Memories of WW1 veteren General 'Grandpa' Maurice Bourgeois His nickname was General Grandpa: gifted with an unfailingly sharp memory until his death at 106, Maurice Bourgeois never tired of describing what he lived through at 17 years old in the trenches of Verdun or the Chemin des Dames when he served in World War I. Today it falls to his grandson, historian Guillaume Bourgeois, to share his stories. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES