Oflag IID
With the portrait of Valentin PILLON
In 1915, Amédée and Valentin were mobilized. Father and son would serve France proudly and valiantly.
Valentin, Cyrille, Amédée Pillon was born on September 23, 1896, in Quiévy, in the Nord department. Particularly gifted in mathematics, which he taught, he was drafted into the 52nd Artillery Regiment as a second-class gunner on April 8, 1915. He fought exemplarily, participating in numerous battles, before being awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1917, promoted to officer cadet on July 24, 1918, and then to reserve second lieutenant in 1919.
The 1920s and 30s followed, a period marked by successive exercises, training courses, and maneuvers. Regimental insignia. In 1933, he was part of the first reserve of the 103rd Heavy Artillery Regiment (RAL), with which he participated in the Battle of France. Captured on June 22, 1940, in Vanémont, in the Vosges Mountains, he was sent to Oflag II D in Gross Born, Pomerania, within days. In August 1941, he benefited from an agreement between the French and German authorities. He was demobilized as a reserve officer and veteran. Valentin Pillon returned to his family and his professional life. He died at the age of 68 on October 29, 1964, in Melun.
With the portrait of Raoul SOULIER
Oflag IID – Gross-Born (27 December 1940): Six names of officers from the 103rd R.A.L.A. appear on the back of this photograph: the first on the left is Second Lieutenant SOULIER (number 3521), Second Lieutenant MELINE (number 3537), Second Lieutenant BARBAS (number 3618), Second Lieutenant DESBORDES (number 3610), Second Lieutenant WALLET (number 3523), Second Lieutenant PERIN (number 3536).
Oflag IID – Gross-Born (27 December 1940):
the prisoners of Stube 2 in Barrack 22 of Block 1. Raoul SOULIER is standing behind the second officer seated from the left, his right hand on his stomach.
Oflag IID – Gross-Born (27 December 1940):
the prisoners in Stube 2 of Barrack 22 in Block 1. Raoul SOULIER is third from the left in the first row of standing officers.
Oflag IID – Gross-Born (9 January 1942 at 12.30 pm): 13 of the 21 officers from Stube 2 – Block I – Barrack 22. Raoul SOULIER is the first seated from the left – Jean FLECHON is the second. Paul ROUGIER is the fourth from the right in the row of standing officers. The identities of the other 10 officers are unknown.
Oflag IID – Gross-Born: glider competition – 25 August 1941.
Dariusz CZERNIAWSKI Funds
Block IV - barack C
