René Lennuyeux

René Lennuyeux
Born	1904 France
Died	1990
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	French Army Foreign Legion
Years of service	1923-1964
Rank	Général de division
Commands held	Commandement de la Légion Étrangère (1955) Technical Inspection of the Foreign Legion (1957) 14th Infantry Division (1960-61)
Battles/wars	World War II Indochina War Algerian War

René Lennuyeux (1904–1990) was a Général de division of the French Army and Commandant of the French Foreign Legion from 1955 to 1958.^[1]

Military career

Saint-Cyrien of the promotion « du chevalier Bayard » (1923-1925). At his sortie, he opted for the Cavalry.

Sous-lieutenant in 1925 and lieutenant in 1927, he joined the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment 1^er REC in Morocco (1929-1934) and was cited three times.

Captain in 1936 and Chef d'escadron in 1943, he participated to the disembarking in Provence in 1944 with his regiment as a Chef d'escadron. He took part in the campaigns of France and Germany and was cited twice.

Lieutenant-colonel in 1945, he was designated as the regimental commander of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2^e REI in Morocco from 1946 to 1949.

Colonel in 1950, he conducted two campaign tours in Indochina 1949–1953.

Général Inspector of the Legion from 1955 to 1958, his command tenure was followed and preceded by général Paul Gardy respectively.

In 1958, he was the director of the civilian and military cabinet of général Raoul Salan in 1958. Commandant of the 7th Light Armored Division (French: 7^e Division Blindée Légère) in 1959, he was also the commandant of the 14th Infantry Division (French: 14^e Division d'Infanterie) of the northern zone of Algeria in January 1960.

Général de division in 1960, commandant by interim of the Army Corps of Constantine in May 1961, he was also the Inspector of the Armored Cavalry Arm (French: L'Arme Blindée Cavalerie) in August 1961. The following year, he was nominated as the deputy to the commandant general of the 1st Military Region from 1962 to 1964.

He was admitted to the second section of officers generals in 1964.

Général René Lennuyeux died in 1990.

Recognitions and Honors

He totalized 10 citations.

References

^ [1] Division General Commandant of the French Foreign Legion, Les Chefs COMLE

Sources

Répertoire des chefs de corps
Centre de documentation de la Légion étrangère
Répertoire des citations (BCAAM)

French Foreign Legion

Current
units

General Staff Headquarters	Foreign Legion Command
Command Administrative	1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment Foreign Legion Recruiting Group
Music band	French Foreign Legion Music Band
Infantry & parachute infantry	1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 13th Demi-Brigade Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte
Cavalry	1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment
Engineers & parachute engineers	1st Foreign Engineer Regiment 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment
Training	4th Foreign Regiment Jungle Training Center Combat Training Center at Arta Beach

Defunct
units

Administrative and training	Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments
Parachute	Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion Foreign Air Supply Company 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company
Infantry & marching regiments	Mounted companies Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 3rd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 4th Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment/Garibaldi Legion 1st Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment 11th Foreign Infantry Regiment 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment Marching Regiments of Foreign Volunteers 21st Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers
Saharan Legion units	Saharan Companies of the French Foreign Legion
Pioneers & engineers	6th Foreign Engineer Regiment
Cavalry	2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division
Transport (armored trains & heavy weight)	Armored Train of the Foreign Legion Passage Company of the Foreign Legion (CPLE) 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company
Disciplinary companies	Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East
Brigades	31st Brigade

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