Aimé Teisseire
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 Teisseire c. 1960 | |
| Birth name | Aimé Louis Albert Teisseire |
| Born | 18 December 1914 Puget-Théniers, France |
| Died | 28 June 2008 (aged 93) Nice, France |
| Allegiance | France |
| Service/ | French Army |
| Years of service | 1934 - 1961 |
| Rank | Captain |
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Aimé Teisseire (18 December 1914 – 28 June 2008) was a French military officer who fought with the
Life and career
The son of an employee at the
In Frejus Teisseire attempted to convince the men to join the
After the war ended, Teisseire was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to
Légion d'Honneur. On his return to France in 1949, he was promoted to captain. He then served as a company commander in Réunion, Madagascar, Cameroon, and finally in Algeria before retiring from the army in 1961.[2] In 1955 he had been made an Officier of the Légion d'Honneur and was subsequently promoted to Commandeur and then Grand Officier. Teisseire's wife and daughter were present when Jacques Chirac presented him with the Grand Officier insignia on 6 October 2005.[4]
After his retirement from the military, Teisseire worked as the chief of staff in a department store in Nice, where he lived for the rest of his life. When he died at the age of 93, he was one of the 59 surviving Compagnons de la Libération.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b Le Figaro (30 June 2008). "Décès d'Aimé Teisseire, ancien résistant". Retrieved 19 January 2016 (in French).
- ^ a b c d Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération. "Aimé Teisseire". Retrieved 19 January 2016 (in French).
- ^ a b c Fondation de la France Libre (20 November 2009). "Le témoignage d’un soldat français". Retrieved 19 January 2016 (in French)
- ^ Union des Officiers de Réserve de la Côte d'Azur (2005). "Un ami a l'honneur", Contact O.R., No. 8, p. 3. Retrieved 20 January 2016 (in French).