The 6th Regiment of Dragoons (6e Régiment de Dragons) is a French regiment of dragoon cavalry formed under the old regime, and dissolved in 1992.
Creation and renames September 14, 1673: Creation as the Régiment d'Hocquincourt (Regiment of Hocquincourt)
1675: Renamed to Régiment de Dragons de la Reine (Dragoons of the Queen) 1791: Renamed to 6e Régiment de Dragons (6th Regiment of Dragoons) 1814: Renamed to Régiment de Dragons de Monsieur (Dragoons of Gentlemen) 1815: Renamed back to 6e Régiment de Dragons, dissolved after the Hundred Days 1815: Recreated as Régiment de Dragons de la Loire (Dragoons of the Loire) 1825: Renamed to 6e régiment de dragons 1940: Dissolved 1951: Recreated as 6e régiment de dragons 1963: Dissolved 1964: Recreated as 6e régiment de dragons out of the 3e Algerian Spahis Regiment 1992: Final dissolution
Regimental Leaders Until the French Revolution, the regimental leader were called mestre de camp, who owned the regiment they commanded. Beginning in 1791, the leader was referred to as a colonel. In reality, only the first dragoon regiment leader had this quality, his followers, being only mestre de camp-lieutenant, corresponding afterwards to lieutenant colonel. 1673: Gabriel de Monchy 1675: Mestre de Camp de Brizay, Viscount of Enonville 1685: Mestre de Camp Nicolaï, Knight of Murçay 1692: Mestre de Camp Texier, Marquis of Hautefeuille 1704: Mestre de Camp Riencourt, Marquis of Orival 1731: Mestre de Camp Lamber of Herbigny, Marquis of Thibouville 1734: Mestre de Camp Chabannes, Marquis of Chabannes-Pionsac 1740: Mestre de Camp Durey of Sauroy, Marquis of Terrail 1748: Mestre de Camp Charles, Marquis of Morand 1762: Mestre de Camp Grossoles, Earl of Flammarens 1780: Mestre de Camp Franquetot, Knight of Coigny 1784: Mestre de Camp Grammont, Duke of Guiche 1788: Mestre de Camp Machault, Viscount of Machault 1791: Colonel Louis-Marthe of Gouy d'Arsy 1792: Colonel Marc Pierre de la Turmeliere 1792: Colonel Blaise Duval "Duval de Hautmaret" 1792: Colonel Adelaïde Blaise François "le Hare de la Grange" 1792: Colonel Jacques Louis François Delaistre de Tilly 1793: Chef de Brigade François Philibert Michel Pelicot 1794: Chef de Brigade François Jourdan 1794: Chef de Brigade Vincent 1794: Chef de Brigade Jean-Louis-François Fauconnet 1797: Chef de Brigade Jacques le Baron (Colonel in 1803) 1807: Colonel Cyrille-Simon Picquet 1809: Colonel Pierre Alexis de Pinteville 1813: Colonel Claude Mugnier 1814: Colonel Jean-Baptiste Saviot 1815: Colonel Dornier 1823: Colonel Podenas 1830: Colonel Lacour 1834: Colonel Scherer 1845: Colonel Beltramin 1852: Colonel Robinet des Plas 1855: Colonel Jean Jacques Paul Félix Ressayre 1863: Colonel Bourboulon 1869: Colonel Tillion 1870: Colonel Fombert de Villiers 1876: Colonel Maréchal 1881: Colonel Rapp 1887: Colonel Brossier de Buros 1893: Colonel of Lestapis 1898: Colonel of Sesmaisons 1899: Colonel Faure 1908: Colonel Trafford 1912: Colonel Champeaux 1914: Colonel of Champvallier 1918: Colonel Joannard 1925: Colonel Yvart 1931: Colonel Barbe 1933: Colonel of the Perrier de Larsan 1936: Colonel Jacottet 1951: Colonel of Soultrait 1953: Colonel Ameil 1956: Colonel Renoult 1958: Lieutenant-Colonel Bonnefous 1961: Lieutenant-Colonel Boileau 1963: Lieutenant-Colonel Jeannerod 1964: Lieutenant-Colonel le Diberder 1967: Colonel Fournier 1969: Lieutenant-Colonel O'Delant 1971: Lieutenant-Colonel Maillard 1972: Lieutenant-Colonel Carabin 1974: Colonel Delcourt 1976: Colonel of Cotton 1978: Colonel Thiébaut 1980: Colonel Burel 1982: Colonel Winckel 1984: Colonel Cailloux 1986: Colonel Lefebvre 1990: Colonel Françon 1991: Lieutenant-Colonel Riediner
Regimental leaders killed or injured in combat
July 23, 1675: Knight of Hocquincourt (Killed) August 4, 1692: Knight of Murçay (Killed) April 26, 1794: Chef de Brigade Vincent (Killed) February 6, 1807: Colonel Lebaron (Killed) July 22, 1812: Colonel Picquet (Wounded)
Garrisons In March 1788, the Régiment de Dragons de la Reine moved to Laon in a newly built barracks, which, as new as it was, is assigned to it a merry-go-round, a quarry, and even a hospital. Dragoons are sworn to the nation and the King and Queen in August 1789. Becoming the 6e Régiment de Dragons early in 1792 and this time, after swearing loyalty to the nation, the law, administrators of the executive, to maintain the Constitution with all its strength, never to abandon its guiding principles, to observe the rules of discipline and to live free or to die, the regiment nevertheless left the city the following year for the campaigns of the French Revolution and the French Empire. Laon was later destroyed by bombing during World War I, only a pediment inscribed on historic monuments remains. From the end of the empire in 1815 until the Franco-Prussian War, the regiment was mobile throughout the metropolitan territory and changed garrison almost every two years. After the fall of the empire, the regiment was dissolved while garrisoned at Nîmes. It was reformed in 1816 in Haute-Saône under the name of Régiment de Dragons de la Loire. Before renaming back to the 6e Régiment de Dragons in 1825, the regiment was moved from Nancy, Charleville, Saint-Omer, Lille, and Verdun. It then passed through Lyon, Tours, Pontivy, Valenciennes, and Paris, where it took part in the riots of June 1832. It was continued to be moved through Dax, Limoges, Poitiers, Fonatinebleau, Sedan, Chalon-sur-Marne, Limoges, and Toul. In 1853, before leaving for the Crimea, it was stationed in Tarascon. After that, they were moved to Clermont-Ferran, back to Paris, Saint-Mihiel, Valenciennes, Lunéville, and Lyon. In 1870, the regiment was in Libourne, where they were at for a short time and then returned to Lyon. From this period, stability was established. From 1872 to 1880, the regiment was in Chambéry, where it had already been in between 1867 and 1869, where it concurred
World War I On August 1, 1914, the general mobilization of the French armies was decreed. The previous evening, the 6th Dragoons garrisoned in Vincennes, received orders to embark and take up their positions.
The regiment's order of battle was then constituted as follows: It took part in the Battle of the Yser.
It took part in the Third Battle of the Aisne.
World War II It was dissolved in 1940.
The Cold War
It was raised again as the 6th Dragoon Regiment in 1964 out of the 3e Régiment de Spahis Algériens. It was dissolved in 1992.
Honours
Battle honours Marengo 1800 Austerlitz 1806 Friedland 1807 Kanghil 1855 L’Yser 1914 Picardie 1918
Decorations Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with 1 palm Croix de guerre 1939–1945 with 1 palm
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