Geoffroy Chodron de Courcel

Geoffroy Chodron de Courcel (11 September 1912, Tours - 9 December 1992, Paris), was a French diplomat. He was Aide-de-camp to General Charles de Gaulle in 1940 and escaped to Britain with the General on 17 June 1940 with the help of General Louis Spears. When de Gaulle established the Free French Forces in London, de Courcel was the first officer to join the movement. In 1941, he became de Gaulle’s principal private secretary and would later command a squadron of the ‘1er régiment de marche de spahis marocains’ (a regiment of Moroccan Spahi troops formed from other units).^[1]

After the war, he returned to the French Foreign Ministry and held a number of important appointments, including that of Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 16 March 1962 au 20 April 1972.^[1]

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1. ^ ^{a b} "Geoffroy Chodron de Courcel". Chancellerie de l'Ordre de la Libération. 2006. http://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr_compagnon/214.html. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 

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Name	Courcel, Geoffroy Chodron
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Date of birth	11 September 1912
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Date of death	9 December 1992
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