Lionel Dubray

Lionel Dubray
Born(1923-12-31)31 December 1923
Joinville-le-Pont, France
Died22 July 1944(1944-07-22) (aged 20)
Colpo, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationFrench Restistence Fighter
Years active1942-1944

Lionel Dubray (Lionel Henri Gontran Dubray, (31 December 1923–22 July 1944) was a member of the French Resistance during World War II.

Biography

Dubray was born on 31 December 1923 in Joinville-le-Pont, a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. He was the son of Émile Dubray and Marcelle Pique.[1]

Dubray joined the Resistance in December 1942,[2] enlisting in the Alsace Lorraine des Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP).[1] He participated in numerous attacks against the Germans in and around occupied Paris, most notably in October 1943 against a company of German soldiers during a parade.[2] Later identified by the Gestapo and surrounded, he escaped and fled to Brittany,[2] where he joined the 1st battalion of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) in Morbihan.[1]

Dubray was taken prisoner on 14 July 1944 in Pluméliau and tortured for eight days.[2] With thirteen others, he was executed on 22 July 1944 in Colpo and buried in a common grave.[1]

Tributes

Dubray's profile is on a 20 centimes commemorative postage stamp issued on 22 April 1961,[note 1] one of the Heroes of the Resistance set, twenty-three stamps issued from 1957 to 1961 honoring twenty-seven members of the Resistance who had died during the German Occupation of France.[3] The first day of issue was postmarked in Joinville-le-Pont.[4]

In his honor, a street has been named Rue Lionel Dubray in Athis-Mons, a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, and a plaque has been attached to his childhood home at 12 Avenue Foch in Joinville-le-Pont.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Lionel Dubray". Image of commemorative stamp

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Dubray, Lionel". Fusillés. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Novosseloff, Jean. "Dubray, Lionel". Association des amis de la Fondation de la Résistance. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  3. ^ Kloetzel, James E., ed. (2006). Scott 2007 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue: Volume 2 - C–F. Sidney, OH: Scott Publishing Co. ISBN 0-89487-376-8.
  4. ^ "Dubray 1961". Philo-Ouest. Retrieved 29 December 2016.