Cance, Pierre

Date of birth:: June 28th, 1907 (Bousquet d''Orb, France)
Date of death:: August 10th, 1988 (Montpellier, France)
Nationality:: French

Biography

CAREER
01.10.1925-15.05.1927: national military service
01.09.1939-01.09.1940: French campaign against Germany as a 1st lieutenant serving in the 112e Régiment d'Infanterie Alpine
January 1943 : Délégué Général of the Service d''Ordre Légionnaire - SOL and of the Milice
11th October 1943 : enter the Waffen SS and sent to Sennheim (Elsass)
10th January to 4th March 1944 : SS officer course in Bad Tölz
05th March 1944 : promoted to SS Hauptsturmführer and commander of the I.Bat. 8. Französische Freiwilligen Sturmbrigade
August 1944 : sent to fight in Galicia as commander of the I.Bat. franz. SS Sturmbrigade
22nd August 1944 : 3 times WIA and evacuated
10th September 1944 : promoted to SS Sturmbannführer
November 1944 : in reserve in Wildflecken
December 1944 : tactic instructor in the SS Panzergrenadierschule in Neweklau
February to 22nd April 1945 : sent to Berlin in the 33.SS Div Charlemagne
May 1945 : captured by the British troops near the Danish border
23rd March 1946 : hand over to the French justice
19th February 1947 : sentenced to death in Montpellier
17th October 1950 : pardoned and liberated

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