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Médaille de la Résistance Française

This decoration was created by General Charles de Gaulle on February 9th, 1943, as a recognition for distinguished services in active resistance to the enemy. It is a circular medal with a cross of Lorraine inside a raised rim. The ribbon is black with two broad red stripes at either edge, within the black are two red stripes set inwards from either edge and two more down the centre.

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Babonneau, René Louis Pierre* June 18th, 1904
† November 20th, 1963

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Ballet, Jacques, Maurice, Emile* February 19th, 1908
† November 5th, 2000

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Ballini, Lucien* March 24th, 1918
† December 6th, 2011

Balthazar, Edouard* December 27th, 1899

Barberot, Roger René Albert* January 20th, 1915
† November 14th, 2002

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Barlot, Gustave, Jean* June 22nd, 1914
† April 26th, 1998

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Baseden, de, Yvonne Jeanne (Vibraye)* January 22nd, 1922
† October 28th, 2017

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Basin, Francis Marcel* August 6th, 1903
† October 20th, 1975

Basset, Raymond Claude François* July 2nd, 1908
† September 10th, 1984

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Bauche, Jacques, André, Gaston* July 26th, 1914
† June 12th, 1982

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Baucheron de Boissoudy, Guy Marie Marc Antoine* July 8th, 1908
† April 23rd, 1972

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Baumel, Jacques, Robert* March 6th, 1918
† February 17th, 2006

Baviere, Georges Charles* March 31st, 1902
† December 5th, 1971

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Bayrou, Maurice Henri Albert* March 2nd, 1905
† December 29th, 1996

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Beaufre, André* January 25th, 1902
† February 13th, 1975

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Beaugé-Bérubé, Henri Eugène Marie* September 6th, 1920
† January 16th, 2015

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Bécourt-Foch, Jean* August 19th, 1911
† August 15th, 1944

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Begué, Georges Pierre André* November 22nd, 1911
† December 18th, 1993

Béguin, Didier* December 14th, 1918
† November 26th, 1944

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Bellec, Jean Charles* May 21st, 1920
† December 9th, 2002

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Bellonte, Maurice* October 25th, 1896
† January 14th, 1984

Bénard, Louis* June 18th, 1912
† June 14th, 1995

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Beneyton, Lionel* December 15th, 1920
† October 29th, 1992

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Benoist, Robert Marcel Charles "Clergyman"* March 20th, 1895
† September 14th, 1944

Bénouville, de, Pierre* August 8th, 1914
† December 4th, 2001

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Béon, Raoul* April 7th, 1911
† May 11th, 1943

Bergamin, Alfred* July 2nd, 1908
† July 23rd, 1974

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Bernard, Claude* May 14th, 1900
† November 11th, 1973

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Bernard, Pierre* July 1st, 1907
† May 11th, 1943
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Bernardino, Philippe* September 23rd, 1915
† June 4th, 1963

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Berne, Lucien* December 4th, 1912
† March 3rd, 1993

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Bernheim, Pierre* August 31st, 1884
† August 20th, 1944

Bernier, Lucien* August 30th, 1914
† October 2nd, 1944

Bertaux, Pierre* October 8th, 1907
† August 14th, 1986

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Bertheau, Louis Eugene Desire* November 18th, 1919
† May 1945

Betbèze, Antonin Alexis Jean* September 6th, 1910
† February 2nd, 1993

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Bichelot, René François* January 9th, 1922
† May 27th, 2004

Bidault, Georges* October 5th, 1899
† January 27th, 1983

Bigeard, Marcel-Maurice* February 14th, 1916
† June 18th, 2010

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Bineau, Robert* January 11th, 1914
† November 18th, 2011

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Binoche, François* March 23rd, 1911
† May 18th, 1997

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Birot, Roger* August 26th, 1906
† June 9th, 1942

Bissagnet, Antoine* May 6th, 1905
† August 10th, 1944

Blaize, Pierre Michel* November 1st, 1915
† April 15th, 1941

Blanchard, André Marie Pierre François* February 23rd, 1911
† May 5th, 1949

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Blanchet, Pierre* September 10th, 1907
† June 18th, 1944

Bloch, André* June 19th, 1914
† February 11th, 1942

Bloch, Denise Madeleine "Ambroise"* January 21st, 1916
† February 5th, 1945

Bodington, Nicholas Redner* June 6th, 1904
† July 3rd, 1974

Boisrouvray, du, Maurice* July 27th, 1910
† December 20th, 1941

Boissieux, Roger Alphonse Lucien* March 13th, 1922
† June 6th, 1944

Bollaert, Emile* November 13th, 1890
† May 18th, 1978

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Bollier, André* May 30th, 1920
† 1944

Bonvin, Louis* November 6th, 1886
† February 23rd, 1946

Bordas, de, Henri* October 4th, 1921
† October 22nd, 2011

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Borgne, le, Guy "Guy le Zachmeur"* January 6th, 1920
† December 12th, 2007

Borrel, Andrée Raymonde "Monique"* November 18th, 1919
† July 6th, 1944

Bouchez, Jean* May 19th, 1919
† October 5th, 1942

Bouguennec, Jean "Francis Garel"* July 25th, 1912
† September 14th, 1944

Bouquillard, Henry Jacques Marie Antoine* June 14th, 1908
† March 11th, 1941

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Bourdet, Claude* October 28th, 1909
† March 20th, 1996

Bourgès-Maunoury, Maurice* August 19th, 1914
† February 10th, 1993

Bourgoin, Pierre-Louis Auguste* December 4th, 1907
† May 11th, 1970

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Bourret, Edouard* February 2nd, 1913
† December 16th, 1943

Bouvier, Léon* September 28th, 1923
† July 23rd, 2005

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Bouvret, René* November 26th, 1920
† January 4th, 1944

Bovis, Laurent* October 22nd, 1912
† March 19th, 1963

Boyer, André* October 15th, 1908
† April 4th, 1945

Brasseur-Kermadec, Jean* September 9th, 1914
† May 21st, 1992

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Bricogne, Charles* July 8th, 1913
† June 11th, 1942

Briere, Yves Désiré Jean Georges Paul* August 12th, 1919
† May 14th, 1941

Brigouleix, Martial* April 24th, 1903
† October 2nd, 1943

Briot, René* November 30th, 1913
† October 8th, 1991

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Brisdoux Galloni d'Istria, Pierre* October 20th, 1914
† December 8th, 1944

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Brossolette, Pierre* June 25th, 1903
† March 22nd, 1944

Brousset, Amédée* June 5th, 1905
† August 13th, 1972

Broussine, Georges* February 19th, 1918
† October 31st, 2001

Brunschwig-Bordier, Jacques* October 21st, 1905
† April 21st, 1977

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Buckmaster, Maurice James* January 11th, 1902
† April 17th, 1992

Buffet-Beauregard, Paul* April 6th, 1914
† August 12th, 1990

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Bugeac, Gilbert* January 30th, 1901
† June 4th, 1976

Buis, Georges* February 24th, 1912
† June 12th, 1998

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Burke, Edmund Michael* June 8th, 1916
† February 5th, 1987

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