1st Parachute Hussar Regiment
- 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes
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dates= 1720-1815
1816-1928
1928-1940
1945-
country= France
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branch= French Army
type= Airborne Cavalry Hussar
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command_structure= 11th Parachute Brigade
garrison= Tarbes
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nickname= Bercheny
patron= St Michel, St Georges
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identification_symbol_2_label=The 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment ( _fr. 1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes, 1er RHP) is an airborne cavalry unit in the French army. It is stationed in Tarbes and is a part of the 11th Parachute Brigade.
Honours
Battle Honours
*Valmy 1792
*Jemmapes 1792
* Castiglione 1796
*Eylau 1807
*Sebastopol 1855
*La Mortagne 1914
*La Serre 1918
*AFN 1952-1962
Decorations
*Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with one vermeil star.
*Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with one palm.
Lineage
*1720: Bercheny
*1791: 1er Régiment de Hussards
*1814: Hussards du Roi
*1815: 1er Régiment de Hussards
*1815: Dissolved
*1816: Hussards du Jura
*1824: Hussards de Chartres
*1848: 1er Régiment de Hussards
*1928: Dissolved
*1928: 1er Régiment de Hussards
*1940: Dissolved
*1945: 1er Régiment de Hussards
*1946: 1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes
ee also
* Hussar
External links
* [http://www.1rhp.info French official website of the Bercheny's - 1st Airborne Hussars Regiment]
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1er_r%C3%A9giment_de_hussards_parachutistes 1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes (1er RHP) - French Wikipage]
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