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The 1st Marine Infantry Regiment (French: 1 er régiment d'infanterie de marine, 1 er RIMa) is a French regiment heir of the colonial infantry.The regiment is one of the quatre vieux regiments of the Troupes de Marine, with the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment 2 e RIMa, the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment 3 e RIMa, as well the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment 4 e RIMa (dissolved in 1998).
Members of the French Squadron of the SAS (1st Parachute Chasseur Company, 1ere Compagnie de Chasseurs Parachutistes, 1 e CCP) during the link-up between advanced units of the 1st and 8th armies in the Gabes-Tozeur area of Tunisia. Previously a company of Free French paratroopers, the French SAS were the first of a range of units 'acquired' by ...
The flag bears the names of the battle in which the 1st Infantry Regiment took part for the French Republic: Valmy 1792, Fleurus 1794, Moeskirch 1800, Biberach 1800, Miliana 1842, Guise 1914, Verdun-l'Yser 1916–1917, La Somme 1916, L'Ourcq 1918, Résistance Berry 1944, AFN 1952–1962.
In 1935, the Soviet Union successfully parachuted airborne contingents with various equipment and supporting materials. Made aware of this, France dispatched three officers to the Soviet Union, Captain Frédéric Geille (prime paratrooper and fighter pilot, Captain Durieux and Captain Charley Durrieu, to familiarize themselves with and train on the parachute techniques adopted by the Soviet ...
The 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1 er REC) was created on March 8, 1921 at Sousse from elements of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment.The title of the 1 er REC would not become official until January 20, 1922, under Decree n°6330-1/11 of January 20, 1922. [6]
The 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion (1 er BEP, I Formation) (French: 1er Bataillon Étranger de Parachutistes, 1 er BEP) was created on 1 July 1948, under the command of Commandant Chef de bataillon Pierre Segrétain with adjoint battalion commander Pierre Jeanpierre while complementing the ranks with officers and legionnaires of the Parachute ...
The 1st Cuirassier Regiment (French: 1er Régiment de Cuirassiers, 1er RC) was the oldest armoured regiment in the French Army, until it was amalgamated with 11th Cuirassiers Regiment. Today its traditions are carried on by the 1st Cuirassier Squadrons Group of the 1st-11th Cuirassier Regiment .
Colours of the Régiment de La Fère. It was raised as the Régiment de la Fère in 1765, from the 1st battalion of the Régiment Royal-Artillerie.In 1791, after the French Revolution, it had the title of its aristocratic patron removed and was given the number 1, as the senior most French regiment of artillery.