He had participated in the liberation of the city

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On the morning of August 16, 1944, he went to the prefecture, with his Lebel rifle and around thirty cartridges. “You also have to wear a uniform! The formality is quickly accomplished, I take my passive defense armband out of my pocket and, on the back, using colored pencils, I trace the letters FFI framed by two blue and red bands ”, he writes in his dedicated book. at the liberation of Chartres published in 1994.

Injured during the liberation of the city, Roger Joly was hit by several bullets which crossed his right hand (and broke the ring finger) and both thighs. When he is lying on the ground, a grenade explodes behind him, injuring his feet, legs and back.

Professor of various colleges and high schools, Roger Joly was passionate about history and archeology, he has many publications and a rich documentary collection that he offered to the municipal archives. He is also the founder of the school museum with André Thoby, deputy mayor of Chartres between 1977 and 1983 and in charge of town planning and finance.

With his wife Marcelle, they had two daughters and two sons.

When he died in 2002, he was six times a grandfather.

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