoulat est nommé gouverneur militaire de Paris|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7601593j/f1.item|edition=[[Le Journal]]|date=February 19, 1919|number=9642|pages=1}}</ref> On November 5, 1914, he took up the post of commander of the [[69th Infantry Division (France)|69th Infantry Division]].{{sfn|Nicot|1969|p=366}} On April 20, 1915, he was promoted to the rank of divisional general.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Armée active|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k63541746/f7.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=April 22, 1915|number=109|pages=2471}}</ref> On April 29, 1915, he was appointed commander of the {{interlanguage link|1st Colonial Army Corps|fr|1er corps d'armée colonial}}.{{sfn|Nicot|1969|p=156}} During the [[Second Battle of Champagne]] from September 15 to October 2, 1915, the corps under the command of Berdoulat captured heavily fortified German positions and repelled stubborn German attacks for seven days in a row,<ref name="Échos" /><ref name="montreuxvieux"/> for which he received the gratitude of the President of the French Republic, [[Raymond Poincaré]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k63343127/f4.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=November 29, 1915|number=324|pages=8676}}</ref> In July 1916, during the first days of the [[Battle of the Somme]], Berdoulat's corps was able to advance 10 kilometers deep into enemy territory, capturing 85 guns and over 8,000 prisoners.<ref name="Échos"/><ref name="montreuxvieux"/> On July 19, 1917, he commanded the [[20th Army Corps (France)|20th Army Corps]].{{sfn|Nicot|1969|p=94}} By the end of 1917, the corps under the command of Berdoulat as part of the [[10th Army (France)|10th Army]] of [[Charles Mangin|General Mangin]] advanced 30 kilometers deep into the front line, drove the Germans out of [[Guise]], capturing 12,000 prisoners, 140 guns and a large amount of equipment.<ref name="Échos"/><ref name="montreuxvieux"/> On January 21, 1919, Berdoulat remained the commander of the army corps and received the command of the 20th region.<ref name="Arméeactive"/><ref name="montreuxvieux"/>

[[File:Le_général_Berdoulat_(5,_fragment).JPEG|thumb|right|Berdoulat as the Military Governor of Paris. (1919)]]

On February 18, 1919, he was appointed to the post of [[Military governor of Paris]], replacing Division General [[Charles Emile Monnier]].<ref name="Arméeactive">{{Cite book|title=Armée active|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k63611890/f11.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=February 19, 1919|number=49|pages=1855}}</ref> After Berdoulat reached the age limit for service,<ref name="mortgallica"/> on July 20, 1923, he was replaced in this position by divisional general Henri Joseph Gouraud.<ref name="Ministère de la Guerre">{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64759156/f12.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=July 22, 1923|number=196|pages=7016}}</ref>

On July 29, 1923, Berdoulat was enrolled in the personnel reserve of the headquarters of the colonial troops.<ref name="Ministère de la Guerre"/> On January 24, 1928, by decision of President [[Gaston Doumerga]], he was appointed to the Council of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Justice|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6544106k/f2.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=January 29, 1928|number=25|pages=1258}}</ref> He served as president of the Offrandes nationales organization, which provides assistance to military personnel, their widows and children.<ref name="Échos">{{Cite book|title=Échos|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9820863k/f678.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=Bulletin du Comité de l'Afrique française|date=1930|pages=672–673}}</ref>

Pierre-Émile Berdoulat died on November 24, 1930, in the [[Val-de-Grâce]] military hospital in Paris, where he was receiving treatment.<ref name="mortgallica">{{Cite book|title=Mort du général Berdoulat|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62611979/f3.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher= Le Veteran. Bulletin de la Société nationale de retraites Les vétérans des armées de terre et de mer|date=November–December 1930|number=10|pages=3–4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Mort du général Berdoulat, ancien gouverneur militaire de Paris|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6242763/f1.item.r=BERDOULAT|publisher={{ill|L'Ouest- Éclair|fr}}|date=November 26, 1930| volume=12 |number=438|pages=14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Mort du général Berdoulat|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k506426v/f6.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal des débats]]|date=November 26, 1930 |number=328|pages=6}}</ref> The farewell took place in the [[Val-de-Grâce (church)|Val-de-Grâce church]] in the presence of the representative of the President of France, General [[Henri Lasson]], the Minister of War [[André Maginot]], the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces [[Maxime Weygand]], almost all members of the Supreme Military Council, including Marshal [[Philippe Pétain]], numerous military and civilians.<ref name="mortgallica"/><ref name="Deuil">{{Cite book|title=Deuil|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k506430x/f2.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal des débats]]|date=November 30, 1930|number=332|pages=6}}</ref> The funeral took place in Reims without military honors, since Berdoulat, during his lifetime, asked not to distract the troops on this occasion once again.<ref name="mortgallica"/><ref name="Deuil"/> On December 18 of the same year, he was replaced as a member of the Council of the National Order of the Legion of Honor by Divisional General [[Marie-Eugene Debeny]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Justice|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6541386c/f2.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=December 20, 1930|number=298|pages=13882}}</ref>

==Legacy== On September 9, 1935, on the square of [[Pinsaguel]], with the participation of General [[Adolphe Guillaume]], a bronze bust of Berdoul by the sculptor [[Auguste Seys]] was erected.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Un buste au général Berdoulat|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6360000k/f20.item.r=Berdoulat|edition=Le Vétéran. Bulletin de la Société nationale de retraites Les vétérans des armées de terre et de mer|date=September–October 1935|number=5|pages=13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palsri_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=IM31000047|title=Buste du Général Berdoulat|website=[[Ministry of Culture (France)|Ministry of Culture]]|access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de l'Éducation nationale|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6547131k/f23.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=February 2, 1934|number=27|pages=1087}}</ref>

==Awards== [[File:Le_maréchal_Pétain_remet_les_insignes_de_Grand_Croix_au_général_Berdoulat_dans_la_cour_des_Invalides_(fragment).JPEG|thumb|right|Marshal Pétain presenting Divisional General Berdoulat with the insignia of the Knight of the Grand Cross of the [[Legion of Honor]], January 18, 1923.]]

===Military awards=== *[[Legion of Honor]]<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/leonore_fr?ACTION=RETROUVER&FIELD_1=Cnoms&VALUE_1=Berdoulat&FIELD_2=PRENOMS&VALUE_2=&FIELD_3=DATE-NSS&VALUE_3=&FIELD_4=LIEU-NSS&VALUE_4=&FIELD_5=Nom%20de%20jeune%20fille&VALUE_5=&FIELD_6=SEXE&VALUE_6=%20&FIELD_7=COTE&VALUE_7=&NUMBER=2&GRP=0&REQ=%28%28Berdoulat%29%20%3aNOM%2cNOM2%2cNOM-JF%2cNOM-MARI%2cSURNOM%2cNOTES%20%29&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%24%2534P&SPEC=9&SYN=1&IMLY=&MAX1=1&MAX2=1&MAX3=100&DOM=All|title=Pierre Émile Berdoulat|publisher=[[Base Léonore]]|access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref> **Knight's Grand Cross (December 29, 1922)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6454305w/f47.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=December 31, 1922|number=354|pages=12547}}</ref> **Grand Officer (September 28, 1918)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k63678668/f2.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=September 30, 1918|number=266|pages=8540}}</ref> **Commander (July 13, 1915)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6349080v/f3.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=July 14, 1915|number=189|pages=4763}}</ref> **Officer (March 8, 1906)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Guerre|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6260718f/f11.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=March 10, 1906|number=68|pages=1567}}</ref> **Cavalier (December 29, 1889)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de la Marine|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64523948/f14.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=December 31, 1889|number=354|pages=6522}}</ref> *[[Order of the Black Star]], officer (February 25, 1904)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ordres coloniaux|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65315327/f193.image.r=Berdoulat|publisher={{interlanguage link|Ministry of Affairs Overseas Territories (France)|fr|Ministère des Outre-mer}}|date=1904|number=8|pages=897}}</ref> *[[Order of the Star of Anjouan]], officer (December 7, 1905)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ordres coloniaux|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64284811/f105.item.r=Berdoulat|edition={{interlanguage link|Ministry of Affairs Overseas Territories (France)|fr|Ministère des Outre-mer}}|date=1906|number=5|pages=525}}</ref> *[[Croix de Guerre]] (With Palm Tree, awarded four times)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Une visite au général Berdoulat gouverneur militaire de Paris|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k566819b/f1.item.r=Berdoulat%20Dragon%20Annam|publisher=[[Le Petit Parisien]]|date=February 27, 1919| volume=15 |number=360|pages=1}}</ref><ref name ="Bordeaux"/> *[[Colonial Medal]] with [[Medal bar]] (For service in Sudan and Madagascar)<ref name="mortgallica" /><ref name="montreuxvieux"/> *[[Tonkin Expedition commemorative medal]]<ref name="mortgallica"/><ref name="geneanet"/><ref name="montreuxvieux"/> *[[1914–1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal (France)|1914–1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal]]<ref name="montreuxvieux"/> *{{interlanguage link|Commemorative Medal of the Battle of Verdun|fr|Médaille commémorative de la bataille de Verdun}}<ref name="museedesetoiles"/> *[[1914–1918 Commemorative war medal (France)|1914–1918 Commemorative war medal]]<ref name="museedesetoiles">{{Cite web|url=http://museedesetoiles.fr/piece/general-de-corps-darmee-berdoulat/|title=Général de Corps d'Armée Berdoulat|publisher=Musée des Officiers Généraux Français Armes & Services|access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref>

===Civilian awards=== *[[Ordre des Palmes académiques]] (December 31, 1905)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de l'instruction publique et des beaux-arts|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6267023h/f20.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=January 1, 1905|number=1|pages=14}}</ref> *Gold Medal of the [[Seine (department)|Seine]] (March 5, 1926)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ministère de l'Hygiène, de l'Assistance et de la Prévoyance sociale|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65098370/f73.item.r=Berdoulat|publisher=[[Journal officiel de la République française]]|date=March 28, 1926|number=74|pages=3833}}</ref>

===Foreign awards=== *{{flag|Belgium}}: [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]], 1st Class (Grand Officer)<ref name="montreuxvieux"/> *{{flag|Belgium}}: [[Croix de guerre (Belgium)|Croix de guerre]]<ref name="Bordeaux">{{Cite book|title=Livre d'or du lycée de Bordeaux. Guerre 1914–1918|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k96128710/f379|publisher=Henri Laurens, éditeur|date=1921|pages=375}}</ref><ref name="montreuxvieux"/> *{{flagdeco|Spain|1785}} [[Restoration (Spain)|Spain]]: [[Cross of Military Merit]], Grand Cross<ref name="Bordeaux"/> *{{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}: [[Order of St. Michael and St. George]], Knight's Commander<ref name="Bordeaux"/><ref name="montreuxvieux"/> *{{flag|United States|1912}}: [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Congressional Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal issued by the War Department|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t20c5g49z;view=1up;seq=860|website=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]|year=1920|pages=848}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=18438|title=Pierre E. Berdoulat. Army Distinguished Service Medal|publisher=[[Sightline Media Group]]|access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==Sources== {{Commons category|Pierre Berdoulat}}

* {{Cite book|author=Berdoulat (Pierre Émile)|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_k04SAAAAIAAJ|title=Qui êtes-vous? Annuaire des contemporains: notices biographiques|publisher=Maison Ehret. G. Ruffy, successeur, Editeur|date=1924|pages=62 |ref={{sfnref|Qui êtes-vous?|1924}} }} * {{Cite book|first=Jean |last=Nicot|title=Inventaire Sommaire Des Archives de la Guerre 1914–1918|url=http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/SHDGR_INV_21N_25N_1872_1919.pdf |publisher=Imprimerie La Renaissance|date=1969|pages=691|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207203328/http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/SHDGR_INV_21N_25N_1872_1919.pdf|archive-date=2016-12-07}}

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