Dillon's Regiment (France)

Régiment de Dillon
Régiment de Dillon
	Regimental flag of the regiment until 1791.
Active	1688–1793
Country	Kingdom of France; Kingdom of France (1791–2); First French Republic
Allegiance	King of France; French Nation
Branch	La Marine Royale; French Royal Army; French Army
Type	Line Infantry
Size	2 Battalions
Nickname(s)	Dillon's Regiment
Motto(s)	In hoc signo vinces (In this sign you will conquer)
Colors	red, black facing
Engagements	Nine Years War; War of the Spanish Succession; War of the Austrian Succession; Anglo-French War/American Revolution Naval Campaigns of the American Revolutionary Wars; ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	; Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon ; Dillon Colonels of the Regiment in France; (1) 1690-1728: Arthur Dillon, ’’Comte de Dillon’’ ; (2) 1728-1741: Charles, 10th Viscount ; (3) 1741-1743: Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon, ; (4) 1743-1745: James, killed at the Battle of Fontenoy ; (5) 1745-1747: Edward, killed at the Battle of Lauffeld ; hiatus 1747-1767; (6) 1767-1792: Arthur Dillon (1750–1794)

Dillon's Regiment (French: Régiment de Dillon) was first raised in Ireland in 1688 by Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon, for the Jacobite side in the Williamite War. He was then killed at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.

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