The newspapers have obituaries for Léon Gautier, a French commando who survived the D-Day landing.
What made me post here is that before the war, he was an apprentice coachbuilder in France and then in the UK. After the war he continued to work in the automotive industry in the UK, France, and the French colonies.
Not an obituary, but it seems to have the best description of his career.
www.tellerreport.com
What made me post here is that before the war, he was an apprentice coachbuilder in France and then in the UK. After the war he continued to work in the automotive industry in the UK, France, and the French colonies.
Not an obituary, but it seems to have the best description of his career.
Léon Gautier, tireless herald of the memory of the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944
Léon Gautier was one of the last three members of the Kieffer commando. He was engaged in the only battalion of France present on D-Day alongside the 132,000 allied soldiers. He has devoted his retirement entirely to the memory of his unit, to the point where he has become its most vibrant...
www.tellerreport.com
