Paul Legentilhomme
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| Paul Legentilhomme | |
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| March 26, 1884 - May 23, 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Valognes, France |
| Place of death | Villefranche-sur-Mer, France |
| Allegiance |  French Army |
| Years of service | 1907 - 1950 |
| Rank | French Army General |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Grand Cross of the Légion of Honor Compagnon de la Libération Médaille Militaire Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Legion of Merit |
| Other work | French Minister Advisor |
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Paul Legentilhomme (March 26, 1884 in Valognes, France - May 23, 1975 in Villefranche-sur-Mer, France), Compagnon de la Libération, was a French military leader of World War II.
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[edit] Education
- 1905 - 1907 : Student at the famous École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (prom "la Dernière du vieux Bahut")
- 1907 : Nominated Sub-Lieutenant
- 1909 : Nominated Lieutenant
[edit] World War I
- 1914 : Poilu who participed to the battle of Neufchâteau in Belgium, on August 22, he has been made prisonner
- 1914-1918 : Prisonner until the war is over
- 1918 : Nominated Captain
[edit] Interwar period
- 1924 : Nominated Major
- 1929 : Nominated Lieutenant Colonel
- 1934 : Nominated Colonel
- 1938 : Nominated Brigadier-General
[edit] World War II
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- June 18 : in Djibouti, in his "General Order nb 4", he denounced the french armistice et annonced his intention to continue the war with the British Empire
- August 2 : he left Djibouti et went to England
- October 31 : arrived in England and is stripped of his French nationality by the Vichy regime
- 1941 :
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- Nominated Major General, commandant in chief of the Free French Forces in Sudan and Eritrea ; he worked nevertheless under the suprem command of Marshal Wavell.
- He created the First French light devision (in French "1ère Division légère française libre" or "1ère DLFL")
- November 1941 : He is put on death penalty by the Government of Vichy
- 1942 : made Compagnon de la Libération by the General de Gaulle on September 9, 1942,
- 1943 :
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- Member of the Council of Défense of the Empire,
- Nominated Lieutenant General
- Nominated Commissaire to the French Commitee for National Liberation
[edit] Back to Peace
- 1947 : Nominated Army General
- 1950 : Military advisor of the Minister for French overseas departments and territories
- 1952 : Technical advisor of the Minister François Mitterrand (who became between 1981 and 1995 President of the French Republic)
- 1952 - 1958 : Member of the Assemblée de l'Union française sous l'étiquette (French) (UDSR - political party)
- May 23, 1975 : Paul Legentilhomme passed away at age 91 in Villefranche-sur-Mer where he is buried
[edit] Honour
- Grand Cross of the Légion of Honor
- Compagnon de la Libération
- Médaille Militaire
- Croix de Guerre 1914-1918
- Croix de Guerre 1939-1945
- Knight du Dragon Annam
- Commander of the Order of the Bath (GB)
- Commander of the Legion of Merit (USA)
