Raymond Ceillier

Marie Raymond Ceillier (born June 9, 1884 in the 9th arrondissement , Paris , Seine department , † November 22, 1955 in Toulon , Var department ) was a flotilla admiral in the French Navy .

Life

Training as a naval officer and First World War

Ceillier, son of the stockbroker Marie Eugène Ceillier and his wife Marie Thérèse Barlatier de Mas, began training as a naval officer at the Naval School (École Navale) and on the training ship Duguay-Trouin after attending school in 1900 . On October 5, 1903, he was transferred to the military port of Toulon and on January 1, 1904 to the ship of the line Saint-Louis of the Mediterranean Squadron (Escadre de Méditerranée) belonging to the Charlemagne class and commanded by Jules Nény . There he was promoted to lieutenant at sea (Enseigne de vaisseau de deuxième classe) on October 5, 1905 , before being transferred to the Décidée gunboat belonging to the Far East Squadron (Escadre d'Extrême-Orient) on January 1, 1906 . It was then used again in the military port of Toulon from January 1, 1908 to January 1, 1909, and then on the Aviso Jeanne-Blanche stationed in Constantinople between January 1, 1909 and January 1, 1911 . After being used again in the military port of Toulon, he was transferred to the submarine Argonaute in the submarine base in the military port of Toulon on April 7, 1911 , where he was promoted to lieutenant captain (Lieutenant de Vaisseau) on January 7, 1913 .

On January 1, 1914 Ceillier became an officer in the Far East to the Marine Division (Division navale de l'Extrême-Orient) belonging Battleship Dupleix and 1915 to Marinefüsilierbrigade (Brigade de fusiliers marins) offset in which he from April 25 to May 5, 1915 participated in the battle of Sedd ul Bahr during the Battle of Gallipoli . For his services there he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor and the Croix de guerre on July 31, 1915 . Subsequently, from October 1916 to May 1918, he was in command of the gunboat Courageuse , which was part of the patrol department in the eastern Mediterranean .

Post-war period and promotion to flotilla admiral

On April 18, 1932, Captain Ceillier became the first in command of the newly commissioned aircraft mother ship Commandant Teste

Ceillier, who was promoted to Korvettenkapitän (Capitaine de Corvette) on August 1, 1920 , was initially used again in the military port of Toulon on January 1, 1921. On April 30, 1921, he was also awarded the Officer's Cross of the Legion of Honor. He was then between 1921 and 1928 as an officer in the staff of the General Resident for French Morocco , Hubert Lyautey, or from 1925 on his successor Théodore Steeg . There he was promoted to frigate captain (Capitaine de Frégate) on June 14, 1923 . After his return to France he was in 1928 an officer auditor at the Center for higher naval studies (Center des Hautes Études Navales) and received there on November 11, 1929 his promotion to sea captain (Capitaine de Vaisseau) . After being used again in the military port of Toulon from January 1, 1932, on April 18, 1932, he became the first in command of the newly commissioned aircraft mother ship Commandant Teste .

On May 31, 1936 Ceillier was commander of the naval aviation associations of the naval region 3 (Commandement de l'aéronautique maritime de la 3e région maritime) . On June 23, 1939 he was promoted to flotilla admiral (Contre-amiral) and in 1939 took over the post of Chief of Staff of Naval Region 4 and Commander of the Naval Arsenal Bizerta . On January 1, 1940, he became commander of the Legion of Honor.

From his marriage to Simone Grasset, whose father was Rear Admiral Albert Grasset between 1921 and 1924 Chief of the General Staff of the Navy, a daughter took precedence.

Publications

• Les idées stratégiques en France de 1870 à 1914 , 1928
• L'évolution de la pensée navale , 1928

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the naval school
• Entry in Geneanet