The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Maurice-Emile-Aristide Fossier

Fossier, Maurice-Emile-Aristide

Major-General

* 27th of September 1890

† 17th of August 1946

Promotions

1939-01-01 Colonel
1941-11-20 Brigadier-General
1943-08-20 Major-General
1944-10-01 Reverted to Brigadier-General
1946-11-27 Major-General (Posthumously)(Dated back to 1943-08-20)

Service

1931-12-08 1940-06-16 Head of Technical Bureau, Gendarmerie Directorate, Ministry of War
1936-12-25 1940-06-16 Assistant Deputy Director of the Gendarmerie, Ministry of War
1940-06-16 1940-07-12 Deputy Director of the Gendarmerie, Ministry of War
1940-07-12 1941-08-11 Deputy Director of the Gendarmerie, Secretariat of State for War
1941-08-11 1942-04-18 Deputy Director of the Gendarmerie, Ministry of War
1942-04-18 1943-02-18 Deputy Director of the Gendarmerie, Secretariat of State for War
1943-02-18 1943-03-26 Assistant Director of the National Gendarmerie, Secretariat of State for War
1943-03-26 1943-08-20 Assistant Director of the National Gendarmerie, Secretariat of State of Defence
1943-08-20 1944-12-01 Inspector-General of Gendarmerie, Southern Zone
1944-12-01 1945-06-16 At disposal
1945-06-16 Retired