Edmond Debeaumarché
Edmond Debeaumarché (15 December 1906 – 28 March 1959) was a French postal worker who joined the French Resistance during World War II. For his service Debeaumarché was highly decorated. In 1960 Debeaumarché received the posthumous distinction of being depicted on a postage stamp in the series Heroes of the Resistance.[1]
Biography
Debeaumarché was born on 15 December 1906 in
Debeaumarché was in charge of the transportation of mail, a position he used to smuggle mail for the resistance. From the summer of 1943 on, he was on the staff of the Action-PTT, a clandestine organisation within the French postal service, and worked with
He was arrested on 3 August 1944 at the
After the war, he was a member of the Provisional Consultative Assembly and had a number of high administrative functions with the PTT. He served as president of the Union Nationale des Associations de Déportés, Internés et Familles de disparus. He died on 28 March 1959 in Suresnes, and was honored with a service in Les Invalides; his remains were buried in Dijon.[2]
Honours and awards
French
- Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur – 1957[2]
- Order of Liberation[2]
- War Cross 1939–1945 with Palm and Silver Star[2]
Foreign
- Medal of Freedom (United States)[2]
- Officer of the Order of the Crown with distinction (Belgium)
- War Cross 1940-1945 with distinction (Belgium)
References
- ISBN 2877753026.
- ^ Ordre de la Libération. 25 October 2007. Archived from the originalon 23 November 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ American Philatelist and Year Book of the American Philatelic Association. American Philatelic Association. 1983. p. 34.
- ISBN 978-1-4070-6588-5.
- ISBN 978-1-4617-3949-4.
- ISBN 978-1-4617-3949-4.
- ISBN 978-3-8353-0118-4.