35th Infantry Regiment (France) explained

Unit Name:	35th Infantry Regiment
Native Name:	35 régiment d'infanterie
Dates:	1604 — present
Country:
Branch:	French Army
Type:	Mechanized infantry
Garrison:	Belfort
Colours:	Yellow
Nickname:	The Ace of Clubs
Motto:	Tous gaillards, pas d’traînards
Identification Symbol 4:	35e RI
Identification Symbol 4 Label:	Abbreviation
Anniversaries:	30 June 1830 (Invasion of Algiers)

35th Infantry Regiment (35e régiment d'infanterie) is an infantry regiment of the French Army. Its origins date back to the formation of the régiment de Nemond in 1604 by a member of the gentry from Lorraine whose surname was Némond. During World War I it was nicknamed As de Trèfle (Ace of Clubs). It is now based at the garrison in Belfort.

Notable figures who have served with the regiment or its predecessors include the brothers Louis and Auguste de Keralio (from 1734 to 1749), Étienne-Charles de Damas-Crux (second in command of the régiment d'Aquitaine on 3 October 1779), Maurice Chevalier (in 1913) and Jean Chrétien Fischer.

Lineage

Predecessors

• 1604 : Creation of the régiment de Nemond
• 1618 : régiment de la Force
• 1661 : régiment de Durfort-Montgomery
• 1665 : régiment de Durfort-Rauzan
• 1670 : régiment Duc d'Anjou
• 1671 : renamed the régiment d'Anjou
• 1753 : renamed the régiment d'Aquitaine
• 1776 : its 2nd and 4th battalions reformed the régiment d'Anjou

35th Infantry Regiment

Commanders (1964-present)

• 1964 - Colonel Dufour
• 1966 - Colonel Claude Vanbremeersch
• 1968 - Colonel de Lavalette
• 1969 - Colonel René Imbot
• 1971 - Colonel Botella
• 1973 - Colonel Poudelet
• 1975 - Colonel Greyfié de Bellecombe
• 1977 - Colonel Jeancolas
• 1979 - Colonel Lacapelle
• 1981 - Colonel Philippe Thérenty
• 1983 - Colonel Philippe Mercier
• 1985 - Colonel Maillols
• 1987 - Colonel d'Ornano
• 1989 - Colonel Kaeppelin
• 1991 - Colonel Diot
• 1993 - Colonel Pelissier
• 1995 - Colonel Barlet
• 1997 - Colonel Boone
• 1999 - Colonel de Foucault
• 2001 - Colonel Egnell
• 2003 - Colonel Duffour
• 2005 - Colonel Dumain
• 2007 - Colonel Duval
• 2009 - Colonel Rondeau
• 2011 - Colonel Bertrand Joret
• 2013 - Colonel Ivan Martin
• 2015 - Lieutenant Colonel Paul Bury^{[1] [2]}
• 2017 - Colonel Christophe Richard
• 2019 - Colonel Jean Augier

Present day activities

In January 2016, 124 soldiers from the regiment and a ceremonial military band contingent based in Lyon marched down Rajpath in New Delhi for the 67th Republic Day parade.^[3] On August 9, 2017, six soldiers from the 35th Infantry Regiment participating in Opération Sentinelle were wounded in Levallois-Perret^[4] in the Paris suburbs by an automobile whose driver had fled.^[5] The anti-terrorist section of Paris is seized of the investigation.^[6]

Battle honours

• 1809 : Wagram
• 1812 : Moskowa
• 1830 : Alger
• 1854 : Sébastopol
• 1914 : Alsace l'Ourcq
• 1915 : Champagne
• 1916 : Verdun
• 1918 : Reims
• 1944 : Résistance Bourgogne
• 1952-1962 : AFN^[7]

Symbols

Decorations

Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with four mentions in dispatches.

Heraldry

The insignia was created in 1952 and consists of a silver clover, with a bypassed link, placed on a terrace of the same, embellished with the number and the acronym regiment On the dextral slope, the inscription says "Tous gaillards". It symbolizes the courage of the soldiers of Belfort during the Franco-Prussian War.

Current status

Composition

• Infantry Companies
  • 1er Compagnie - Mechanized infantry company
  • 2e Compagnie - Mechanized infantry company
  • 3e Compagnie - Mechanized infantry company
  • 4e Compagnie - Mechanized infantry company
  • 9e Compagnie - Mechanized infantry company
  • Compagnie d'Appui - Support Company
    • Section d'Appui Direct - Direct Support Section
    • Section tireurs d'élite longue distance - Long Range Sniper Section
    • Section d'aide à l'engagement débarqué - Landed Engagement Assistance Section
• Support Companies
  • Compagnie de commandement et de logistique - Command and logistical support company
  • 5e Compagnie de réserve - Reserve infantry company

Bibliography

• Archives militaires du Château de Vincennes.
• À partir du Recueil d'Historiques de l'Infanterie Française (Général Andolenko - Eurimprim 1969).
• Lieutenant-colonel Bourdiaux, Histoire du 35e régiment d'infanterie
• Pascal Collot, L'As de Trèfle sous les orages d'acier, Les Éditions comtoises, 2002,

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20121125061914/http://www.ri35.terre.defense.gouv.fr/

Notes and References

1. à sa prise de commandement en 2015
2. https://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-belfort-hericourt-montbeliard/2016/05/10/belfort-le-35e-regiment-d-infanterie-ouvre-une-nouvelle-compagnie et en mai 2016
3. News: French regiment is back in India after 232 years. Times of India. 27 January 2016.
4. http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2017/08/09/01016-20170809ARTFIG00056-six-militaires-renverses-a-levallois-perret-le-vehicule-en-fuite-est-recherche.php
5. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/hauts-de-seine-un-vehicule-recherche-apres-avoir-renverse-un-groupe-de-militaires-de-l-operation-sentinelle-a-levallois-perret-suivez-notre-direct_2320149.html
6. http://www.la-croix.com/France/Securite/militaires-blesses-voiture-Levallois-Perret-2017-08-09-1200868620
7. Arrêté relatif à l'attribution de l'inscription AFN 1952-1962 sur les drapeaux et étendards des formations des armées et services, du 19 novembre 2004 (A) NORDEF0452926A Michèle Alliot-Marie