Armes d’Honneur Awarded to the Regiments d’Artillerie

Following on from earlier articles on Armes d’Honneur awarded to the French Cavalry Regiments and Armes d’Honneur Awarded to the Regiments d’Infanterie de Ligne the article below is a list of Armes d’Honneur awarded to the French Regiments d’Artillerie. The list is taken from the work:

A. Pascal’s Histoire de l’Armee et de tous les Regiments depuis les temps de la monarchie francaise jusqu'à nos jours

It should be noted that the Regiments d’Artillerie de la Marine prior to 1803 were classed as Demi-Brigades d’Artillerie de la Marine.

Total Awards made to the Regiments d’Artillerie-à-Pied

Sabres d’Honneur: Two
Fusils d’Honneur: Six
Mousquetons d’Honneur: One
Grenades d’Honneur: Eighty-one
Baguettes d’Honneur: Two

Total Awards made to the Regiments d’Artillerie-à-Cheval

Sabres d’Honneur: Four
Carbines d’Honneur: One
Grenades d’Honneur: Forty-nine
Trompettes d’Honneur: One

Total awards made the Regiments d’Artillerie de la Marine

Fusils d’Honneur: Six
Mousquetons d’Honneur: One
Carbines d’Honneur: One
Grenades d’Honneur: Fifteen
Hache d’Abordage d’Honneur: One

The table below lists the awards received by individual Regiments d’Artillerie-à-Pied

	Sabre d’Honneur	Fusil d’Honneur	Carbine d’Honneur	Mousqueton D’Honneur	Grenade d’Honneur	Baguettes d’Honneur	Total
1^er Regiment	1				19	1	21
2^e Regiment	1				7		8
3^e Regiment		2		1	3		6
4^e Regiment		2			16	1	19
5^e Regiment					13		13
6^e Regiment		1			6		7
7^e Regiment					9		9
8^e Regiment		1			8		9
Total	2	6		1	81	2	92

Awards made to individual Regiments d’Artillerie-à-Cheval

	Sabre d’Honneur	Fusil d’Honneur	Carbine d’Honneur	Mousqueton D’Honneur	Grenade d’Honneur	Trompette d’Honneur	Total
1^er Regiment	2				6		8
2^e Regiment	1				11		12
3^e Regiment	1				10		11
4^e Regiment					4		4
5^e Regiment					8		8
6^e Regiment			1		4	1	6
7^e Regiment					5		5
8^e Regiment					1		1
Total	4		1		49		54

Awards made to individual Regiments de Artillerie de la Marine

	Fusil d’Honneur	Mousqeton d’Honneur	Carbine d’Honneur	Grenade d’Honneur	Hache d’Abordage d’Honneur	Total
1^er Regiment	2	1		3		6
2^e Regiment			1	2	1	4
3^e Regiment	1					1
4^e Regiment	1			2		3
5^e Regiment
6^e Regiment	2			5		7
7^e Regiment				3		3
Total	6	1	1	15	1	24

Armes d’Honneur awarded by Rank to the Regiments d’Artillerie-à-Pied

Rank	Sabre d’Honneur	Fusil d’Honneur	Mousqueton d’Honneur	Grenade d’Honneur	Baguettes d’Honneur	Total
Lieutenant	1			2		3
Adjutant-sous-officier				2		2
Sergent-major	1	1		13		15
Sergent		2		24		26
Caporal		1	1	21		23
Cannonier		2		12		14
Artificier				5		5
Fourrier				1		1
Tambour					2	2
Total	2	6	1	81	2	92

Armes d’Honneur awarded by Rank to the Regiments d’Artillerie-à-Cheval

Rank	Sabre d’Honneur	Fusil d’Honneur	Carbine d’Honneur	Grenade d’Honneur	Trompette d’Honneur	Total
Chef d’Escadron	1					1
Lieutenant	1					1
Adjutant-sous-officier				2		2
Marechal des Logis	2		1	23		26
Brigadier				11		11
Cannonier				13		13
Trompette					1	1
Total	4		1	49	1	55

Armes d’Honneur awarded by Rank to the Regiments de Artillerie de la Marine

Rank	Fusil d’Honneur	Mousqeton d’Honneur	Carbine d’Honneur	Grenade d’Honneur	Hache d’Abordage d’Honneur	Total
Lieutenant	1					1
Sergent-major
Sergent	1			2		3
Caporal	1		1		1	3
Maitre-cannonier				1		1
Cannonier	1	1		9		11
Aide-cannonier				1		2
Aspirant-cannonier	2					2
Fourrier				1		1
Articifer				1		1
Total	6	1	1	15	1	24

Bibliography

Pascal, Adrien. Histoire de l’Armee et de tous les Regiments depuis les temps de la monarchie francaise jusqu'à nos jours. 1848-1864 Paris five volumes

Placed on the Napoleon Series: August 2004

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