Imperial Guard Cavalry
Organization and Composition

Gardes d'Honneur

Text by John Grehan & Phil Gaffney,
Original Illustrations by Ian Storer


On 3 April 1813 four regiments of Gardes d'Honneur were raised. Each regiment was to have ten squadrons of two companies.

Trooper and Trumpeter 1st Regiment of Garde d'Honneur.

The regimental staff numbered sixty-five. Each company comprised, one Capitaine, one Lieutenant en premier, two Lieutenants en second, one Marechal des logis chef, four Marechaux des logis, one Brigadierfourrier, eight Brigadiers, two Marechaux ferrants, 100 Gardes d'Honneur, and two Trompettes. This gave a total of 2,440 for the twenty companies plus the regimental staff.

The corps was disbanded in 1814.

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