The President of the French Republic, by a decree of June 19, has conferred the Grand Officer's Cross of the Legion D'Honneur, and Croix de Guerre, T.O.E (for distinguished military services rendered abroad) on Vice-Admiral Lo Bigot, Commander of the French Naval Forces in the Far East, for services rendered to his country during the present Sino-Japanese conflict.
Born in 1883, Vice-Admiral Lo Bigot began his naval career in 1904, distinguished himself during the Great War. On October 15, 1932, he was appointed Contre-Admiral, and named Vice-Admiral in the beginning of 1938.
It may be recalled that at the outset of the present hostilities he returned to Shanghai from a cruise and took over the command of the French Defence Forces in this city. Sound judgment, coolness and presence of mind which he displayed during the conflict, did much to prevent the aggravation of panic in local French Concession community during those troubled times,
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