14 e regiment d'infanterie et de soutien logistique parachutiste

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Régiment de Forez
14 e régiment d'infanterie et de soutien logistique parachutiste

Insigne du 14 ° RCP.jpg

Badge of 14 e régiment d'infantry
Lineup 1776
Country Blason France modern.svg Flag of France.svg France
Armed forces Blason France modern.svg Flag of France.svg french army
Armed forces army
Branch of service logistics
Type Parachute supply regiment
Strength 1000
Insinuation Commandement de la logistique (logistics command)
Location Toulouse
motto "Brave"
Awards Fourragère des Croix de Guerre 1914-18 with two palm branches and a silver-plated star

The 14 e régiment d'infanterie et de soutien logistique parachutiste (short name: 14 e RISLP) is an active supply / support unit of the French army. Since its creation it took part in almost all wars with French participation up to the Second World War and then in the Algerian war as well as in various peace missions.

Before regiment numbering was introduced on January 1, 1791, it was last named Régiment de Forez in the royal French army .

Regimental names

As is usual in the French army, units whose mission or use has changed are usually still named with their original designation, to which an addition relating to the new use is appended.

Lineup and significant changes

  • 1776: The Régiment de Bourbonnais was split up. The 1st and 3rd battalions were deployed to set up the new "Régiment de Forez". (A first Régiment de Forez had already existed from 1684 to 1775.)
  • January 1, 1791: All regiments now received a number with the addition of the former name. The new name was now: "14 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne (ci-devant Forez)".
  • 1793: Premier amalgame , the 1st battalion was used to form the "27 e demi-brigade de première formation" and the 2nd battalion to form the "28 e demi-brigade de première formation". The regimental association ceased to exist at this point.
  • 1803: The "14 e demi-brigade d'infanterie" became the "14 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne".
  • 1815: disbanded with the Napoleonic Army
  • 1816: Establishment of the "Légion de l'Eure"
  • 1820: Renaming of the "Légion de l'Eure" to "14 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne"
  • 1854: Renaming to “14 e régiment d'infanterie” with garrison in Brive
  • 1870: Formation of the "14 e régiment de marche" (14th marching regiment ) from the 4th battalions of the 55 e régiment d'infanterie , 67 e régiment d'infanterie and 100 e régiment d'infanterie with the delivery of forces for the formation of the " 114 e regiment d'infanterie de ligne "
  • 1875: "14 e regiment d'infanterie" in Limoges
  • 1914: Creation of the reserve regiment "214 e régiment d'infanterie"
  • 1951: As “14 e bataillon d'infanterie” converted to the “14 e régiment d'infanterie parachutistes de choc” (14 e RIPC). The flag of the "14th e régiment d'infanterie" was carried.
  • 1953: The 14 e RIPC was equipped with North African personnel (FSNA - Français de Souche Nord-Africaine) and the two battalions were converted into Algerian rifle battalions.
  • January 1, 1954: Renaming of the "14 e RIPC" to "14 e demi-brigade d'infanterie" (14 e DBI - 14th Infantry Half Brigade )
  • 1956: Renaming of the "14 e DBI" to "14 e régiment de chasseurs parachutistes" (14 e RCP - 14th paratrooper regiment)
  • 1961: dissolution
  • 1977: re-established as "14 e régiment de commandement et de transmissions parachutiste" (14 e RCTP - 14th parachute staff and telecommunications regiment)
  • July 1, 1979: Renamed "14e régiment parachutiste de commandement et de soutien" (14 e RPCS - 14 Parachute Regiment staff support)
  • 1999: dissolution
  • July 2018: Reinstatement as “14 e régiment d'infanterie et de soutien logistique parachutiste” (14 e RISLP).

Regimental commanders

Mestre de camp was from 1569 to 1661 and from 1730 to 1780 the designation of rank for the regiment holder and / or the actual commander of an infantry regiment. The name "Colonel" was used from 1661 to 1730, from 1791 to 1793 and from 1803 onwards. Should the Mestre de camp / Colonel be a person of the high nobility who had no interest in running the regiment (such as the king or queen), the command was given to the “Mestre de camp lieutenant "(Or" Mestre de camp en second ") or the" Colonel-lieutenant "or" Colonel en second ". From 1793 to 1803, the French army used the term " Chef de brigade ". From 1791 there were no more regimental owners.

  • 1791: Louis Maximilien François Hinnisdal de Fumal - Colonel
  • 1792: Jean-Baptiste Meusnier de la Place - Colonel
  • 1792: Antoine Nicolas Collier de la Marlière - Colonel
  • 1792: Pierre Nicolas Merle-Beaulieu - Colonel
  • 1795: Antoine François Brenier-Montmorand - Chef de brigade
  • 1795: Charles Daurière - Chef de brigade
  • 1797: Porra - Chef de brigade
  • 1797: Jean-Gabriel Marchand - Chef de brigade
  • 1797: Jean-Claude Moreau - Chef de brigade
  • 1803: Jacques Francois Marc Mazas - Colonel
  • 1805: Charles Joseph Louis Marie Savary - Colonel
  • 1806: Jean-Francois Henriod - Colonel
  • 1810: Étienne Estève - Colonel
  • 1814: Thomas-Robert Bugeaudde la Piconnerie - Colonel
  • 1815: Louis Marion Jacquet - Colonel
  • 1830: le VI e de la Forest d'Armaille - Colonel
  • 1848: Alexandre De Bellegarde De La Plaine
  • 1851: Ernest Frédéric Raphaël de Negrier - Colonel
  • 1859: Duplessis - Colonel
  • 1870: Louvent - Colonel
  • 1870: Doussot - Colonel
  • 1870: Vanche - Lieutenant-colonel
  • October 17, 1871 to September 5, 1872: François Auguste Logerot - Colonel
  • ...
  • 1876 ​​to 1881: Édouard Billot - Colonel
  • ...
  • April 21, 1904 to March 25, 1909: Pierre Peslin - Colonel
  • ...
  • March 23, 1914 to September 2, 1914: Marie Victor Eugène Savatier - Colonel
  • 1917: Passerieux - Lieutenant-colonel
  • 1918: Allehaut - Lieutenant-Colonel
  • 1918: Berenguier - Lieutenant-colonel
  • 1938: Pfister - Colonel
  • 1939: Beker - Colonel
  • ...
  • August 1951 to July 1953: Georges Bergé - Lieutenant-colonel
  • ...
  • June 1956 to May 1957: Emile Autrand - Colonel
  • June 1957 to July 1958: Paul Ollion - Lieutenant-colonel
  • July 1958 to September 1960: Jean Renon - Lieutenant-colonel
  • October 1960 to April 1961: Pierre Lecomte - Lieutenant-colonel
  • ...
  • 1977: Retat - Colonel
  • ...
  • 2018: Friedrich - Lieutenant-colonel

Regimental commanders who died or were wounded:

  • Chef de brigade Moreau, wounded March 26, 1799
  • Colonel Mazas, killed on December 2, 1805 in the Battle of Austerlitz
  • Colonel Savary, died December 24, 1806
  • Colonel Henriod, wounded February 8, 1807 and June 10, 1807

Officers of the regiment who died or were wounded between 1804 and 1815:

  • Fallen officers: 65
  • Officers who died from their wounds: 17
  • wounded officers: 149

Furnishing

Royal flags

The regiment carried five orderly flags and one body flag until 1791.

  • Leibfahne (1776 to 1791)

  • Ordinance flag (1776 to 1791)

  • 1st Battalion 1791 to 1793

  • 2nd Battalion 1791 to 1793

Uniform until 1794

  • 1776

  • 1779

  • 1791

  • 1792

Mission history

Wars in which the regiment participated

Wars of the Revolution and the First Empire (1805 to 1815)

  • 1792: Campaign in Belgium
  • 1794: With the army reform and the associated premier amalgam , the 1st battalion was used to set up the "27 e demi-brigade de bataille" and the 2nd battalion to set up the "28 e demi-brigade de bataille". This definitely ended the line of tradition of the regiment.
  • 1803: The former "14 e demi-brigade d'infanterie" (originated with the Deuxième amalgeme - had nothing to do with the former "14 e régiment d'infanterie") became the new "14 e régiment d'infanterie de ligne ”. The 1st and 2nd battalions were in Clermont, the 3rd and 4th battalions in Saumur .
  • 1805: The 1st and 2nd battalions were stationed in Boulogne-sur-Mer , the 3rd battalion in Maastricht .
Campaign in Germany with the Morand Brigade in the Saint-Hilaire Division (IV. Corps) - Battle of Ulm , Battle of Austerlitz
  • 1806 to 1814: Garrison of the substitute cadre in Sedan
  • 1806 to 1808: Campaign in Prussia and Poland
Battle of Jena , Battle of Eylau , Battle of Heilsberg

1815 to 1848

  • 1830: By order of September 18, a fourth battalion was set up and the regiment's personnel strength increased to 3,000 men.

Conquest of Algeria (1839 to 1849)

  • June 14, 1830: Disembarkation at Sidi Ferruch
  • June 19, 1830: Battle of Staoueli
  • June 24-29, 1830: Battle at Camp de Dely Ibrahim and at Sidi Kalef
  • June 30th to July 5th: Siege and capture of Algiers
  • November 17-29, 1830: The 1st Battalion took part in an expedition to the Atlas Mountains (Blida, Medeha, Col de Mouzaïa).
  • Beginning of December: Second expedition to Médéha
  • End of December: return to France
  • In 1848 the regiment was in Paris.

Second empire

On August 1, 1870, the regiment was assigned to the Armée du Rhin. Together with the 9 e régiment d'infanterie of Colonel Roux it formed the 1st brigade under the command of Général Noël (later Général Archinard), which together with the 2nd Brigade, two artillery batteries with cannons Canon de 4 modèle 1858 , a Mitrailleusekompanie and a pioneer company formed the 2nd infantry division under Général de division Bisson. The division belonged to the 6th Army Corps of Maréchal Certain-Canrobert.

  • August 3, 1870: In the Camp de Châlons
  • August 9, 1870: After the Nancy – Metz railway line was interrupted, the regiment could no longer join the 6th Army Corps.
  • August 17, 1870: The regiment joined the "Armée de Châlons".

With the 20 e régiment d'infantry (Colonel de la Guigneraye) and the 31 e d'infantry regiment (Colonel Sautereau) formed the 14 e RI 2nd brigade Général Louvent. This 2nd Brigade, plus the 1st Brigade of Général Marquisan, three batteries of four-pounder guns, one battery of twelve-pounder guns, a battery of Mitrailleuses and a pioneer company, made up the 2nd Division under Général de division Lacretelle, which was part of the 12th Army Corps of Général de division Lebrun belonged.

During the war, the 4th battalion was given up to set up the "15 e régiment de marche" (15th march regiment ), which then took part in the first battle at Châtillon.

During the siege of Paris , the newly established 14th March regiment belonged to the 13th Army Corps of Général de division Vinoy. The 13th (Lieutenant-colonel Morin) and the 14th March regiment (Lieutenant-colonel Vanche) as well as two Jäger marching companies formed the 1st Brigade of Général de Susbielle.

The 35 e régiment d'infanterie (Colonel de la Mariouse) and the 42 e régiment d'infanterie (Colonel Avril de Lenclos) formed the 2nd Brigade of Général Guilhem. With three batteries of four-pounder guns and a pioneer company, they made up the 3rd Division of Général de division Blanchard.

  • October 13, 1870: Participation in the second battle near Châtillon (battle near Bagneux-Châtillon)
  • The 8th companies of the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 14 e RI were deployed to the "29 e régiment de marche" and fought in the battles at Chilleurs, Ladon , Boiscommun , Neuville-aux-Bois and Maizières ( Loiret department ).
  • A use in the suppression of the Paris Commune has not been proven with certainty.

First World War

  • August 1914 to July 1915: Assignment to the 34th Infantry Division
  • July 1915 to November 1918: Assignment to the 131st Infantry Division

1914

  • August 8: Defensive battles at Valmy (Marne), Courtemont
  • August 16: Defensive battles near Vaux
  • August 22nd: Defensive battles at Anloy
  • August 27: Defensive battles near Telonne
  • First battle of the Marne

1915

  • January: Trench warfare in Champagne
  • May: Trench warfare in the Artois
  • August: Trench warfare in the Argonne

1916

1917

  • April: Trench warfare in Champagne near Berry-au-Bac
  • September 14th: Trench warfare at Glorieux

1918

  • March: Assault fighting at Moulainville and Waltronville
  • April: Aggressive fighting on the Avre

post war period

  • In 1919 the regiment was garrisoned in Toulouse .

Second World War

In June 1940 the regiment was used as a fortress infantry regiment in the Maginot Line. It belonged to the 36th Infantry Division. On June 20, it was wiped out by German air raids. The survivors burned the flag so as not to let it fall into the hands of the enemy.

  • 1945: After the end of the war, the regiment was reorganized from the members of the Maquis in Toulouse.
  • April 1951: The 14 e battalion d'infanterie was converted to the 14 e régiment d'infanterie parachutistes de choc (14 e RIPC - 14th parachute infantry strike regiment). The staff and the 2nd battalion were in the Niel barracks in Toulouse, the 1st battalion (ex "1 er bataillon parachutiste de choc" - 1st parachute thrust regiment) in Montauban .
  • 1953: The 14 e RIPC was converted with North African personnel (FSNA - Français de Souche Nord-Africaine) and the two battalions into Algerian rifle battalions, the designations were: "19 e bataillon de parachutistes algériens" (19th Algerian parachute battalion) and "35 e bataillon de tirailleurs algériens ”(35th Algerian Rifle Battalion).
  • January 1, 1954: Renaming of the "14 e RIPC" to "14 e demi-brigade d'infanterie" (14 e DBI), but the staff continued to belong to the parachute force.

Post-war operations

Algerian war

The 14 e régiment de chasseurs parachutistes (14 e RCP - 14th paratrooper regiment) was formed on June 1, 1956 from the 14 e demi-brigade d'infanterie and the 35 e bataillon de tirailleurs algériens (35 e BTA). It was subordinated to the 25th Parachute Division of Général Jean Gilles and moved to Algeria. It arrived in Oran on June 26th .

The regiment earned merit throughout the war, especially during the border fighting between January and May 1958.

Battles were fought:

on October 8, 1956 at Merkala
on January 22, 1957 at Mir El Djebel
on January 24, 1957 at Djebel Amour
on February 7, 1957 at Djebel Grouz
  • from February to May 1958 battles in the so-called border battle
on February 25, 1957 at Djebel M'Zouzia
on March 15, 1958 at Djebel Bou Torkma
on April 15, 1958 at Djebel M'Zouzia
in April 1958 with Djebel Aurès
on November 19, 1960 at Djebel Tafraout
on March 12, 1961 at Djebel Azreg (Ich Aziza en Chaoui)
on April 2nd at Oued Kebir

OAS attempted coup in 1961

  • April 30, 1961: As the regiment was involved in the coup attempt by the OAS , it was disbanded on this date and the personnel were divided between the various units of the army corps in the Département de Constantine . Until December 1962, the training center of the 14 e RCP continued to exist in the Niel barracks in Toulouse. It was headed by Lieutenant-Colonel Lafontaine, then Lieutenant-Colonel Dangoumau.
  • Losses of the regiment in the Algerian war:
fallen: 7 officers, 18 NCOs, 95 men
wounded: 18 officers, 251 NCOs and men

1965 to 1977

The regimental flag of the "14 e régiment d'infanterie" was kept in Toulouse by the headquarters company of the 14th Division.

1977 to 1999

In August 1977 there was a reorganization as "14 e régiment de commandement et de transmissions parachutiste" (14 e RCTP - 14th Parachute Staff and Telecommunications Regiment) from the staff company of the 14th Division and the "61 e bataillon de commandement et de transmissions “(61 e BCT - 61st Staff and Telecommunications Battalion).

On July 1, 1979, the name was changed to "14 e régiment parachutiste de commandement et de soutien" with the submission to the 11th Parachute Brigade with the following missions abroad:

The unit consisted of a staff cadron, a traffic and transport cadron, a training group, an intendant group, a parachute telecommunications company, a supply and maintenance group and the music corps of the 11th Parachute Division. Toulouse was garrison with training in the Balma barracks and accommodation in the Niel barracks.

With the end of general conscription in the army in 1997, the unit was dissolved two years later. The parachute telecommunications company was incorporated into the “11 e compagnie de commandement et de transmissions parachutiste”, the traffic and transport cadron and the supply and maintenance group in the “3 e régiment du matériel” (3 e RM - 3rd repair regiment ).

Reinstallation in 2018

The regiment was re-established in Toulouse on July 1, 2018. According to the determination of the Chief of Staff of the Army, it is an air transportable combat support regiment with the designation "14 e régiment d'infanterie et de soutien logistique parachutiste".

The staff is 1000 soldiers in seven sub-units:

  • 5 units specializing in staff support
  • 1 rod and supply unit
  • 1 reserve unit
  • 1 air transport company (installation planned)

The members of the regiment wear the beret of the parachute troops.

Current regimental flag

On the back of the regimental flag (since Napoleonic times) the campaigns and battles in which the regiment took part are listed in gold letters.

In its history the regiment carried several different flags one after the other.

  • Model 1880

  • Model 1880

Awards and honors

The regiment's flag ribbon is decorated with the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with two palm branches for two honorable mentions in the army command and a silver-plated star for a special mention in the divisional command. The Fourragère des "Croix de guerre 1914-1918" is led by the flag. The members of the regiment also have the right to wear this award.

  • Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with two palm branches and a silver-plated star

  • The “Avenue du 14 e RI” in Toulouse, dedicated to the traditional regiment of the city

Monument to the regiment in Toulouse
  • Monument 14e RI 2.jpg
  • Monument 14e RI 3.jpg
  • Monument 14e RI 4.jpg
  • Monument 14e RI 5.jpg
  • Monument 14e RI 6.jpg

The 14 e RISLP is stationed in Quartier Pradère , a logistics base in Toulouse with a size of 29 hectares, three kilometers from the city center.

address

14 e regiment d'infanterie et de soutien logistique parachutiste
Pradère district
Chemin de Gabardie 102
BP 22094
31019 Toulouse CEDEX 2
Tel. 05 62 57 38 11

Motto

Brave
(brave)

literature

  • Général Serge Andolenko : À partir du Recueil d'Historiques de l'Infanterie Française. Eurimprim, 1969.
  • Patrick-Charles Renaud: Le 14 e RCP Éditions Prentera, 1987, ISBN 2-9501996-0-7 .
  • Historique du 14e regiment d'infanterie. Imprimerie et librairie Édouard Privat, Toulouse 1920 ( digitized on Gallica ).

Footnotes and individual references

  1. ↑ German: 14th Infantry and Logistic Parachute Support Regiment
  2. ↑ or also called "27 e demi-brigade de bataille"
  3. ↑ which had nothing to do with the former 14th regiment
  4. ↑ 14th Parachute Infantry Shock Regiment
  5. ↑ Inscription on the monument of 14 e RI in Toulouse in the Niel barracks
  6. ↑ not identical to the actor of the same name
  7. ↑ Cinquième abrégé général du militaire de France, sur terre et sur mer. Lemau de la Jaisse, Paris 1739
  8. ↑ This was the flag of the 1st Company, which (theoretically) was led by the regiment owner as a personal company - d. H. she had no regular company commander, only one commander "en second"
  9. ↑ Victor Louis Jean François Belhomme: Histoire de l'infantry en France. Volume 5, p. 151
  10. ↑ in Histoire des parachutistes français , pp. 501–508
  11. ↑ in Histoire des parachutistes français , p. 511
  12. ↑ «  Décision n ° 12350 / SGA / DPMA / SHD / DAT du 14 September 2007 relative aux inscriptions de noms de batailles sur les drapeaux et étendards des corps de troupe de l'armée de terre, du service de santé des armées et du service des essences des armées, Bulletin officiel des armées, n ° 27, 9 November 2007  »(German:“ Provision n ° 12350 / SGA / DPMA / SHD / DAT of September 14, 2007 on the appearance of the inscriptions on the flags and standards of the Troops of the army, the medical service and the fuel supply branch. Published with the official army bulletin No. 27 of November 9, 2007 ")
  13. ↑ "  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  " (German: "Order AFN 1952–1962 on the assignment of the inscriptions on the flags and standards of the formations of the army and the services of November 19, 2004 (A) NORDEF0452926A Michèle Alliot-Marie ")
  14. ↑ This also applies to units that have already been disbanded, as they can (theoretically) be put back into active service at any time
  15. ^ Website about the regiments from 1914–1918
  16. ↑ Regulation No. 12350 / SGA / DPMA / SHD / DAT of September 14, 2007 on the appearance of the inscriptions on the flags and standards of the troops of the army, the medical service and the fuel supply industry. Published in the Official Army Bulletin No. 27 of November 9, 2007
  17. ^ Order AFN 1952–1962 on the assignment of the inscriptions on the flags and standards of the formations of the army and the services of November 19, 2004 (A) NORDEF0452926A by Michèle Alliot-Marie

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