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Rossignol de la Perche, Philippe François Marie

Date of birth:
June 22nd, 1919 (Paris, VIth, France)
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

CAREER

1938: Joins the French Air Force Army and served in Indochina, Morocco and Tunesia
June 1940: sent to Senegal - Africa
1941: Joins the Armistice Army as caporal chef
November 1942: Join the Legion Tricolore
29.01.1943: promoted to aspirant / Oberfähnrich
June 1943: Joins the LVF as Stabsfeldwebel and platoon leader of the II.Zug 9.Kie III.Bat. IR 638 - LVF
28.04.1944: promoted to sous-lieutenant / Leutnant
June 1944 : Stabsfeldwebel and ordonance officer of général Edgar PUAUD in the staff of the IR 638
July 1944 : Transfered to the Waffen SS
01.09.1944: promoted to Waffen-Untersturmführer der SS
March 1945: Appointed to the staff of the II.Bat. Waffen Gren.Reg. der SS Nr 58 - SS Div. Charlemagne
02nd May 1945 : captured in the U-Bahn - subway together with 16 other French SS
August to October 1945: POW in Frankfurt am Oder and employed as a dispatcher for the POW convoys
November 1945: emprisoned in Tegel - Berlin
2006: retired

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Stab, Infanterie-Regiment 638, Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1944
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Médaille Coloniale

Sources

  • - Waffen-SS Francais volume 2, Grégory Bouysse
    - Stephane Kayser

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