- Source: 35th Infantry Regiment (France)
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
2017 - Colonel Christophe Richard
2019 - Colonel Jean Augier
Flags and uniforms
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. On August 9, 2017, six soldiers from the 35th Infantry Regiment participating in Opération Sentinelle were wounded in Levallois-Perret in the Paris suburbs by an automobile whose driver had fled. The anti-terrorist section of Paris is seized of the investigation.
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
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, (ISBN 978-2-914425-13-1)
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20121125061914/http://www.ri35.terre.defense.gouv.fr/