54th Infantry Regiment (France)

The 54th Infantry Regiment (54e régiment d’infanterie or 54e RI) is a line infantry regiment of the French Army.

54th Infantry Regiment
Active1657 – present
Country France
Branch French Army
TypeInfantry
RoleLine infantry
SizeRegiment
PatronSaint-Maurice
EngagementsSeven Years' War
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
World War I
DecorationsCroix de guerre 1914-1918 with 3 citations in army orders
1 citation in army corps orders
1 citation in divisional orders
il a right to wear the colours of the croix de guerre 1914–1918 on its forage cap.
Battle honoursValmy 1792
Alkmaar 1799
Austerlitz 1805
Friedland 1807
Kabylie 1857
La Marne 1914
Éparges 1915
Verdun 1916
L’Escaut 1918

History

Early service

A second battalion of the Royal Roussillon served in Germany (1756–1762). In 1756, the 54th Infantry Regiment's uniform was white with blue facings, five gilded buttons for the linings and three buttons on each pocket. Its first battalion fought in Canada during the French and Indian War from 1756 to 1761, under the command of général Louis-Joseph de Saint-Veran, Marquis de Montcalm, with M. de Sennezergue as its colonel. The battalion arrived in New France in May 1756, and was originally posted to Montreal, with the exception of a detachment that was sent to Fort Carillon. It fought at the Battle of Fort William Henry. After that victory, the regiment took part in the 1758 Battle of Carillon. It then went to Quebec City to defend the city. At the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, it was broken and forced to flee by steady fire from the British 35th Foot, whose members are traditionally held to have picked up the 54th's plumes and placed them in their own headdress (the Roussillon Plume being formally incorporated into the badge of the 35th Foot in 1881).[1]

The regiment participated in the battles of Montmorency, the Plains of Abraham and Sainte-Foy.

Battle honours

The Regiment's tie is decorated with the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with three citations in army orders, one citation in army corps orders and one citation in divisional orders. The Regiment has the right to wear the colours of the Croix on its forage cap. Its colours bear the battle honours:[2][3]

References
  1. "35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot | Famous Units | Research | National Army Museum, London". www.nam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  2. (in French) Decision n°12350/SGA/DPMA/SHD/DAT of 14 September 2007 relating to inscribing the names of battles on colours and standards of troop corps of the armée de terre, the army medical service and the army petrol service, Bulletin officiel des armées, n°27, 9 November 2007
  3. (in French) Service Historique de la Défense, Decision N° 12350/SGA/DPMA/SHD/DAT of 14 September 2007

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