1st Parachute Hussar Regiment

1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes

Regimental Insiginia of the 1er RHP
Active 1720–1815
1816–1928
1928–1940
1945–
Country France
Branch French Army
Type Airborne Cavalry
Part of 11th Parachute Brigade
Garrison/HQ Tarbes
Nickname(s) Bercheny
Patron St Michel, St Georges
Motto

"Omnia si perdas, famam servare memento"
(Fr: "Si tu as tout perdu, souviens-toi qu'il reste l'honneur")

(Eng:"If you lost everything, remember there is still honor")
Colors Red and blue
Equipment see Equipment
Engagements

War of the Polish Succession
War of the Austrian Succession
Seven Years' War
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Ten Days' Campaign
Crimean War
Franco-Prussian War
World War I
World War II
Algerian War
Lebanese Civil War

Gulf War
War on Terror (2001-Present)

Decorations see Decorations
Battle honours see Battle Honours
Commanders
Current
commander		 Colonel De Montgros
Insignia
Circled Winged Armed Dextrochere Insign of the 11th Parachute Brigade worn on Red Berets. This insign is also worn by French Foreign Legion Paratroopers on Green Berets.
Abbreviation 1 RHP
A Parachute Commando of a GCP Team from the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment commencing airborne drop.

The 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment (French: 1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes, 1er RHP) is an airborne cavalry unit in the French army, founded in 1720 by Hungarian noble Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny. It is stationed in Tarbes and is a part of the 11th Parachute Brigade.

Creation and different nominations

1st Hussars during the Napoleonic Wars

Campaigns

Campaign Participation Engagement
( 1733 - 1918 )

Campaign Participation Engagement
( 1940 - 1990 )

Campaign Participation Engagement
( 1993 - 1999 )

Campaign Participation Engagement
( 2000 - 2003 )

Campaign Participation Engagement
( 2003 - 2007 )

Campaign Participation Engagement
( 2007–present )

Composition

The 1st RHP consists of:

Equipment

Vehicles

Weapons

Traditions

The Archangel Michael featured in Mont Saint-Michel and the Insignia of the 9th Parachute Chasseur Regiment.

Except for the Legionnaires of the 1e REG, 2e REG, 2e REP that conserve the Green Beret; the remainder of the French army metropolitan and marine paratroopers forming the 11th Parachute Brigade wear the Red Beret.

The Archangel Saint Michael, patron of the French paratroopers is celebrated on September 29.

The prière du Para (Prayer of the Paratrooper) was written by André Zirnheld in 1938.

Insginias

Just like the paratrooper Brevet of the French Army; the Insignia of French Paratroopers was created in 1946. The French Army Insignia of metropolitan Paratroopers represents a closed <<winged armed dextrochere>>, meaning a "right winged arm" armed with a sword pointing upwards. The Insignia makes reference to the Patron of Paratroopers. In fact, the Insignia represents <<the right Arm of Saint Michael>>, the Archangel which according to Liturgy is the <<Armed Arm of God>>. This Insignia is the symbol of righteous combat and fidelity to superior missions.

Regimental Colors

Honor Guard of the 1e RHP

Regimental Song

Based on the melody of the revolutionary Polish song La Varsovienne :

Original version

Pour libérer le pays qu'on enchaîne,
Briser ses liens, massacrer ses ennemis,
Il est des gars endurcis à la peine
Chacun pour tous et tous pour un réunis.

Voyez, bonnes gens, largués sur la plaine,
Tombant du ciel et rampant seuls dans la nuit,
Ne craignant rien, ni la peur, ni la haine,
Voyez, ce sont les hussards de Bercheny.

Autour de nous, attendant l'esclavage,
Les libéraux se vautrent dans leur veulerie.
Pour eux la paix, mais pour nous le courage
De risquer tout pour secourir la Patrie.

Ô parachutiste, voilà l'orage,
Montrons-nous fiers de nos anciens d'Algérie,
Rien n'est trop dur pour un gars de notre âge,
S'il est Para de Bercheny Cavalerie.
Acutal official version

Pour libérer le pays qu'on enchaîne,
Prêts au combat pour repousser ses ennemis,
Il faut des gars endurcis à la peine,
Chacun pour tous et tous pour un réunis.

Voyez, braves gens, largués sur la plaine,
Tombant du ciel et progressant dans la nuit,
Ne craignant rien, ni la mort, ni la haine,
Voyez ce sont les hussards de Bercheny.

Autour de nous la bataille fait rage,
Si certains tombent sous les coups de l'ennemi,
Pour eux la paix et à nous le courage
De risquer tout pour secourir la Patrie.

Ô parachutiste, voilà l'orage,
Montrons nous fiers de nos anciens de Hongrie,
Rien n'est trop dur pour un gars de notre âge,
S'il est para de Bercheny Cavalerie
The Bercheny Song (in Hungarian)

Gyenge violának
Letörött az ága
Az én bánatomnak
Nincs vigasztalása

Refrain :
Suhog a szél
Késmárk felett
Édes rózsám
Isten veled

Nagy Bercsényi Miklós
Sirdogál magában
Elfogyott szegénynek
Minden katonája

Refrain :
Suhog a szél
Késmárk felett
Édes hazám
Isten veled
Prononciation of the Hungarian Song

Dienne guen vi o la nack
Les teureute aze aga
Aze éne bana tome nack
Nintche vigas ta la cha

Refrain (bis) :
Chou hogue a sell
Kéchemark failette
Edeche ro jame
Ichtene velaide

Nadie Bertchényi Micloche
Chir do gal ma gabane
Elfodiote se guénie neck
Mine daine cato naya

Refrain (bis) :
Chou hogue a sell
Kéchemark failette
Edeche hazame
Ichtene velaide
French Translation of the Hungarian Song

Giroflée frêle
À cassé sa branche
Ma tristesse
Reste sans consolation

Refrain (bis) :
Hurle le vent
Au-dessus de Késmark
Ma chère amie,
Adieu, Adieu !

Nicolas de Bercheny, le Grand,
Pleure en lui-même
Il a perdu, le pauvre,
Tous ses soldats

Refrain (bis) :
Hurle le vent
Au-dessus de Késmark
Ma chère patrie,
Adieu, Adieu !

Decorations

  1. ^ Site de la 11 BP

Honours

Battle honours

Regimental Commanders of the 1st Hussards Regiment

Ancien Régime

Comte Ladislas de Bercheny
Hussards de Bercheny under the Ancien Regime.
Charge of the 1st Hussar during the First French Empire.
Chef d'escadron of the 1st Hussards mounting the charge. Illustration of Louis-Ferdinand Malespina.

French Revolution and First French Empire

Colonels wounded and killed while commanding the 1st Hussards during that period
Officers killed and wounded while serving in the 1st Hussards Regiment between (1805 and 1815)

First Restoration et Second Restoration

Portrait of duc d'Orléans, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1842)

1830-1848 : July Monarchy

Second Empire

1870-1914

1st Hussar in 1905.
Military certificate service of the 1st Parachute Hussard Regiment, 26 July 1978

World War I

Interwar Period

World War II

From 1945 till present

VBL (armoured light vehicle) of the 1st Parachute Hussars Regiment in Afghanistan.
An ERC 90 Sagaie of the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment in Côte d'Ivoire in 2003.

(*) Officers which subsequently were promoted to Brigade generals.
(**) Officers which subsequently were promoted to Divisional generals
(***)Officers which subsequently were promoted to Corps generals
(****)Officers which subsequently were promoted to Army Generals.

Notable Hussars

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ Official Website of the 1st Parachute Hussard Regiment, Celebrating Saint Michael Day with the Lebanese Government and Lebanese Armed Forces in the South of Lebanon while deployed part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

External links

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