Talk:54th Infantry Regiment (France)

This may be of interest. It appears the connection between the Royal Roussillon and 54eme Régiment d'Infanterie may not be well founded.

http://www.royalsussex.org.uk/the-roussillon-regiment/the-name-roussillon/

Further information courtesy of Richard Callaghan (Past Curator, The Military Museum of Sussex)

Lineage of the Royal Roussillon Regiment
By 1792, The Royal Roussillon Regiment was split into 2 demi battalions, in common with the rest of the revolutionary army, possibly in the 1777 army reforms. It recruited in the Roussillon area of southern France as well as Catalonia, during the 17th century the part of the Spanish province of Catalonia north of the Pyrenees was ceeded to France.

The Regiment Royal Roussillon was formed on the 26th May 1657 by Joseph, Baron de Caramany. It was reduced to two Battalions by 1792.

1er Battalion, Regiment d’Infanterie de Ligne Royal Roussillon (Nr 54) [1792 title] became the 46eme Regiment d’Infanterie de Ligne1 in 1804., being disbanded post Waterloo in 1815.

The 2eme Battalion, Regiment d’Infanterie de Ligne Royal Roussillon (Nr 54) [1792 title] became the 21ere Regiment d’Infanterie de Ligne2 in 1804, being further retitled Legion de L’Ardeche in 1815, 4eme Regiment d’Infanterie Legere3 in 1820, and 79eme Regiment d’Infanterie de Ligne4 in 1854.

It will be seen from the above that the 54th Line Regiment, which was formed after 1815, therefore has no connection with the Royal Roussillon, and the 79th line was the only direct descendant unit.
 * 1) Fought at Austerlitz, Wagram, Fuentes d’noro, Borodino, Leipzig, Waterloo   ⏎
 * 2) Fought at Auerstadt, Eylau, Wagram, Borodino, Waterloo   ⏎
 * 3) Fought in Spain and Africa   ⏎
 * 4) Fought in the Crimea and Franco-Prussian War   ⏎

Jf42 (talk) 08:38, August 19, 2016 (UTC)