Regimental History
1663: Created Regiment du Roi
1791: 105e Regiment d'Infanterie (Originaly numbered 102e, however number changed by Ordanance dated 28 January 1791)
1795: 105e demi-brigade de bataille (formed from the following)
1er bataillon, 53e Regiment d'Infanterie
1er and 2e bataillons, Volontaires du Gers
1796: 105e demi-brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne (formed from the following)
9e demi-brigade de bataille (1er Bat 5e Regt d'Inf, 3e Bat Vol du Nord and 2e Bat Vol du Finisterre)
149e demi-brigade de bataille (1er Bat 81e Regt d'Inf, 6e Bat Vol de la Haute-Saone and 5e Bat Vol de l'Orne)
2e bataillon 31e demi-brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne
1803: 105e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
Colonels and Chefs-de-Brigade
1791: Junot d' Attilly (Francois-Nicolas) - Colonel
1792: Stack (Jean-Francois-Antoine) - Colonel
1792: Le Royer de Chantepie (Louis-Pierre) - Colonel
1792: Levasseur (Louis-Gabriel-Pierre-Anne-Paul-Augustin-Armand) - Colonel
1795: Krammer (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1795: Lannes (Jean) - Chef-de-Brigade
1796: Cardon (?) - Chef-de-Brigade
1802: Habert (Pierre-Joseph) - Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1808: Blanmont (Marie-Pierre-Isidore) - Colonel
1811: Baille (Antoine-Adaibert) - Colonel
1813: Maulmont (Francois) - Colonel
1815: Genty (Jean) - Colonel
Four of the above officers attained the rank of General-de-Brigade and above one becoming Marechal of France
Lannes, (Jean)
Born: 10 April 1769
Chef-de-Brigade: 16 June 1795
General-de-Brigade: Provisional promotion September 1796 official promotion 17 March 1797
General-de-Division: 10 May 1799
Marechal of the Empire: 19 May 1804
Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur: 24 September 1803
Grand-Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur: 2 February 1805
Duke of Montebello: 19 March 1808
Died: 31 May 1809 (Of wounds received at Essling)
Habert, (Pierre-Joseph)
Born: 22 December 1773
Chef-de-Brigade: 29 May 1802
General-de-Brigade: 18 February 1808
General-de-Division: 25 June 1811
Grand officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 29 July 1814
Baron of the Empire: 18 July 1811
Died: 19 May 1825
Blanmont, (Marie-Pierre-Isidore)
Born: 23 February 1770
Colonel: 28 March 1808
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Baron of the Empire: 25 September 1809
Died: 8 December 1846
Maulmond, (Francois)
Born: 11 May 1772
Colonel: 2 July 1813
General-de-Brigade: 12 March 1814
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 November 1813
Died: 22 April 1838
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 105e Regiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
Colonel Habert: wounded 10 June 1807
Colonel De Blanmont: wounded 22 May 1809
Colonel Genty: wounded 18 June 1815
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 105e Regiment d'Infanterie during the period 1804-1815
Officers killed: Forty-four
Officers died of wounds: Fourteen
Officers wounded: One hundred and forty-three
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1793: Lauter
1794: Trippstadt and Mayence
1795: Loano
1796: Altenkirchen, Altenbourg, Werdorf, Uckerath, Siegen, Forchheim, Sulzbach, and Vernberg
1799: Novi
1800: Villanova, Benette, Fossano, Monastero, Mille-Fourches, and Pont-di-Nava ?
1805: Embs
1806: Jena, Kolozomb, and Golymin
1807: Eylau and Heilsberg
1809: Ratisbonne, Eckmuhl, Essling, and Wagram
1812: Wilna
1813: Koenigsberg and Goerde
1813: Pampelune, Roncal, Jaca, Bidassoa, and Baayonne
1814: Hambourg, Bar-sur-Aube, and Arcis-sur-Aube
1815: Waterloo
Battle Honours
Jena 1806, Eylau 1807, Heilsberg 1807, and Wagram 1809
Than you John it was nice to see who we had been fighting and at least we helped them preserve the Eagle as the others
ReplyDeletewere Piled High by the New Goverment and Burnt , like the German ones of WW 2.
Some of the Officers mixed the ashes of the Standards with wine and drank the Heath of their men and the Regiment.
Some of the Officers mixed the ashes of the Standards with wine and drank the Heath of their men and the Regiment
ReplyDeleteA bit like the tea from the urn in the dinning room at TIDDERS