Lionel Dubray

Dubray was born on 31 December 1923 in Joinville-le-Pont, a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. He was the son of Émile Dubray and Marcelle Pique.[1]

Dubray joined the Resistance in December 1942,[2] enlisting in the Alsace Lorraine des Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP).[1] He participated in numerous attacks against the Germans in and around occupied Paris, most notably in October 1943 against a company of German soldiers during a parade.[2] Later identified by the Gestapo and surrounded, he escaped and fled to Brittany,[2] where he joined the 1st battalion of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) in Morbihan.[1]

Dubray was taken prisoner on 14 July 1944 in Pluméliau and tortured for eight days.[2] With thirteen others, he was executed on 22 July 1944 in Colpo and buried in a common grave.[1]

Dubray's profile is on a 20 centimes commemorative postage stamp issued on 22 April 1961,[note 1] one of the Heroes of the Resistance set, twenty-three stamps issued from 1957 to 1961 honoring twenty-seven members of the Resistance who had died during the German Occupation of France.[3] The first day of issue was postmarked in Joinville-le-Pont.[4]

In his honor, a street has been named Rue Lionel Dubray in Athis-Mons, a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, and a plaque has been attached to his childhood home at 12 Avenue Foch in Joinville-le-Pont.[1]

• Francs-Tireurs et Partisans
• French Forces of the Interior
• Heroes of the Resistance