Combles in the Second World War

The history of Combles does not end with the reconstruction. During the Second World War, the village was once again under German occupation. One particularly important episode concerns Georges Ovide Laurent Guillemont, mayor of Combles from 1929. Secondary sources referring to prefecture files state that he was dismissed in November 1940 at the request of the occupying authorities, notably for helping members of the Resistance and an escaped prisoner of war by supplying false papers. Deported to Germany, he died in Wieda on 3 April 1945. This account still needs to be checked directly against the files of the Somme archives and, where possible, national remembrance databases, before it can be considered fully established.