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The Imperial Guard was created at the start of the First Empire by imperial decree on July 29, 1804, replacing the Consular Guard.It initially comprised three cavalry units: the régiment des mounted chasseurs, the mounted grenadier regiment, and the mameluk company (attached to the mounted chasseurs).
0–9. 1st Swiss Regiment (France) 2nd Carabinier Regiment (France) 2nd Dragoon Regiment (France) 2nd Swiss Regiment (France) 3rd Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (Lithuanian)
This is a list of past and present army units whose names include the word guard. Border guards , coast guards , civil guards , home guards , national guards , honor guards , republican guards , imperial guards and royal guards are listed under their own articles.
1st Regiment of Foot Grenadiers of the Old Guard in 1813. The Imperial Guard (French: Garde Impériale) was the imperial guard formation of the French Imperial Army.Under the direct command of Napoleon, the formation expanded considerably over time and acted as his personal bodyguard and tactical reserve.
An imperial guard or palace guard is a special group of troops (or a member thereof) of an empire, typically closely associated directly with the emperor and/or empress. Usually these troops embody a more elite status than other imperial forces, including the regular armed forces , and maintain special rights, privileges and traditions.
Regiments that were a part of Napoleon I's Imperial Guard during the First French Empire, between 1804 -1814 and 1815. Pages in category "Regiments of Napoleon I's Imperial Guard" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
28th Regiment, Orange-Nassau (Regiment Oranje-Nassau No. 28) Kolonel Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach [e] 57 officers, 1,625 men 1 officer, 10 men 7 officers, 75 men 0 officers, 72 men 1st Battalion (1e Bataljon) Luitenant-Kolonel Wilhelm Ferdinand von Dressel: 28 officers, 835 men 1 officer, 4 men 3 officers, 33 men 0 officers, 20 men
In 1809, the French Imperial Guard's corps of Chasseurs formed the Tirailleurs-Chasseurs and Conscrit-Chasseurs regiments, part of the Young Guard. In 1811, these units were renamed Voltigeurs, forming the 1–4th regiments. The Voltigeurs of the Guard, along with their sister regiments the Tirailleurs (formerly the Tirailleurs-Grenadiers and ...