Wallonie~ Waffen-SS & Wehrmacht Volunteers

WALLONIE

WAFFEN-SS & WEHRMACHT VOLUNTEERS

BONNIVER, Marcel
(1905- )
SS-Hauptsturmführer:
Born: 20. Jan. 1905.
Died:
Assignments;
2nd Kdr. II./SS-Frew.Gren.Rgt. 69, 28.SS-Freiw.Gren.Div. "Wallonien": 1945.
Chef, 4./SS-Sturmbrigade "Wallonien": (Jan. 1944)

DEGRELLE, Léon (RK m. EL)
(1906-1994)
SS-Obersturmbannführer der Reserve:
Born: 15. Jun. 1906 in Bouillon, Belgium.
Died: 31. Mar. 1994 in San-Antonio-Park Hospital, Malaga, Spain.
Waffen-SS Promotions:
SS-OStubaf. d.R.: 1. Jan. 1945; SS-Stubaf. d.R.: 20. Apr. 1944; SS-HStuf.d.R.: 1. Jan. 1944; SS-OStuf. d.R.: 1. Jun. 1943.
Reichsheer Promotions:
Leutnant d.R.: 1. May 1942; Oberfeldwebel: 28. Feb. 1942; Gefreiter: 12. Feb. 1942.
Waffen-SS Assignments:
Heer Assignments:
Postwar Prosecution:
Sentenced to death in absentia by Belgian court, Nov. 1944.
Notes:
Came from a christian family of 8 children.
Studied law at the university of Leuven.
1936: Founded the "REX" ('Christus King') political party.
1939: Was elected people's representant in Belgian parliament.
10.5.1940: Arrested by Belgian police, deported to France.
10.7.1944: Edouard Degrelle (his apolitical brother) murdered in his drugstore by the resistance, in front of his children.
1954: Takes on Spanish nationality.
Became an outspoken advocate of Holocaust denial after the war.
Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des E.K.: 20. Feb. 1944 as SS-HStuf. d.R. & Führer SS-Sturmbrigade "Wallonien", 8.Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd;
-Eichenlaub: 27. Aug. 1944 as SS-Stubaf. d.R. & Kdr. 5.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Brigade "Wallonien", Kampfgruppe Wagner, Armee-Abteilung Narwa/Heeresgruppe Nord;
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: 9. Oct. 1944 as SS-Stubaf. d.R. & Kdr. 5.SS-Freiw.Pz.Brig. "Wallonien", 5.SS-Pz.Div. "Wiking", III. (germ.) SS-Pz.Korps, Armee-Abteilung Grasser/Heeresgruppe Nord;
1939 EK I (25. May 1942); 1939 EK II (3. Mar. 1942);

(Photo courtesy of Thomas Vanhassel)

JABOBS, Georges
( - )
SS-Sturmbannführer:
Assignments:
IIa (1.Adjutant), 28.SS-Freiw.Gren.Div. "Wallonien": (1. Mar. 1945)-1945.

LAKAIE, Leon
( - )
SS-Hauptsturmführer:
Assignments:
1st Kdr. II./SS-Freiw.Gren.Rgt. 69, 28.SS-Freiw.Gren.Div. "Wallonien": 1945.

LAMPROYÉ, Marcel
( - )
SS-Obersturmführer:
Assignments:
Chef SS-Panzerjäger-Kompanie 28, 28.SS-Freiw.Gren.Div. "Wallonien": 1945.

LEROY, Jacques (RK)
(1924- )
SS-Untersturmführer:
Born: 10. Sep. 1924 in Binde (Binche), Belgium.
Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des E.K.: 20. Apr. 1944 as SS-UStuf. & Fhr., 1./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. 69 in 28.SS-Freiw.Pz.Gren.Div. "Wallonien";
1939 EK I (8. Jul. 1944); 1939 EK II (11. Nov. 1943); Nahkampfspange;

MALHERBE, J.
( - )
SS-Hauptsturmführer:
Assignments:
Kdr. SS-Artillerie-Regiment 28, 28.SS-Freiw.Gren.Div. "Wallonien": 1945.

MATHIEU, Jules
( - )
SS-Sturmbannführer:
Assignments:
Kdr. SS-Freiw.Gren.Rgt. 69, 28.SS-Freiw.Gren.Div. "Wallonien": 1945.

MIRGAIN, Joseph
( - )
SS-Obersturmführer:
Assignments:
Chef SS-Pionier-Bataillon 28, 28.SS-Freiw.Gren.Div. "Wallonien": 1945.

THYSSEN, Henri
( - )
SS-Obersturmführer:
Assignments:
Chef SS-Flak-Kompanie 28, 28.SS-Freiw.Gren.Div. "Wallonien": 1945.

VINCKENBOSCH, André
( - )
SS-Untersturmführer:
Assignments:
Ic (Intelligence Officer), 28.SS-Freiw.Gren.Div. "Wallonien": 1945.

WASTIAU, Roger
(1921- )
SS-Hauptsturmführer:
Born: 30. Oct. 1921 in Grammont.
Died: (Still living, in Brussels, as of 20. May 1957)
Assignments:
Chef SS-Nachrichten-Abteilung 28, 28.SS-Freiw.Gren.Div. "Wallonien": 1945.
IIa (1.Adjutant), 5.SS-Freiw.-Sturmbrigade "Wallonien": 1944-19. Oct. 1944.

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