FRANCE Brossolette, Pierre

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Brossolette
  • FORENAME
Pierre
  • UNIT
RF Section SOE
  • RANK
Captain
  • NUMBER
  • DATE OF DEATH
22nd March 1944
  • AGE
40
  • GRAVESITE
cremated Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise,Paris,France
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 25.6.1903 Paris,France
graduated from l'Ecole Normale Superieure 1925
joined French Socialist Party 1929
journalist in civilian life
5 Regiment d'Infanterie 1939-40 (Lt - Captain)
demobilised August 1940
French Resistance 1941-42
Free French Army (BCRA) 1.12.1941
RF Section SOE April 1942
Op.Brumaine-Arquebus 1943
alias Bernier,Philippe
arrested February 1944
jumped to his death from 5th floor window in Rennes Prison,Ile et Vilaine,Brittany
died in Hopital de Pity same night
awards
Chevalier,Legion dHonneur
Ordre de la Liberation
Croix de Guerre
Medaille de la Resistance
 

DATE OF DEATH:

22-Mar-1944
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