Vital Joachim Chamorin

Vital Joachim Chamorin (; 16 August 1773 – 25 March 1811) was a French general officer during the Napoleonic Wars. He enlisted as a private soldier in the French Royal Army and was commissioned as an infantry officer after the French Revolution. Chamorin was wounded at the 1794 Battle of Boulou and afterwards became an aide-de-camp, having two horses shot from under him at the 1800 Battle of Marengo. He became a cavalry officer in December 1800 and was appointed to command the 26th Dragoon Regiment in 1811. In the Peninsular War he was commended for his actions at the 28 March 1809 Battle of Medellín, but a recommendation for his promotion to general was not approved. After a further commendation for his actions on 11 February 1811, he was promoted to brigade general on 5 March. He was killed in action with British cavalry shortly afterwards at the Battle of Campo Maior.

Early life and career Chamorin was born in Bonnelles on 16 August 1773.

26th Dragoon Regiment

Chamorin was appointed to command the 26th Dragoon Regiment on 16 February 1811 and led them for 29 months during the Peninsular War. Chamorin was appointed a Baron of the Empire on 10 February 1809. He was commended for his leadership during the 28 March 1809 Battle of Medellín and his division's commander Victor de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg recommended him for promotion to brigade general, but this was not approved by Marshal Claude-Victor Perrin. Chamorin was mentioned in the army's order of the day for his actions on 11 February 1811 leading his dragoons against Spanish forces in the run up to the Battle of the Gebora. He was again recommended for promotion by Tour-Maubourg and subsequently promoted to brigade general on 5 March 1811. His name is one of those inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.