Soliveau, Louis André
- Date of birth:
- March 18th, 1922 (Montmorency, France)
- Date of death:
- April 18th, 1962 (Villefranche sur Mer, France)
- Nationality:
- French
Biography
11 February 1942 : enlisted in the 4th Bataillon du Génie
21 October 1942 : assigned to the 31st Bataillon du Génie in Port-Lyautey - Morocco
23 November 1943 : volunteered for the BCRA in Algiers
4th January 1944 : disembarked in Great Britain
25 February 1944 : assigned to the HQ squadron / 3rd SAS
19 to 31 March 1944 : parachute course n° 108 in Ringway
26 March 1943 : awarded parachute badge n°3346 in Ringway
Operations :
- Auchinleck : February to June 1944 in the 3rd Bataillon SAS - 3e RCP
Transfered to the 2nd SAS the 1st June 1944
- France : 5 June to 24 December 1944 in the 3rd SAS
- Moses : 2nd August to 6th October 1944 in the 3rd SAS - Stick Sabotage
- Ipswich : transfered to the 2nd RCP the 26th March 1945
- Amherst : 4th to 20th April 1945 with the 4th Bataillon SAS - 2nd RCP : Dropping Zones 410 - Stick 13
WIA the 9th April 1945
Survived the war, enlisted in the French Army, took part in the fightings in Dien Bien Phu - Indochina in 1954 and was killed by member of the OAS in 1962 as owwner of a bar and member of the SDECE.
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Insigne Parachutiste FFL
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Chasseur Parachutiste
- Unit:
- HQ Squadron, 3rd SAS Regiment, Special Air Service (SAS), Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- March 26th, 1944
Awarded in Ringway - course 108 - Badge n° 3346
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Chasseur Parachutiste
- Unit:
- Stick Sabotage, 3e Bataillon SAS, 4th SAS Regiment, Special Air Service (SAS), Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- 1944
- Awarded for:
- Operation Moses
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Chasseur Parachutiste
- Unit:
- Stick Sabotage, 3e Bataillon SAS, 3rd SAS Regiment, Special Air Service (SAS), Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- January 20th, 1945
- Awarded for:
- Operation Moses
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Sergent (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Stick 13, 4th Bataillon SAS, 4th SAS Regiment, Special Air Service (SAS), Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- April 9th, 1945
- Awarded for:
- Operation Amherst
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Sergent (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 4th Bataillon SAS, 4th SAS Regiment, Special Air Service (SAS), Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- 1945
with Libération clasp
Bronzen Kruis (BK)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Sergeant
- Unit:
- 4th SAS Regiment, Special Air Service (SAS), Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- January 2nd, 1951
Royal Decree no.15
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