Albert Morel was born on 21 September 1900 in Paris and was executed on 9 October 1943 in Cologne, Germany. Orphaned at the age of 12, he was raised by an aunt in Paris. Morel began his military career on 11 August 1919 when he enlisted as a second-class soldier in the 6th RIC, a French military unit. Over the next few years, he advanced through the ranks, becoming a corporal and then a sergeant quartermaster while serving in the Rhineland as part of the French occupying forces in Germany after World War I. His career took him to various parts of the world, including Morocco, where he participated in the Rif War, and East Asia, where he served in the gendarmerie detachment in Phnom-Penh, Cambodia. By 1937, Morel had been promoted to captain and returned to France to command the Tours gendarmerie section. When World War II began in 1939, he was designated to serve in the armed forces and became the provost of the 18th DI, a military unit. After being captured by the Germans in June 1940, he was released in July and resumed his role in the gendarmerie. In August 1940, he joined the Saint-Jacques network, a French resistance group that opposed the Nazi occupation. Morel was arrested on 25 June 1941 during an operation in Bléré, France, when incriminating documents and correspondence were found during a German search of his office and apartment. He was deported to Düsseldorf, where he was tried and sent to Rheinbach prison, where he was held under the death row regime. On 9 October 1943, he was executed by the Germans along with Colonel Raby and Captain Martin. Morel left behind a widow and two children. In recognition of his resistance activities, Morel was posthumously promoted to squadron leader in 1946 and granted the status of a deported resister. The Resistance Medal was awarded to him in 1947. His legacy was further honored when he was chosen as the patron of the 1986-1987 class of the National Gendarmerie Officers School in Melun.