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.

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

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

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

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.

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