Commemorative plaque 1st Regiment Chasseurs à Cheval - Tournai - Memorial location

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This plaque commemorates the departure for the war on August 2 (or 4?) 1914 of the first brigade of chasseurs à cheval.

During the events of September 1830, a cavalry unit was formed in Tournai, called the “Inheemse Korps” or “Tirailleurs du Petit-Château”, consisting of deserters from the Dutch army. On October 1 of the same year it was renamed “Compagnie franche de cavalerie”. It merged with a second Frankish company six days later to form the 1st Cavalry Regiment. This was renamed the 1st Horse Hunters Regiment on October 23. Three squadrons with 4 others from the 1st Lancer Regiment formed the cavalry brigade of the Army of the Scheldt during the Ten Days Campaign.

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Source: Willem Vandenameele - Wikipedia

Willem Vandenameele

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