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Naissance : 10 janvier 1924 - Shoreham, Royaume-uni
Activité antérieure : étudiant / scolaire
Point de départ vers la France Libre : Grande Bretagne
Engagement dans la France Libre : Londres en décembre 1942
Affectation principale : Terre Leclerc - Afrique / charsRMT
Grade atteint pendant la guerre et spécialité : caporal
Décès à 86 ans - 23 juillet 2010 - USA
Dossier administratif de résistant : GR 16 P 48612 / GR 16 P 66839
Dans la liste d'Henri Ecochard V40 : ligne 6236 |
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 " Notre ancien Président Bruce Boeglin est décédé le 23 juillet 2010 à son domicile après une longue maladie. Son épouse Jennifer, sa fille Béatrice et son fils John lui survivent.
Bruce, né en Angleterre vécu en France de l’age de 5 ans à l’age de 15 ans. I regagna l’Angleterre avec sa mère et sa sœur en 1940 à l’approche des troupes allemandes et termina ses études secondaires au Lycée Français de Londres et obtint le baccalauréat.
Engagé volontaire en 1942 il servit dans les Forces Françaises Libres en Egypte puis rejoignit la 2e Division Blindée du Général Leclerc lors de sa formation au Maroc puis en Algérie. De retour en Angleterre pour les préparations a l’Opération Overlord, il débarqua en Normandie en Juillet 1944 avec le 501e Régiment de Chars de Combat faisant partie de la 2e DB. Il participa à la Bataille de Normandie lors de laquelle il fut blessé mais rejoignit son unité à temps pour participer à la libération de Paris le 25 août 1944. Il participa à la suite des combats en Lorraine, en Alsace et en Allemagne. Transféré à l’Ecole Militaire Interarmes de St Cyr réinstallée à Coëtquidan, il en sortit avec le grade d’Aspirant et fut démobilisé en décembre 1945.
Bruce servit comme président de la Fédération de 1991 à 1999 et de 2004 2009
Une messe à sa mémoire sera célébrée a l’Eglise St Vincent de Paul le 2 septembre 2010 à 8 heures 30 par le Père Gerald Murray, Aumonier de la Fédération et l’enterrement aura lieu après la messe au cimetière de Flushing."
Pas d'évocation du RMT et en fait sur sa poche gauche je pense voir l'insigne du 501e RCC
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" Homage to Bruce Boeglin, World War II veteran, great friend of France and the French community in New York who passed away this summer.
Born on January 10, 1924 in Great Britain, Bruce Boeglin was raised in France from age four to sixteen and received his secondary schooling there. He returned to Great Britain with his family in June 1940 and he joined the Free French Forces on December 7, 1942 at age eighteen. After have passed one year with his unit in North Africa, he left for England in April 1944, in preparation for the Normandy landings. Landing at Utah Beach and then injured during the Normandy campaign, he was distinguished with the Croix-de-Guerre with a bronze star. Evacuated to England at first, he participated in the Alsace and German campaigns until the end of the war.
A few years after a brief time at the Ecole Militaire Inter-Armes de Coëtquidan from which he graduated as a Reserve Naval Cadet in 1945, he then began working in business which took him to Canada and the United States where in 1985 he became a citizen as he was entitled by family. Living in Canada from 1956 to 1968, he, amongst other functions, took up those of Provincial Secretary of the Association of the Canadian Manufacturing Association and here was a member of the Industrial Council of the city of Montréal. He entered the United Nations in 1974 and was a high level Administrator as an Interpreter of English, French and Spanish. He was Head of the Interpreters training at the UN headquarters until his retirement in 1985, next he founded the certificate program for interpretation at Marymount Manhattan College.
Since his arrival in New York, Bruce Boeglin was an active member of the Association of French Reserve Officers in the United States, Secretary General of the Association of Free French Forces in the United States. In a close relationship with France, he worked for the dialogue between the two countries.
He was successively named Chevalier and then Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honor in 1990 and 1994.
Speech of the Consul General, Philippe Lalliot, given at a mass in memory of Bruce Boeglin, Thursday, September 2, 2010 at the Saint Vincent de Paul Church in Manhattan.
It is with great sadness that I have joined you today to honor the memory of Bruce Boeglin. Bruce was a person that was unanimously appreciated by the French community in New York. Decorated war veteran and great friend of France, he never stopped working, since moving here towards the dialogue between France and the United States.
At the United Nations where he worked, he became an ardent defender of the French language in his position as head of Interpretation training. President of the Federation of War Veterans, he attended all Franco-American war veteran ceremonies tirelessly carrying the French flag.
A pillar of the French community, he was appreciated for his dynamism and his sense of humor of which we all keep as a fond memory.
Personally, I had the chance to meet Bruce just a few times as he was already sick when I arrived in New York. However, I remember an open man, engaged, warm and generous. He gave proof of exceptional courage and impressive serenity throughout his sickness.
We all had hoped for a remission in the beginning of the year. I saw him again at the Consulate next to his grandson in Canadian Mountie uniform. He was doing better and I was happy to see him so courageous. The news of his death moved us all deeply. He left an emptiness that none can fill.
I think Madam, that he could have had the feeling of a life well lived and that he could be proud of what he accomplished. France honored him in 1990 and in 1994 in decorating him with the Insignias of Chevalier and then Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.
It was the official recognition of his merits. It was for us the occasion to thank him for his contribution to the liberation of our country and his participation in the campaigns in Libya, France and Germany as part of the Free French Forces. It was also for us the occasion to thank him for the role he played in promoting France in the United States.
All this but only adds of course to our sadness now that he is no longer here but speaks well to what we owe to his memory.
In the name of the French government which I represent here and in the name of all of the agents of the Consulate General of France who had the luck to work with him and in my name I present to you, his family and all of his close friends my sincere condolences. Know that we are at your side and that we share your grief and that our friendship is yours."
Donc après avoir commencé la campagne de France avec le 501e RCC où il a été rapidement blessé, il n'a repris le combat qu'à la fin de l'année ou début 1945 et donc probablement au RMT. Et son grade de sous lieutenant n'a été acquis qu'après guerre.
Je suppose que "Reserve Naval Cadet in 1945" vient d'une confusion entre l'infanterie de marine et la marine Jacques Ghémard le lundi 08 mai 2023 - Demander un contact Recherche sur cette contribution | |
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Croix de Guerre, suivant l'Ordre Général n° 88 du 21 juin 1945, attribuée à :
BOEGLIN Bruce du 501ème R C C. 
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LEFEBVRE le samedi 29 avril 2023 - Demander un contact Recherche sur cette contribution Réponse : Sur les photos ci dessous, Bruce Boeglin ne porte pas le béret du 501e RCC mais le calot du RMT. Et les grades ne correspondent pas ! Mais dans l'annuaire de la 2e DB pas de Bruce Boeglin au RMT mais il est bien au 501e RCC et il est localisé aux Etats Unis. Donc ce serait bien lui. Aurait-il été muté au RMT après avoir guéri de ses blessures et être monté en grade ???
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