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Maurice Pellé

Maurice Pellé
Général Maurice Pellé - Prague, 1920.jpg
Maurice Pellé (Prague, 1920)
Born (1863-04-18)18 April 1863
Douai, Nord, France
Died 16 March 1924(1924-03-16) (aged 60)
Toulon, Var, France
Allegiance France France
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Service/branch France French Army
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Army
Years of service France 1882–1921
Czechoslovakia 1919–1921
Rank général de division
Battles/wars World War I
Czechoslovak-Hungary War
Relations Charles Henri Joseph Pellé (father)
Céline Virginie Aimée Augustine Bruneau (mother)

Maurice César Joseph Pellé (18 April 1863 – 16 March 1924) was a French général de division, leader of the French Military Mission to Czechoslovakia and first Chief of staff of Czechoslovak Army from February 1919 to January 1921.

He was born on 18 April 1863 to Charles Henri Joseph Pellé, French artillery officer and later general, and his wife Céline Virginie Aimée Augustine Pellé (neé Bruneau). He studied at Douai lycée, from October 1882 to July 1884 at École Polytechnique and to July 1885 at École d'application de l'artillerie. In 1888–1889 he studied at École d'application de Cavallerie.

In September 1885 he was assigned to 12th Artillery Regiment as a platoon commander. In December 1888 he became an instructor at École d'application de l'artillerie. In November 1891 he was appointed to 11th Artillery Regiment as a first officer and in April 1892 to 16th Artillery Regiment as a deputy commander.

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