Jules Dumont | |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1888 |
Birth Place: | Roubaix, French Third Republic |
Death Place: | Fort Mont-Valérien, Suresnes, German-occupied France |
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Branch: | Spanish Republican Army French Army |
Serviceyears: | 1936–1939 1914–1919 & 1909–1911 |
Rank: | Lieutenant colonel |
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Commands: | Commune de Paris Battalion |
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Awards: | Knight of the Legion of Honour Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 Morocco Commemorative Medal |
Jules Dumont (pronounced as /fr/) was born in Roubaix, 1 January 1888, and died at Suresnes, Mont Valérien, 15 June 1943.
Dumont was a French militant Communist. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, commanding the Commune de Paris Battalion, XI International Brigade.[1] He was active in the French Resistance in the Second World War. Arrested by the Gestapo, he was shot[2] at Suresnes (Fort du Mont-Valérien), near Paris, on 15 June 1943.