Inspector Charles Célestin Deloge
(1900-1944)

Police Inspector

Died aged 43

On August 19, 1944, he was fatally wounded around 5 p.m. near 20 quai de la Mégisserie (1st arrondissement), during a clash with German soldiers. Declared a "Victim of Duty", Célestin Deloge was awarded the Legion of Honor posthumously (January 3, 1945) and cited in the Order of the Nation (OJ of November 15, 1947), the Department of Veterans Affairs awarded him the mention "Death for France" on April 5, 1945, it was approved FFI Posthumously appointed divisional inspector.

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Commemorated on 1 plaque

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Paris, France

Ici le 19-8-44 C. Deloge, Inspecteur au Commissariat Palais Royal, est Mort pour la Libération

English translation: Here, on 19-8-44, C. Deloge, Inspector at the Royal Palace Commissariat, died for the Liberation

20 Quai de la Mégisserie, Paris 75005, Paris, France where they died (1944)