Jules Dumont was born in Roubaix, 1 January 1888, and died at Suresnes, Mont Valérien, 15 June 1943.
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Dumont was a French militant Communist. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, commanding the Commune de Paris Battalion, XI International Brigade.[1] He was active in the French Resistance in the Second World War. Arrested by the Gestapo, he was shot[2] at Suresnes (Fort du Mont-Valérien), near Paris, on 15 June 1943.