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    The Order has a single rank, the title of Compagnon de la Libération ("Companion of the Liberation"). General de Gaulle, founder of the Order, was the only...
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    Paul Legentilhomme (category École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni)
    French. Legentilhomme was a recipient of the "Order of the Liberation" (Compagnon de la Libération). Legentilhomme was born on March 26, 1884, in Valognes...
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    cities, and 18 military units have been awarded Compagnons de la Libération. Amongst the 1038 Compagnons, 271 have been awarded posthumously, 60 were not...
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  • Companion of Liberation (French: Compagnon de la Libération) is a member of the Order of the Liberation, created on November 16, 1940, by General de Gaulle...
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    Maurice Delage (soldier) (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
    1906 - Paris, April 8, 1959) was a French engineer and soldier, Compagnon de la Libération. At the start of the Second World War, he decided to join the...
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    d'Estienne d'Orves (1901–1941), Compagnon de la Libération Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902–1947), Compagnon de la Libération and marshal of France (Marshall...
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    was a French Navy officer of the Free French Naval Forces, a Compagnon de la Libération, became the Commander-in-Chief for the Mediterranean, then Maritime...
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    Forces during World War II. De Gaulle responded favourably, commenting: " On ne dissout pas un Compagnon de la Libération. " ("One does not dissolve a...
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  • Robert Détroyat (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
    Détroyat (8 January 1911 – June 1941) was a French naval officer and Compagnon de la Libération. He served in the French Navy before joining the Free French Forces...
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    de Roland La Poype, pilote du Normandie-Niémen et Compagnon de la Libération". Le Point. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2018. "" Roland de La...
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    Michel Stahl (category Companions of the Liberation)
    Reformed Church. He was a compagnon de la Libération. He joined the Free France in June 1940. He was made compagnon de la Libération by a decree of 7 August...
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  • Gérard Théodore (category Companions of the Liberation)
    10, 2012) was a French Compagnon de la Libération, having received the Ordre de la Libération for his role in the Liberation of France during World War...
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    Alexandre Parodi (category Companions of the Liberation)
    awarded the Grand Croix de la Légion d'Honneur, the Grand Croix de l'Ordre National du Mérite and made a Compagnon de la Libération. Rue Alexandre Parodi...
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    Cross of the Légion d'Honneur Compagnon de la Libération Médaille Militaire Croix de Guerre 39–45 with 3 palms Croix de Guerre des Théâtres d'Opérations...
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    Gabriel Bablon (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
    September 1905 - 27 March 1956) was a French army officer and Compagnon de la Libération. A Legion Officer seconded from the ranks, who had already accumulated...
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    Pierre Brossolette (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
    awarded Compagnon de la Libération. Brossolette created the civilian arm of the BCRAM intelligence service, which became the Bureau Central de Renseignements...
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    Augustin Jordan (category Companions of the Liberation)
    Jordan, compagnon de la Libération". Le Monde.fr (in French). 26 March 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2024. "Augustin Jordan (1910-2004) - Fondation de la France...
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    Henry (1895–1945), one of only six women who were awarded the Compagnon de la Libération Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), writer Jules Laforgue (1860–1887), poet...
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  • the High Commissioner of Comoros from 1962 to 1963. Décès d’Yves de Daruvar, dernier compagnon de la Libération de la 2ème DB (in French) v t e v t e...
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  • Bernard Anquetil (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
    Bernard Anquetil (1916–1941) was a French Resistance and a Compagnon de la Libération. Bernard Anquetil embarked on the Ouessant submarine in June 1940...
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    Grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur Compagnon de la Libération Chodron de Courcel family Bernadette Chirac "Geoffroy Chodron de Courcel". Chancellerie de l'Ordre...
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    Edgard Tupët-Thomé (category People from Bourg-la-Reine)
    "Élévation à la dignité de grand croix de la Légion d'honneur d'Edgard Tüpet-Thomé, Compagnon de la Libération". L'Ordre de la Libération (in French)....
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  • Georges James Denis (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    ISBN 978-1-9081-17076. "James Denis, compagnon de la Libération" (in French). 2003-06-26. Retrieved 2024-10-25. "James DENIS | L'Ordre de la Libération et son Musée". www...
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    Knight of the Légion d'honneur Compagnon de la Libération Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with 7 palms avec sept palmes Croix de guerre Belge 1939-1945 Bronze...
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    as well as French ones. On October 11, de Gaulle accorded the groupe the title of Compagnon de la Libération. By the time GC 3 relocated to Toula on...
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    before General Charles de Gaulle and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill after the 2e RCP was awarded the Compagnon de la Libération designation (Companion...
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  • Knight of the Legion of Honour), Compagnon de la Libération (English: Companion of the Liberation) and awarded the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945. In Paris, 1945...
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    Julie Gayet (category Actresses from Île-de-France)
    paternal grandfather, Alain Gayet, was also a surgeon and became a Compagnon de la Libération after World War II. She received a social liberal intellectual...
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    rejoined de Gaulle after the liberation of Paris. In November 1944, d'Astier was made a Compagnon de la Libération and became France's ambassador in Rio de Janeiro...
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    Croix de la Légion d'Honneur Croix de Compagnon de la Libération Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with six palms Belgian Croix de Guerre Dutch Croix de Guerre...
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