126e regiment of infantry of line

The 126e Régiment of Infanterie of line (or 126e IH) is a regiment made up under the First Empire.

Creation and various denominations

1795 : creation of the 126e Half-brigade of Battle , starting from the 2nd battalion of the 62 {{E}} Regiment of Infantry, amalgamated with the 2nd battalion of volunteers of the Ain and the 3rd battalion of volunteers of the Nievre.

1796 : poured in the 99 {{E}} Half-brigade of Infantry of Line

1810: creation of the 126e regiment of infantry of line starting from the 5 {{E}} Regiment of Infantry and of the 1st battalion of the 8 {{E}} Regiment of Infantry, of the kingdom of Holland, at the time of the annexation of this one.

1813 : incorporation of the remainders of the regiment to the 123 {{E}} Regiment of Infantry of line

August 1914: Give rise to the ''' 326 {{E}} Régiment of Infantry '''

Colonels/chief-of-brigade

1. Chief of brigade Marillac
2. 1810-1813: colonel Dumoulin
3. 1870: colonel Neltner
4. 1870-1871: lieutenant-colonel Duban
5. 1871-1873: colonel Voynant
6. 1873-1877: colonel Denuc
7. 1877-1878: colonel Bergeron
8. 1878: colonel Poilloue of Saint-March
9. 1878-1881: colonel Doumenjou
10. 1881-1885: colonel Bournenfou
11. 1885-1887: colonel Desfrancois de Ponchalon
12. 1887-1894: colonel Montagne
13. 1894-1997: colonel Roget
14. 1897-1906: colonel of the Bush of Veyrazet
15. 1906-1908: colonel Roustan
16. 1908-1913: colonel Chandezon
17. 1913-1914: colonel Dubois
18. 1914-1915: lieutenant-colonel Laporte
19. 1915: lieutenant-colonel Bressan
20. 1915-1918: lieutenant-colonel Labourdette
21. 1918: lieutenant-colonel Bontemps
22. 1918-1919: lieutenant-colonel Cholet
23. 1919-1926: lieutenant-colonel Larrieu
24. 1926-1928: colonel Tixier
25. 1928-1930: lieutenant-colonel Foures
26. 1930-1931: colonel Sonnerat
27. 1931-1934: colonel Baille
28. 1934-1936: colonel Vital
29. 1936-1938: colonel Papillon
30. 1938-1940: colonel Duche
31. 1940: colonel Donnat
32. 1944-1945: commander Passemard
33. 1945-1946: colonel Godefroy
34. 1946-1947: major Lagasquie
35. 1947-1948: major Basseres
36. 1948-1950: major Dumas
37. 1950-1952: major Habert
38. 1952-1954: lieutenant-colonel of Martin of Tyrac de Marcellus
39. 1954-1956: lieutenant-colonel Helme-Guizon
40. 1956-1958: colonel Henry
41. 1958: colonel Parisot
42. 1958-1961: colonel Gueneau
43. 1961-1963: colonel Galle
44. 1963: major Toulouse
45. 1964: major Pellabeuf
46. 1964-1965: colonel Audibert
47. 1965-1967: colonel of the wood of Gaudusson
48. 1967-1969: colonel Lacoste
49. 1969-1971: lieutenant-colonel Blanquefort
50. 1971-1973: colonel Burgard
51. 1973-1975: colonel Goerger
52. 1975-1977: colonel Fregiere
53. 1977-1979: colonel Of Moriniere
54. 1979-1981: colonel Mestelan
55. 1981-1983: colonel Castagne
56. 1983-1985: colonel Langlois
57. 1984-1985: colonel Anglade
58. 1985-1987: colonel Rozec
59. 1987-1989: colonel Brousse
60. 1989-1991: colonel Renault
61. 1991-1993: colonel Bresse
62. 1993-1995: colonel Seguret
63. 1995-1997: colonel Beauval
64. 1997-1999: colonel Martin
65. 1999-2001: colonel Herbert
66. 2001-2003: colonel Lesimple
67. 2003-2005: colonel Didier
68. 2005-2007: colonel Barnay

History of the garrisons, combat and battles of 126e IH of line

Revolution and Empire

• 1795 : Quiberon
• 1812 : Smoliany, Borisow, and the Battle of Bérézina where the regiment is sacrificed to allow the retirement of the Large army

From 1815 to 1848

Second Empire

From 1871 to 1914

• 1881 with 1896: North Africa and Madagascar.
• 1907 the regiment leaves Toulouse and arrives in garrison at Brive-the-Strapping woman.

First World War

• 1914 :
• Retirement of the III {{E}} and IV {{E}} Armed: Saint M3edard's Day, Florenville (22 August 23rd), Carignan
• Bataille of the Marne, from September 5th to 13rd: Châtel-Raould, Courdemanges
• 1915:
• Meuse and Argonne: Regniéville, Réménauville, Wood of Ailly
• 1916:
• Battle of Verdun - Marre-Charny.
• 1917 :
• Champagne: House-of-champagne (8 March 12th), Auberive (April 17th).
• 1918 :
• Italian Face: Austrian offensive of June 15th, offensive of Piave

Flag and currency

December 4th, 1918, the regiment receives the Military Cross 1914-1918, the Fourragère with the colors of the ribbon of the Military Cross, 2 itations with the order of the army.

; The names of battles are registered in gold letters on the flag:

• ''' BEREZINA 1812 '''
• ''' ARTOIS 1915 '''
• ''' AUBERIVE 1917 '''
• ''' ITALY 1918 '''

• the currency of the regiment is “ “PROUD AND VALIANT”! ”.

; The 126e lost during the Great War 2843 Men.

Badge

; white Bison since 1937, on blue bottom of Cross of Lorraine since 1944.

1st badge of 126e IH

Inter-war period

Second world war

; * 1944 reconstituted starting from the maquis of the Corrèze and the Périgord.

From 1945 to our days

• after a stay in Algeria of 1947 with 1948, the regiment becomes a center of instruction for this theater of operation.
• affected during the Cold war with the 15 {{E}} division of infantry
• professionnalized in 1998, garrison with Brive-the-Strapping woman and attached to the 3 {{E}} mechanized brigade.
• carried out operations in Bosnia-Herzégovine since 1992
• " " " Lebanon in 2001
• " " " Kosovo since 2001
• " " " Afghanistan in 2002 and 2006 within ISAF
• " " " Ivory Coast in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005 within the Operation Unicorn
• " " " Central African Republic in 2006
• and permanently in France within the device Vigipirate

Feat of arms making particularly honor with the regiment

• the 1812 Battle of Bérézina (registered with the flag)

• 1915 Artois (registered with the flag)
• 1917 Auberive (registered with the flag)
• 1918 Italy (registered with the flag)
• 1994 Bihac (FORPRONU in Bosnia-Herzégovine), a collectively quoted company
• 2004 (November) Sending in the urgency with Abidjan to take part in the evacuation of the French nationals

Organization

Regiment of motorized infantry, the 126e regiment of infantry has capacities of investigation and information. Flexible, mobile, transportable by air and héliportable, it gives all its measure to the check operations of medium and close combat. It is involved with the operations of maintenance of peace.

Composition:

• 1 company of command and logistics (CCL);

• 1 company of administration and support (CASE);
• 4 companies of combat;
• 1 company of lighting and support (ECA) with two sections anti-tank device (HOT and Milan), a regimental section of recognition (SRR) and a section of marksmen (CO.) long distances;
• 1 unit of reserve of professional regiment (URRP);

that is to say a total of 1.100 men and women.

Material:

Vehicles of before armoured tank (VAB), light armored vehicles (VBL), for the section recognition, light vehicles any grounds Peugeot (P4), Missile S anti-tank devices HOT, MILAN and Eryx, rocket launcher AT4CS, (lance-grenade individual LGI), rifle of gunner of precision (PGM), rifle of attack FAMAS, heavy Mitrailleuse gauges 12,7mm and light MINIMI gauges 5,56 NATO, mortar of 81 mm, automatic pistol (PA.MAC50)

See too

external bonds

• (nonofficial): the site of friendly of old of the regiment, with the complete history of the regiment and its topicality
• {Fr}} http://www.defense.gouv.fr/sites/terre/decouverte/presentation_de_l_armee_de_terre/armes_et_composantes/infanterie/126e_regiment_dinfanterie

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