Editing Free France (section)

==Cross of Lorraine==
[[File:Naval Jack of Free France.svg|thumb|left|The Free French [[naval jack]] and French naval honour jack.<br />The [[argent]] rhomboid field [[Defacement (flag)|is defaced]] with a [[gules]] Lorraine cross, the [[emblem]] of the Free French.]]

{{lang|fr|[[Ranks in the French Navy|Capitaine de corvette]]}} [[Thierry d'Argenlieu]]<ref>[http://www.france-libre.net/temoignages_documents/1_6_1_6_origines_FNFL.htm www.france-libre.net, Le site de la France-Libre, "Les origines des FNFL, par l'amiral Thierry d'Argenlieu"] ({{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413155713/http://www.france-libre.net/temoignages_documents/1_6_1_6_origines_FNFL.htm |date=13 April 2016 }}) {{in lang|fr}}</ref> suggested the adoption of the [[Cross of Lorraine]] as a symbol of the Free French. This was chosen to recall the perseverance of [[Jeanne d'Arc|Joan of Arc]], patron saint of France, whose symbol it had been, the province where she was born, and now partially annexed into [[Alsace-Lorraine]] by [[Nazi Germany]], and as a response to the symbol of [[national-socialism]], the [[Swastika#Use in Nazism|Nazi swastika]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.charles-de-gaulle.org/article.php3?id_article=161 |title=The Cross of Lorraine from charles-de-gaulle.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502014723/http://www.charles-de-gaulle.org/article.php3?id_article=161 |archive-date=2 May 2006 |access-date=25 October 2015  }}</ref>

In his [[general order]] No. 2 of 3 July 1940, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Émile Muselier]], two days after assuming the post of chief of the naval and air forces of the Free French, created the [[naval jack]] displaying the French colours with a red cross of [[Lorraine (province)|Lorraine]], and a [[cockade]], which also featured the cross of Lorraine. Modern ships that share the same name as ships of the FNFL—such as {{ship|French submarine|Rubis|S601|2}} and {{Ship|French submarine|Triomphant|S616|2}}—are entitled to fly the Free French naval jack as a mark of honour.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}

[[File:Free French Memorial Greenock.jpg|thumb|right|The Free French Memorial, looking out over the Firth of Clyde]]

A monument on [[Lyle Hill]] in [[Greenock]], in the shape of the Cross of Lorraine combined with an anchor, was raised by subscription as a memorial to the Free French naval vessels which sailed from the [[Firth of Clyde]] to take part in the [[w:Battle of the Atlantic|Battle of the Atlantic]]. It has plaques commemorating the loss of the [[Flower-class corvette]]s ''Alyssa'' and ''Mimosa'', and of the submarine {{ship|French submarine|Surcouf||2}}.<ref name="Inverclyde Council 2017">{{Cite web |title=War Memorials |publisher=Inverclyde Council |date=9 August 2017 |url=https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/community-life-and-leisure/heritage/family-history/war-memorials |access-date=9 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109191726/https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/community-life-and-leisure/heritage/family-history/war-memorials |archive-date=9 November 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Locally, it is also associated with the memory of the loss of the destroyer {{ship|French destroyer|Maillé Brézé|1931|2}} which blew up at the [[Tail of the Bank]].