Sub-Lieutenant César Méléra of the Colonial Infantry was born in Athies-sous-Laon on 14 July 1884, mobilized on 2 August 1914, fought at the Yser, in Artois, the Champagne, and in Verdun. He was severely wounded in Verdun on 18 August 1916, three times mentioned in dispatches, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. He died for France struck by a bullet to the heart at Brin (Lorraine) on 25 October 1918. He was the Author of the book "Verdun (June–July 1916) the Mountain of Reims (May–June 1918)", Editions de La Lucarne, 1925 . His name appears in the Panthéon among dead writers of the Field of Honour during the 1914-1918 war.