1st Artillery Regiment (France)

The 1st Artillery Regiment is a regiment of artillery in the French Army tracing its modern history to 1791 when the Régiment de La Fére was re-organised into the 1st Artillery Regiment after the French Revolution.

In 1785, Napoleon Bonaparte was commissioned into this regiment at the rank of second lieutenant.

He officially served until 1790, but he spent most of that time on leave in Corsica, where he led a battalion of Republican volunteers.

[1] The regiment was assigned to the 15th Infantry Division and was stationed notably in Auxonne and Dijon, under the name 1er Régiment d'Artillery Divisionnaire (1st Divisional Artillery Regiment).

The current organisation of the regiment is:[2] This article about a specific French military unit is a stub.

Colours of the Régiment de La Fère
Artillery badge.
Artillery badge.