Background
DE GAULLE, Admirai Philippe Henri Xavier Antoine was born on December 28, 1921 in Paris, France. Parents: Charles de Gaulle and Yvonne de Gaulle (née Vendroux).
DE GAULLE, Admirai Philippe Henri Xavier Antoine was born on December 28, 1921 in Paris, France. Parents: Charles de Gaulle and Yvonne de Gaulle (née Vendroux).
Stanislas College, Paris. School of Naval Warfare, marksman’s certificate, naval aeronautical pilot’s licence. Naval College, 1940.
Senator for Paris, since 1986. Campaigns in English Channel and North Atlantic, in Free French Naval Forces, 1940-1944. French Campaign, 1944-1945 (naval fuselier of Leclerc Division).
Service in Indochina, Morocco and Algeria. Of 6th squadron, on aircraft carriers, 1952-1954. Of rapid escort ship le Picard, 1960-1961.
Naval Aeronautics of Paris Region, Captain, 1964-1966. Captain of frigate-missile-launcher Suffren, 1967-1968. Naval Aeronautics of Atlantic Region.
Captain, 1969-1971; Captain of Naval Missile Trial Group, 1973-1974. Captain, Maritime Patrol Aviation, 1974-1975. Captain, Atlantic Squadron, 1976-1977.
Inspector General of Navy, 1980-1982. Past Auditor of Institute of Advanced National Defence Studies, 1968-1969.
Spouse Henriette de Montalembert de Cers, 1947. Children: Charles, Yves, Jean, Pierre.
