The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General Charles-Léonce-Pierre Marion

Marion, Charles-Léonce-Pierre

Brigadier-General

* 14th of January 1887

† 16th of November 1944

Promotions

1933-09-24 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-09-25 Colonel
1940-04-25 Temporary Brigadier-General
1940-06-21 Reverted to Colonel
1942-02-20 Brigadier-General
1943-11-20 Major-General
1944-10-01 Reverted to Brigadier-General

Service

1937-06-21 1939-09-08 Commanding Officer 18th Chasseurs Regiment
1939-09-08 1940-06-21 Assistant Military Attaché to Great Britain
1940-06-21 1940-06-29 Attached to Commander in Chief
1940-06-29 1940-09-17 Commanding Officer Sub-Division Tarbes
1940-09-17 1943-12-12 Prefect of Aveyron
1943-12-12 1944-05-13 Prefect of Haute-Savoie
1944-08-19 Arrested by the French Forces of the Interior
1944-08-19 1944-11-16 Imprisoned
1944-11-16 Executed (without trial?)
1945-04-10 Posthumously dismissed without pension