- SURNAME
Varnier
- FORENAME
Andre Francois Albert
- UNIT
4 SAS (1 Squadron + HQ Squadron + HQ Company)
- RANK
Sous Lieutenant
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur,etc
- PLACE
France and Belgium 1944-45
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 12.3.1914 Toul,Meurthe-et-Moselle,France
2 Regiment du Genie 1932
Caporal October 1932
Sergeant April 1933
1 Regiment du Genie 1935
POW 17.6.1940 France (escaped)
1 Compagnie d'Infanterie de l'Air (1 CIA) 1940
qualified parachutist Ringway 20.12.1940
Sergeant-Chef January 1941
BCRA/SOE Op.Josephine B (France) May 1941
alias Jacques Leblanc
award M.M.(GB)
2 Compagnie de Parachutistes October 1941 (Adjudant)
Adjudant-Chef December 1941
4 Bataillon d'Infanterie de l'Air (4 BIA) 1942
Sous Lieutenant June 1943
1 Compagnie de Parachutistes 1943
2 Regiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes 1944
4 SAS (1 Squadron) 1944
Cooney Party Pierre 406
Op.Spenser
Op.Newton
4 SAS (HQ Squadron) 1944-45
Op.Franklin
4 SAS (HQ Company) 1945
Op.Amherst
Lieutenant November 1946
11 Bataillon de Choc 1948 (Capitaine)
awards include
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur
Compagnon de la Liberation (26.9.1945)
Croix de Guerre
Medaille de la Resistance
M.M. (GB) (1941)
killed in training exercise 15.12.1949 Perpignan,France
buried Estrennes,Vosges,France
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