Jean-Baptiste Piron
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Jean-Baptiste Piron was a Belgian military officer, best known for his role in the Free Belgian forces during World War II as commander of the 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, widely known as the "Piron
Piron, photographed c.1945
A Daimler Armoured Car in the markings of the Piron Brigade (Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History)
Independent Belgian Brigade
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The Independent Belgian Brigade was a Belgian and Luxembourgish military unit in the Free Belgian forces during World War II, commonly known as the Piron Brigade after its commanding officer Jean-Bapt
Jean-Baptiste Piron
…1896 – 4 September 1974) was a Belgian military officer, best known for his role in the Free Belgian forces during World War II as commander of the 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, widely known as the "Piron Brigade", between 1942 and 1944. Piron entered the Belgian Army and served during World War I as both a junior infantry…
Early insignia of the Brigade Piron
A T17 Staghound armoured car with the markings of the Brigade Piron
A Universal Carrier of the Brigade Piron mobbed by civilians during the Liberation of Brussels in 1944.
Plaque on « Liberation bridge» in Ottignies Belgium.