 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa14 Ndira 1771, Ghigny akaberekerwa muBrussels nevabereki Étienne Ghigny naMaria Segers. Muna 1792 akabatana neFrench 12th Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment, achiva lieutenant wechipiri musi wa5 Gunyana 1792, lieutenant wekutanga musi wa28 Chikunguru 1795 uye kaputeni musi wa1 Gumiguru 1795. Hondo dzakakudzwa dze12th Chasseurs dzinosanganisira hondo dzeValmy neJemappes muna 1792, Hondo yeNeerwinden muna 1793, hondo dzeCharleroi Lambusart neFleurus muna 1794, Kuyambuka kweRhine muna 1795, hondo dzeAmberguye Limburg muna 1796 uye Hondo yeNeuwied muna 1797. Hapana kutaurwa chaiko kwaGhigny muzviito izvi, chete kuti chikwata chakazivikanwa. Munguva yeHondo yeFrance Revolution Ghigny akarwa neHondo yekuchamhembe, Hondo yeSambre-et-Meuse neHondo yeRhine. 