Yorktown in York County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Yorktown French Memorial
Photographed by Thierry Chaunu, October 19, 2022
1. Yorktown French War Memorial Monument side of marker
This monument is dedicated to the sailors and soldiers of the French Expeditionary Force who died for the independence of the United States during the Campaign of Yorktown.
1781
Ce Monument est dedie aux marins et aux soldats du corps Expeditionnaire Francais morts pour l'independance des Etats-Unis pendant la Campagne de Yorktown
Army of General de Rochambeau Corps of General de Saint-Simon
Armee du General de Rochambeau Corps du General de Saint-Simon
Regiment d'Agenois
Jean Aimont Andre Allard Nicolas Angevaise Jan Baggage Benoist Bouillot Nicolas Bourdin Jacques Chatillon Antoine Cocq Yves David Noel Fugenot Francois Guiboiseau Joseph Hautville Francois Hursin Pierre Lignot Nicolas Maret Francois Marival Louis Martin Louis Menager Laurent Nolly Jacques Papelard Louis Thevenin Oger Verdavoir
Regiment d'Angoumois
Jacques Tournis
Regiment d'Auxonne
Vincent Bellanger Louis Carbonel Jacques Christol Pierre de La Loge Claude Ferrey Nicolas Fole Francois Gerthier Pierre Gorrelier Antoine Grossetete Jean Joulin Francois Jund Jacques
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Regiment de Beaujolais
Pierre Beher Jean Gloaret Jean Godard Jerome Hagueneau Jean Jaubert Joseph Jaubert Andoche Mercier Jean Molin Jacques Peyllard Mathieu Soulignac Jacques Tissier Jean Varrennes
Regiment de Bourbonnais
Joseph Barbaton Etienne Bedel Jean Besard Antoine Canton Fleury Chabrier Etienne Courtois Antoine Desmont Gabriel Devilliers Jean Galotet Joseph Guillaume Jean Honore Louis Huguet Jean Jerifafin Francois Jolivet Michel Kell Antoine La Fosse Bernard Manadet Antoine Mery Jean Noel Jean Paniolet Joseph Perrier Joseph Prou Pierre Proux Francois Rossignol Jean Roussel Jean Saffroy Jean Selignet Andre Terville Louis Testelin Nicolas Tumelin Joseph Verrier Joseph Villaret
Regiment de Brie
Jacques Berger Jacques de Paris
Regiment de Dillon
Gaspard Everlet
Regiment de Foix
Pierre Canus Francois Cavalier Bernard Gaguebey Joseph Genies Benoist Gubiaud Jean Lyonnois Jean Maison Alexis Martin Liberal Moutel Domininique Savequet
Regiment du Gβtinais
Henri
Photographed by Thierry Chaunu, October 19, 2022
2. 1781 side of marker
Photographed by Thierry Chaunu, July 10, 2020
3. Yorktown French War Memorial Monument / 1781 Marker
Regiment de Metz
Michel Millert
Regiment de Picardie
de Satur Jean Sansfacon
Regiment de Soissonnais
Pierre Belledent Nicolas Blondelle Michel Boissard Jean Brunet Jean Caillet Jean Coleran Pierre Conde Jacques Dauvergne Jean de Marin Pierre de Roche Francois Dique-Dounier Nicolas Dubourg Jean Galtier Philippe Gausse Michel Gavaudant Jean Geoffroy Claude Granbon Francois Guillon Jean Hennone Nicolas Jacoby Jean Jossard Jean La Croix Etienne La Roche Gilbert La Taupe Jacques Langlois Pierre Le Comte Pierre Le Hup Pierre Lyonnais Jean Michelet Jean Monet Louis Perche Nicolas Pernot Jean Pigibet Jean Plagnolet Charles Poulain Charles Provol Etienne Puissant Jean Roche Pierre Roitoux Antoine Sepedre Jean Sourson Nicolas Tilquaz Pierre Vial
Regiment de Royal-Deux-Ponts
Andrι Cheret Jean Diltzer Paul Egre Hielden Franηois Hiltzenberger Andre Hoffman Georges Merkot Nicolas Muller Georges Neble Pierre New Erasmus Orkensude Christian Pabst Ferdinand Robichon Gottfried Rouffe Franηois Scholder Sebastian Scholt Jacob Stautzer Jean Stein Balthazar Stoher Adam Stubert Georges Vbel
Regiment de Saintonge
Nicolas Boulanger Jean Bourdet Julien Chauvin Guillaume Coutel Michel Degres Nicolas Determine Luc Ducros Louis Glanet Jacques Houpillard Jean Liebert Georges Lorraine Leon Maure Remy Nalfin Gabriel Paris Joseph Patalier Jean Pouvereau Charles Prevost Jacques Serree Jean Vilaton
Regiment de Touraine
Claude Asselin Barcy Jean Bidot Pierre Boisseau Andre Colar Sidet Costail Vidal Coste Antoine Courbet Guillaume Daucan Joseph Devaise Nicolas Didierre Dominique Dreuilhet Maurice Edmon Claude Elie Paul Fabre Pierre Froment Jean Hermaine Sebastian Jamais Blaise Lambert Daniel Laurent Edme Le Brun Jean Le Roux Joseph Lefevre Augustin Lersne Augustin Lormier Francois Magnan Jean Massal Pierre Mion Pierre Miot Nicolas Monart Jean Mongin Nicolas Mougal Antoine Moulins Edme Neuveu Leonard Pariel Jean Pinet Jean Pradhout Martiel Savoix Bernard Vivanson
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This monument has been erected to reflect the ideals of justice and liberty which unites the United and France
1781
Ce monument a ιtι ιrigι pour refleter l'ideal de justice et libertι qui unit les Ιtats-Unis et la France
Admiral de Grasse's Squadron Escadre de L'Amiral De Grasse
Avant-Garde
Auguste
Alardiot, Antoine Andre, Jean Anduteau, Jacques Artau, Andre Beheu, Chretien Bourhis, Gregoire Brulon, Francois Cleach, Jean Daniel, Marie Delaport, Ubal Desrieu, Louis Dubeau, Pierre Dulac, Jean Hamon, Yves Higie, Richard Huguet, Louis Leduc, Jean Lenoir, Rene Lepelle, Julien Mauger, Pierre Monnier, Nicolas Orvault, Dupe, D' Paillard, Jean Perotin, Julien Peroy, Louis Rochefort, Jean Roux, Jean Santo, Pierre Stephan, Guillaume Veinsteffer, J. H.
Bourgogne
Amiraud, Philippe Beaumartin, Jean Couillard, Jacques Combot, Bernard Crespot, Francois Grenon, Andre Henry, Didier Houchois, Charles Joseph, Jean Lafosse, Charles Legross, Pierre Niel, Antoine Ollivier, Paul Parre, Pierre Pinceron, Francois Pollet, Denis Rautz, Francois Lagnel, Louis Lemay, Julien Meriel, Jean Mondre, Pierre Morrisot, Jacques Morin, Jean Pierrot, Nicolas Rousseau, Pierre Tougare, Francis Vaquier, Francois Villeon, De La. Vizet, Joseph
Caton
Auge, Jean Begain, Francois Billeboux, Olivier Dagonard, Claude Gautier, Jean Labbe, Jean Laurens, Jean Molliere, Antoine Raab, De Revel, Gaspard Villedieu, Jean
Diademe
Bernan, Julien Blevel, Guillaume Callinan, Guillaume Charles, Jean Dembre, Pieree Duplat, Michel Dupuis, Jean Ensoriel, Esprit Flori, Pierre Fontenay, Guillaume Garel, Julien Garicque, Jacques Gillet, Guillaume Greroua, Jean Jupin, Laurent Lafrance, Nicolas
Marseillais
Bocq, Jean Bonet, Guillaume Cabare, Francois Gentil, Joseph Lamesse, Etienne Leguilloux, Rene Martin, Antoine Scara, Michel Verdier, Jacques
Pluton
Tephany, Remi
Reflechi
Royer, Jean
Saint Esprit
Athean, Claude Bagous, Michel Barthelemy, Louis Bedel, Jean Bescond, Jean Berthelot, Francois Blanchet, Louis Boulaire, Julien Cherot, Jean Coffey, Jean Creance, Guillaume Danik, Pierre Durand, Pierre Faissans, Maurice Hamon, Guenole Herve, Guillaume Hoagon, Cyprien Hubert, Jean Jagous, Francois Larose, Jean Legoff, Jean Lesourd, Sebastien Letoux, Clement Madec, Jean Menardier, Jean Minio, Antoine Narcy, Jean Moret, Barthelemy Ouin, Jean Paon, Jean Philippe, Pierre Rayblet, Philippe Reboul, Pierre Riau, Joseph Riebard, Francois Toutin, Eustache
Arriere-Garde
Citoyen
Berbaran, Francois Bevel, Abel Blevenet, Paul Cambernon, Antoine Cannelle, Jean Daulin, Pierre Dereut, Pierre Dirondelles, Francois Ferrand, Antoine Gelly, Jacques Girard, Aubin Gouzer, Joseph Guienel, Francois Ginbert, Julien Herve, Jean Jobart, Joseph Josse, Olivier Lefevre, Jean Leparc, Jean Louis, Jean Pelletier, Joseph Perot, Milan Pichon, Noel Poulain, Jean Salaun, Francois Tissier, Jacques Valee, Vincent
Destin
Aubin, Jean Martin, Nicolas Pitozzeau, N.
Northumberland
Buis, Louis Cabon, Yves Champeau, Francois Groult, Jean Grosnier, Jacques Lecamus, Francois Leduc, Jean Lefloch, Francois Levent, Jean Maire, Jacques Nicolas, Pierre Pruntziger, Jean Remain, Jacques Vautier, Jean
Palmier
Baron, Bernard Bleutau, Henry Bonnet, Jean Boucault, Mathieu Deriniers, Louis Grignon, Thomas Jauneau, Julien Lebihan, Isaac Perpette, Antoine Teyo, Rene
Sceptre
Bourigeot, Francois Diale, Jean Debase, Pierre Fournier, Charles Godeau, Nicolas Merian, Vincent Pacet, Etienne Papon, Louis Pelletan, Jean Plisson, Jean Ravan, Jean Renaud, Francois
Solitaire
Angibaud, Joseph Cabannes, Jean Carpier, Gilles Deltrieux, Pierre Felix Losivat, Jean Maillet, Marcel Salmon, Guillaume Urvoy, Jean Vexlin, Emmanuel Vincent, Nicolas Victoire David, Francois Froleau, Julien Leclair, Francois Lebrehel, Pierre Reibaud, Antoine Roux, Jean Sorin, Pierre
Erected 1989 by Committee for the Yorktown French Memorial.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1781.
Location. 37° 14.452′ N, 76° 31.298′ W. Memorial is in Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. It is at the intersection of Fusiliers Redoubt Ramp and Water Street, on the right when traveling west on Fusiliers Redoubt Ramp. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Yorktown VA 23690, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is on Virginias Peninsula, in Coastal Virginia, and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: French Trench (a few steps from this marker); French Forces Memorial (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named French Trench (within shouting distance of this marker); The Washington-Rochambeau Route to Victory (within shouting distance of this marker); Fusiliers Redoubt (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Washington-Rochambeau Route (about 600 feet away); Massachusetts (approx. Ό mile away); Connecticut (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown.
More about this memorial. This war memorial honors 638 French soldiers (listed on the front) and sailors (listed on the back) who died during the Yorktown Campaign of 1781. Among them are casualties from the Battle of the Chesapeake on September 5, 1781a decisive naval victory that cut off the British army's escape and reinforcement by sea. The siege lasted from September 28 until the British surrender on October 19, 1781, with many soldiers subsequently dying of their wounds in the following weeks and months, primarily at the military hospital in Williamsburg.
Also see . . . French Army Casualties at Yorkown. Yorktown Battlefield, Colonial National Historical Park, National Park Service (Submitted on October 13, 2026.)
Credits. This page was last revised on October 13, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 12, 2026, by Thierry Chaunu of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 18 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 12, 2026, by Thierry Chaunu of New York, New York. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
