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Philippe Kieffer MBE MC (24 October 1899 – 20 November 1962), capitaine de frégate in the French Navy, was a French officer and political personality, and a hero of the Free French Forces.
Philippe Kieffer, né le 24 octobre 1899 à Port-au-Prince ( Haïti) et mort le 20 novembre 1962 à Cormeilles-en-Parisis, est un officier de marine français nommé compagnon de la Libération.
As an Interpreter and Cipher Officer, he understood the importance of British commandos and set up a unit of French Naval Fusiliers in Portsmouth in May 1941: the 1st Company of the Battalion of Marine Fusilier Commandos (1re compagnie du bataillon de fusiliers-marins commandos or BFMC).
On June 6, 1944, 177 men under the command of Philippe Kieffer landed in Normandy within the British beach section called Sword. The “Kieffer Commando” was the only French unit to be engaged that day in Operation Overlord.
- Stéphane Simmonet
- 2013
Commando Kieffer was the common name given to the 1st Battalion Marine Commando Fusiliers, which was created in the spring of 1944. The battalion's first elements joined in Britain under Lieutenant Philippe Kieffer at the turn of the year of 1942.
Philippe Kieffer est décédé le 20 novembre 1962 à Cormeilles en Parisis. Il est inhumé à Grandcamp-Maisy dans le Calvados. • Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur • Compagnon de la Libération - décret du 28 août 1944 • Croix de Guerre 39/45 (5 citations) • Military Cross (GB) • British Empire Medal (GB) Publications :
Shortly before June 6, 1944, Philippe Kieffer was promoted captain of corvette: D-Day, he landed on the beach Sword Beach between Colleville-Montomery and Riva-Bella with 177 soldiers.
