Pierre Watier

Pierre Watier or Pierre Wathier, was a French Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars. A career cavalryman and aide to Napoleon, he was eventually promoted to general officer. He fought in the War of the Fourth Coalition and the Peninsular War, and later led heavy cavalry divisions at Borodino and Waterloo. Born at Laon, Aisne, Watier is one of 660 persons to have their names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the city where he died. WATHIER appears on Column 12 on the east side.