Jules Gratier

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Henri Le Rond (front) and Jules Gratier (right?)

Jules Victor Gratier (born June 25, 1863 in Barraux , Isère department , † September 23, 1956 in La Tronche , Isère department) was a French lieutenant general and commander-in-chief of the allied troops in Upper Silesia .

Life

He attended the war school and passed through various units and commands in France. During the First World War, Gratier was promoted to commander of the 46th Inf. Division . In 1920 he became commander in chief of the allied troops in Upper Silesia .

The Interallied Government and Plebiscite Commission for Upper Silesia ("CIHS"; French Commission Interalliée der Haute Silésie ) under the direction of the French General Henri Le Rond was subordinate to French-Italian-British troops of around 13,000 to 22,000 soldiers. Of these, the French provided by far the greatest number of troops, with General Jules Gratier in chief.

In 1925 Gratier was transferred to the reserve.

Awards

  • Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor of December 28, 1924
    • Knight of the Legion of Honor from December 25, 1899
    • Officer of the Legion of Honor, December 30, 1914
    • Commander of the Legion of Honor from April 18, 1918
  • French war cross (1914–1918) with three palm branches
  • Belgian war cross
  • Polish Silver Cross Order Virtuti Militari
  • Croix des TOE with a palm branch
  • Médaille Interalliée de la Victoire
  • Médaille Commémorative de la Grande Guerre

literature

  • Andreas Kiesewetter: Italy and Upper Silesia 1919-1922 , Verlag Königshausen & Neumann, 2001, pp. 60, 121, 136ff. ISBN 3826020359 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Général Jules Victor GRATIER (1863–1956) ( Memento of the original of May 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.alpins.fr
  2. ^ Paul Rother: Chronicle of the City of Königshütte Oberschlesien , p. 176. ( Online at Google Book Search )
  3. ↑ Otto Klöden, Landesverband des BdV von Baden-Württemberg (ed.): On the problem of the right to self-determination in East Central Europe since the First World War , 1973, p. 11. ( Online at Google Book Search )
  4. ^ Johannes Grotzky: Border Crossings. Searching for traces between East and West , 2010, p. 93ff. ( Online at Google Book Search ).
  5. ↑ Dziennik Personalny, R. 3, No. 27, p. 616. Warszawa 1922.
personal data
SURNAME Gratier, Jules
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gratier, Jules Victor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Lieutenant General and Commander-in-Chief of the Inter-Allied Forces in Upper Silesia
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Barraux , Isère department
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1956
Place of death La Tronche , Isère department