Jean-Marie Querville

Jean-Marie Querville (9 January 1903 – 30 December 1967), was a French Navy officer of the Free French Naval Forces, a Compagnon de la Libération, became the Commander-in-Chief for the Mediterranean, then Maritime Prefect, following as an inspector general of the Marine Nationale and admiral.

Military career

Querville entered into the École navale in 1921. He then served on the SMS Regensburg and participated to the 1925 Rif Campaign in Morocco. Enseigne de 1reclasse on 25 October, he obtained in May 1926 his brevet as a transmission officer, and navigated on the torpedo boat , the Matelot Blanc .

Assigned to the submarine service in 1927, he was in Madagascar in 1929. Promoted to lieutenant de vaisseau in March 1930, and second officer in charge of the submarine L'Aréthuse from 1931 to 1934. In August 1934, he assumed command of the submarine . In 1936, he commanded submarine Souffleur until 1938, He then became the Maritime Prefect of the 4th Region in Algeria.

Appointed inspector-general of the French Navy, he was promoted to full admiral in October 1962, before retiring.

Querville died on 30 December 1967.

Honours

Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur; Compagnon de la Libération, decree of 12 January 1943; Croix de guerre 1939-1945, with 6 mentions in dispatches; Croix de guerre des TOE, with 5 mentions in dispatches; Croix de la Valeur militaire with palms; Distinguished Service Order (United Kingdom); Distinguished Service Cross; Knight of the Order of St. Olav (Norway); Commander of the Ordre de l'Étoile noire (Benin); Officer of the Order of the Star of Anjouan; Grand officer of the National Order of Vietnam.

Ribbon bar (without palms and stars)