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en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:03:19 -0400 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/5612-9/French.jpg <![CDATA[1 and 8 (French) Troops]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/ <![CDATA[Jean Reiffers]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/Jean+Reiffers_001.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/Jean+Reiffers_001.jpg.html
Jean Reiffers was born in Useldange, Luxembourg, on 20 March 1912. When Luxembourg was invaded on 10 May 1940, Reiffers lived in Mozambique. He immediately wanted to join the Allied Forces, but his first efforts to enter the Free French Forces are in vain. Reiffers then volunteers for the Belgian Army in Pretoria, South Africa. He arrived in Great-Britain on 14 July 1942. In London, Reiffers met three fellow countrymen: Felix Peters and the Neven brothers. With them, he is sent to Belgian Congo, is forced to quit the Belgian armed forces because of his Luxembourg nationality and goes to Brazzaville where he joins the Free French Naval Forces.

Like the Neven brothers and Peters, Reiffers lands in Normandy with the Free French forces of “Commando Kieffer” in the morning of 6 June 1944. Jean Reiffers is severely wounded during the D-Day fighting in Ouistreham. The same day, he is evacuated to Great-Britain where he spends six months in military hospitals. Reiffers never fully recovered from his D-Day injuries. After the war, he spent some time in the Congo and later settled in Belgium, where he dies in 1993.
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Nick Collins photo Mon, 10 Jun 2019 06:07:43 -0400
<![CDATA[Jean Neven]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/Jean+Neven.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/Jean+Neven.jpg.html
Félix Peters and the brothers Jean and Antoine Neven from Diekirch, Luxembourg, landed in Ouistreham on 6 June 1944 with 1 and 8 (French Troops), No.10 (IA) Commando under Capitaine de Corvette (Major) Philippe Kieffer, MC.
The three left Diekirch on 19 June 1941 and crossed the border into Belgium and then onto France, where they had a long stay in a labour camp for foreigners.
They finally reach their destination, Great-Britain, on 14 July 1942 after having travelled through Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar.
In London, the three join the Belgian Army and shortly afterwards they are sent to the Belgian Congo. As they arrive in the Congo however, their involvement gets cancelled because of their Luxembourg citizenship. Peters and the Neven brothers then cross the border into French Equatorial Africa where they join the Free French Naval Forces on 16 January 1943.
Now in French service, the three Luxembourgers return to Great-Britain where they volunteer for the Commandos.
On D-Day, they land on the eastern extremity of Sword Beach as part of the Free French “Commando Kieffer”, which fought with No.4 Commando.
Among the first to land on the beaches, the objective of the Commando was to assault the German forces in Ouistreham, to establish the bridgehead and then join up with other Allied forces. Ouistreham is captured and under the Allies' control by 11:30 AM.
At nightfall, they join with the British 6th Airborne Division. Their D-Day mission is now complete.
The three Diekirch boys survive “the Longest Day” and go on to fight in the Battle of Normandy...

Jean Neven killed in action in the Battle of Walcheren Causeway in the Netherlands on 2 November 1944.
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Nick Collins photo Sun, 17 Jun 2018 09:45:24 -0400
<![CDATA[Félix Peters]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/F__lix+Peters.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/F__lix+Peters.jpg.html
Félix Peters and the brothers Jean and Antoine Neven from Diekirch, Luxembourg, landed in Ouistreham on 6 June 1944 with 1 and 8 (French Troops), No.10 (IA) Commando under Capitaine de Corvette (Major) Philippe Kieffer, MC.
The three left Diekirch on 19 June 1941 and crossed the border into Belgium and then onto France, where they had a long stay in a labour camp for foreigners.
They finally reach their destination, Great-Britain, on 14 July 1942 after having travelled through Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar.
In London, the three join the Belgian Army and shortly afterwards they are sent to the Belgian Congo. As they arrive in the Congo however, their involvement gets cancelled because of their Luxembourg citizenship. Peters and the Neven brothers then cross the border into French Equatorial Africa where they join the Free French Naval Forces on 16 January 1943.
Now in French service, the three Luxembourgers return to Great-Britain where they volunteer for the Commandos.
On D-Day, they land on the eastern extremity of Sword Beach as part of the Free French “Commando Kieffer”, which fought with No.4 Commando.
Among the first to land on the beaches, the objective of the Commando was to assault the German forces in Ouistreham, to establish the bridgehead and then join up with other Allied forces. Ouistreham is captured and under the Allies' control by 11:30 AM.
At nightfall, they join with the British 6th Airborne Division. Their D-Day mission is now complete.
The three Diekirch boys survive “the Longest Day” and go on to fight in the Battle of Normandy...

Félix Peters KIA in Amfreville, Normandy, on 17 June 1944.
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Nick Collins photo Sun, 17 Jun 2018 09:44:26 -0400
<![CDATA[Antoine Neven]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/Antoine+Neven_001.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/Antoine+Neven_001.jpg.html
Félix Peters and the brothers Jean and Antoine Neven from Diekirch, Luxembourg, landed in Ouistreham on 6 June 1944 with 1 and 8 (French Troops), No.10 (IA) Commando under Capitaine de Corvette (Major) Philippe Kieffer, MC.
The three left Diekirch on 19 June 1941 and crossed the border into Belgium and then onto France, where they had a long stay in a labour camp for foreigners.
They finally reach their destination, Great-Britain, on 14 July 1942 after having travelled through Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar.
In London, the three join the Belgian Army and shortly afterwards they are sent to the Belgian Congo. As they arrive in the Congo however, their involvement gets cancelled because of their Luxembourg citizenship. Peters and the Neven brothers then cross the border into French Equatorial Africa where they join the Free French Naval Forces on 16 January 1943.
Now in French service, the three Luxembourgers return to Great-Britain where they volunteer for the Commandos.
On D-Day, they land on the eastern extremity of Sword Beach as part of the Free French “Commando Kieffer”, which fought with No.4 Commando.
Among the first to land on the beaches, the objective of the Commando was to assault the German forces in Ouistreham, to establish the bridgehead and then join up with other Allied forces. Ouistreham is captured and under the Allies' control by 11:30 AM.
At nightfall, they join with the British 6th Airborne Division. Their D-Day mission is now complete.
The three Diekirch boys survive “the Longest Day” and go on to fight in the Battle of Normandy...

Antoine Neven survived WWII and returned to his hometown for Christmas 1945.
He passed away on 23 September 1994 at age 73.
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Nick Collins photo Sun, 17 Jun 2018 09:46:32 -0400
<![CDATA[Capitaine de Corvette Philippe Kieffer and Monty, awards ceremony L'écarde quarry, Amfreville 16th July 1944.]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/Monty+presenting+medal+ribbons.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/Monty+presenting+medal+ribbons.jpg.html
Photo from the collection of Major Boucher-Myers DSO courtesy of his family, via Bill Harvey.
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Nick Collins photo Fri, 25 Sep 2015 06:35:18 -0400
<![CDATA[Noel Naud]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/SM+Noel+Naud+copy.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/SM+Noel+Naud+copy.jpg.html
(Badge No.70) Second maitre (Sgt) Noel Naud, No 10(IA)Cdo. and No 4 Cdo. Original of this photo is from the Naud family collection; this version adapted by Jean-Pierre Helias who adds " Noel Naud did not land in Normandy because he was injured on 21 March 1944 during a climbing exercise. He participated in the Flushing landing serving with 5 troop No 4 Commando on the 1st November 1944."
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Pete Rogers (Admin) photo Fri, 10 Nov 2023 04:41:54 -0500
<![CDATA[Jacques Aboudara and his wife Esther]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/aboudara/Jacques+and+his+wife.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/aboudara/Jacques+and+his+wife.jpg.html
Jacques served in No 10(IA) Commando 1 troop. Photo courtesy of their son Vic.
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Pete Rogers (Admin) photo Thu, 02 Jul 2015 05:27:26 -0400
<![CDATA[Group from No 10(IA) Cdo 1 troop]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/1tp+10ia.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/1tp+10ia.jpg.html
Photo courtesy of Vic Aboudara, son of Jacques Aboudara (aka Jacques Gay).

Left to right:

1. André Bourret; 2. Noel Naud ; 3. Henri Le Chaponnier; 4. Jean Couturier; 5. Jacques Aboudara; 6. Joseph Mathurin Laventure.

Jean-Pierre Helias Identifies Noel Naud " No 2 is second maitre (Sgt) Noel Naud (French Cdos badge N°70) .This photograph is likely to have been taken in Beaconsfield Hospital (Free-French navy convalescence hospital) in September 1944. Noel Naud did not land in Normandy because he was injured on the 21 March 1944 during a climbing exercise, which explains why he was convalescing. He participated in the Flushing landing with 5 troop (N° 4 Cdo) on the 1st November 1944. "
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Pete Rogers (Admin) photo Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:54:32 -0400
<![CDATA[Jacques Aboudara (also known as Jacques Gay)]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/aboudara/Jacques+ABOUDARA+_aka+GAY_+copy.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/aboudara/Jacques+ABOUDARA+_aka+GAY_+copy.jpg.html
No 10(IA) Commando 1 troop. Photo courtesy of his son Vic Aboudara
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Pete Rogers (Admin) photo Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:22:25 -0400
<![CDATA[Jacques Aboudara (aka Jacques Gay) and unknown]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/Jacques+ABOUDARA+_aka+GAY_+and+uk+copy.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/Jacques+ABOUDARA+_aka+GAY_+and+uk+copy.jpg.html
Jacques, on the left, was in No 10(IA) Commando 1 troop. Photo courtesy of his son Vic Aboudara
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Pete Rogers (Admin) photo Sun, 28 Jun 2015 14:44:37 -0400