Boulon, François Elie Marie

Date of birth:: August 5th, 1910 (Eurre, Auvergne, France)
Date of death:: April 9th, 1945 (Assen, the Netherlands)
Service number:: FAFL n°38223
Nationality:: French

Biography

15.10.1929: served in the 4e Régiment de Zouaves in Tunis
Transferred to the 27e Régiment de Tirailleurs Algériens
Transferred to the 24e Régiment de Tirailleurs Tunisiens
25.08.1939: mobilised
1942-1943: Maquisard - French Résistance - Mäquis du Rhône
19.09.1944: joined the 4th squadron / 3rd SAS
10.11.-23.11.1944: SAS course at Ringway
08.03.1945: transferred to the 1st squadron / 3rd SAS
Took part in operation Amherst from 4th April 1945 with 7/1st Squadron, 3rd SAS.
Sous-Lieutenant Boulon was captured and axecuted at Assen, the Netherlands on 9th April 1945.
Buried at Diversen and nominated to the Memorial S.A.S. at Sennecey-le-Grand.

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Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: 7/1st Squadron, 3rd SAS Regiment, Special Air Service (SAS), Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
Awarded on:: October 27th, 1945
Awarded for:: Operation Amherst

Through décret on 27th October 1945.
Awarded posthumously.

Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

Bronzen Kruis (BK)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant
Unit:: 7/1st Squadron, 3rd SAS Regiment, Special Air Service (SAS), Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
Awarded on:: January 2nd, 1951
Awarded for:: Operation Amherst

Royal decree No.15 dated 2nd January 1951.
Awarded posthumously.