Born on May 31, 1895 in Vilhain (Allier), died under torture on November 4, 1943 in Dijon (Côte-d'Or); water and forest engineer; member of the Alliance network in Saône-et-Loire.
Léon Magnard was the son of Gilbert Magnard and Marie, Louise Démeron, farmers. Veteran 1914-1918, he married in his native town on November 10, 1919 with Yvonne, Marie Audriot. Subsequently residing in Autun (Saône-et-Loire), water and forest engineer, he was president of the Vaillante and the Autunoise sports association.
He was a member of the Masonic lodge of Gap, Les Amis des Hautes-Alpes since November 9, 1930. He had no rank. On the Guest Book of the lodge, appears in magician the mention "Deceased. Killed during the Occupation by the militia".
During the Occupation, he participated in the activities of the Alliance network from March 1943 as head of the "Fortress" region and was arrested for the first time on September 30, 1943 in Autun. Released, he was arrested again in November 1943 with his son Jules, born in 1920, who died in deportation.
First imprisoned in Chalon-sur Saône and then in Dijon, he died under torture.
He was the father of three children and was posthumously approved as a second lieutenant FFI.
There is a Léon-Magnard room at Autun town hall. In the forest of Planoise in Antully, along the national road 80, a monument was erected in his honor.
His name appears on the Wall of the shot, Montmuzard shooting range, in Dijon, on the commemorative plaque of Waters and Forests, in Nogent-sur-Vergisson (Loiret), on the war memorial and the commemorative stele Léon Magnard, in Autun (Saône-et-Loire) and on the monument to those executed and deported, in Auxerre (Yonne).
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