Service/branch Infantry, Staff Role Commanding officer Years of service 1793–1812 Rank Brigadier general | Awards Legion d\'Honneur, 1807 Allegiance France Name Jean Barthelemy | |
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Born 18 August 1771
Serignan, France ( 1771-08-18 ) Battles/wars War of the First Coalition
War of the Pyrenees (1793–1795)
Second Battle of Dego (1796)
Battle of Mondovi (1796)
Battle of Lodi (1796)
Battle of Bassano (1796)
Battle of Arcole (1796)
War of the Second Coalition
Battle of Montebello (1800)
Battle of Marengo (1800)
War of the Fourth Coalition
Peninsular War
Invasion of Portugal (1807)
Battle of Rolica (1808)
Battle of Vimeiro (1808)
Battle of Corunna (1809)
Battle of Bussaco (1810)
Battle of Fuentes de Onoro (1811)
Battle of Salamanca (1812) Other work Baron of the Empire, 1809 Died July 22, 1812, Arapiles, Salamanca, Spain Battles and wars Second Battle of Dego, Battle of Mondovi, Battle of Lodi, Battle of Bassano, Battle of Arcole Similar People Bertrand Clausel, John Moore, Jean‑Andoche Junot, Arthur Wellesley - 1st Duke, Auguste de Marmont | ||
Jean Guillaume Barthélemy Thomières (18 August 1771 – 22 July 1812) was killed in action at Salamanca while commanding an Imperial French infantry division. He joined the army of the First French Republic in 1793 and fought the Spanish. He transferred to the Army of Italy in 1796 and was present at the battles of Dego, Mondovi, Lodi, Bassano, and Arcole. In 1800 he fought at Montebello and Marengo as an aide-de-camp to Claude Perrin Victor.
In 1806 Thomières joined the staff of Marshal Jean Lannes and served in Prussia and Poland. He received promotion to general officer in July 1807. He participated in the 1807 invasion of Portugal. On 20 August 1808 he was wounded while leading his brigade at Vimeiro. He led a brigade at Corunna, Bussaco, and Fuentes de Onoro before being appointed to head a division. Thomières is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe on Column 38.