serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1929-1930 1933-1962 french airborne 1ère french squadron sas 14e régiment d'infanterie parachutiste de choc -lrb- compagnie ripc -rrb- de chasseurs parachutistes -lrb- 1e ccp -rrb- mimizan , france 15 september 1997 3 january 1909 belmont , gers , france free france france commander grand officier of the national order of merit croix de of guerre 1939-1945 croix de la valeur militaire officer of the the order of the british empire -lrb- uk -rrb- military cross légion -lrb- uk -rrb- commander of the order of george i d'honneur -lrb- gr -rrb- companion of the liberation world war ii suez crisis algerian war 3 january 1909 brigadier general -lrb- 1961 -rrb- georges bergé
 georges bergé
georges bergé

georges roger pierre bergé -lrb- 3 january 1909 -- 15 september 1997 -rrb- was a french army general who served during world war ii .
he enlisted in the free french forces , where he took command of the `` 1re compagnie de chasseurs parachutistes '' -lrb- 1st parachute chaser company -rrb- .
he is mentioned by david stirling as one of the co-founders of the special air service -lrb- sas -rrb- .
in great-britain and egypt , he organised the training for allied agents sent to france and led the first airborne mission in occupied france , named operation savannah .
he fought in syria and crete .
after his capture by the germans he was imprisoned in colditz castle .
