46th Infantry Regiment (France)

During the whole of the First World War it was part of the 10th Infantry Division.

It took part in the Battle of Vauquois in February the following year, where, the regimental band—playing the Marseillaise for the 46th, 76th, and 89th as they attacked—were among the first to be killed.

The regiment's standard bearer was Collignon, a former councillor of state, while its adjutant was Maurice Cazeneuve, tenor of the Opéra-Comique.

[2] During the Battle of Verdun in May it was commanded by Lieutenant Gustave Cohen.

It is responsible for missions of protection of the populations and assistance to the authorities before final dissolution on June 30, 1997.

monument to the dead of Vauquois
Detail from the Butte de Vauquois Monument , honouring those killed in 1915 from the 46th, 76th and 89th regiments of infantry.
The flag guard of the 46th RI in 1986 at the Barracks Mortier in Paris before taking up arms at the Arc de Triomphe .