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The 1st Marine Infantry Regiment (French: 1er régiment d'infanterie de marine, 1er 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 2e RIMa, the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment 3e RIMa, as well the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment 4e RIMa (dissolved in 1998). Along with the 1st Marine Artillery Regiment 1er RAMa and the 2nd Marine Artillery Regiment 2e RAMa, the 1st Marine formed the Blue Division. The 1er RIMa is a light armoured unit, since 1986, alike with the régiment d'infanterie-chars de marine RICM.
Creation and different names
Heir to the Compagnie Ordinaire de la Mer created in 1622 by Richelieu, the regiment was created by a Royal Decree in 1822 at the corps of the French Naval Ministry (French: Ministère de la Marine). It was part of the Quatre Grands of the marine infantry which garrisoned the military ports ready to embark: the Grand Un, le Grand Deux, the Grand Trois and the Grand Quatre.
Designated as the 1st Colonial Infantry Regiment (1er RIC) in 1900 whe the colonial infantry was created as part of the Ministry of War (French: Ministère de la guerre), the regiment was redesignated as a régiment d'infanterie de marine in 1958, when the colonial infantry was redesignated as marine infantry.
The evolution of the unit's name:
1822–1827: 1st Marine Infantry Regiment (French: 1er régiment d'infanterie de la Marine)
1854: 1st Marine Infantry Regiment, 2nd formation
1870: 1st Marching Marine Infantry Regiment
1900–1940: Designated as the 1st Colonial Infantry Regiment 1er RIC at the creation of colonial infantry at the corps of the Ministry of War.
1941–1945: 4th Demi-Brigade DFL
1945–1947: 1st Colonial Infantry Regiment
1947–1948: 1st Colonial Infantry Battalion
1948: 1st Colonial Infantry Regiment
1958: redesignated as RIMa, when the colonial infantry rebecame marine infantry.
The regiment is heir to the 1st Free French Division and the battalion of the Pacific which combat engaged at Bir Hakeim. The Marine Infantry and Pacific Battalion (French: bataillon d'infanterie de marine et du Pacifique) was issued from the merger, in July 1942, of the 1st Marine Infantry Battalion (French: 1er Bataillon d'Infanterie de Marine) and the Pacific Battalion (French: Bataillon du Pacifique).
History
= Ancien Régime
== Wars of the Revolution & Empire
=1813: German Campaign of 1813
October 16–19: Battle of Leipzig
1814: Campaign of France
February 14, 1814: Battle of Vauchamps
= 1815 to 1848
=In 1846, elements of the 1er RIMa were at Tahiti. The regiment was present in the battle of Fatahua (inscribed on the regimental colors of the 2e RIMa) of December 17, 1846 (3rd Company, Captain Masset).
= Second Empire
=Crimean War, Franco-British campaign in the Baltic Sea
1854 – Battle of Bomarsund
Second Opium War, Franco-British campaign
1860 – Forts du Pei-Ho
Cochinchina Campaign
1861 -Ki-Hao
French intervention in Mexico
1863 – Puebla
War of 1870–1871
On August 17, 1870, the 1st Marching Marine Infantry Regiment was part of the Armée de Châlons (1870) (French: Armée de Châlons (1870)) of Marshal de MacMahon.
With the 4th Marching Marine Infantry Regiment of colonel d'Arbaud, the 1er formed the first brigade under the orders of général Reboul. This 1re brigade, with the 2e brigade of général Martin des Pallières, three batteries of canons de 4, and one engineer company, constituted the 3rd Infantry Division commanded by division général Élie de Vassoigne. This infantry division evolved at the corps of 12th Army Corps with commander-in-chief Lebrun.
August 23 to August 26 – March towards the east
August 31, 1870 – Battle of Bazeilles
= 1870 to 1914
=During the Paris Commune in 1871, the regiment participated with the Armée Versaillaise.
1878: Saint-Louis, Senegal
1883: Tonkin Expedition
Sơn Tây Campaign
= World War I
=Attachments
August 1914 – February 1916
3rd Colonial Infantry Division 3e DIC
In 1914, at the eve of the great war: the 2e, 3e, 7e and 1er RIC, were part of the 1st brigade under the orders of général Montignault, the 3rd colonial infantry division under the orders of général Raffanel.
The 3e DIC: Generals Raffanel, Leblond, Goulet (1914), Gadel (1915), Puypéroux (1916–1918). Engaged in the same sectors as the 2nd Colonial Infantry Division 2e DIC (4e, 8e, 24e R.I.C), to the first battle of Champagne (Ville-sur-Tourbe) and the second battle of Champaign (Ville-sur-Tourbe and Massiges).
February 1916 – November 1918
17th Colonial Infantry Division (France), 17e D.I.C
1914
August 22: Battle of Rossignol
August 24: Saint-Vincent
September 6–7: Battle of the Marne: Écriennes, Vauclerc
1915
July to August 1915: Operations in Argonne
September 25 – October 6: Second Battle of Champagne, Souin, September 28 Somme-Py
1916
Macedonian front
Disembarkation at Salonika in February 1916
With the 17e D.I.C., Battle of Monastir
1917
April to May: Battle of the Crna Bend (1917)
1918
1918: Sokol, Battle of Dobro Pole, Kravitza
September 15–18: Vetrenik
September 23–24: Gradsko
= Interwar period
== World War II
=Mobilization of coloniales troupes in 1939–1940
On May 10, 1940, the 1st Colonial Infantry Regiment was under the command of colonel Fauchon and part of the 3rd Colonial Infantry Division which reinforced the sector of Montmédy.
The 3rd Colonial Division, général Falvy, consisted of the 1st, 21e, 23e R.I.C and 3e and 203e R.A.C.
The 3rd Colonial Division disappeared. The division immediately engaged the theatre, in the sector of Sun-sur-Meuse, Stenay, Martincourt, Aviot, Breux north of Verdun, at the level of cote 304 and Mort Homme, lieu of harsh combats in 1916–1917, where combats concentrated. On June 14, the 1er and 23e RIC were engaged in the ravine which separated cote 304 from Mort Homme. At 0630, the cote was crowned, despite a relentless resistance, the armoured contingents crossed the bridge of Bethoncout in direction of Esnes. The bridge was blown-up in the evening and redressed in the same night. The 1st company of the 1er RIC of captain Bertrand counter-attacked. At 17 hours, attacks were ceased. At 19 hours, the French Marines (French: Marsouis) gave their part to other engagements.
= Combats of free France
=The regiment was made compagnon de la Libération, June 28, 1945.
= 1945 to present
=The regiment was found in A.F.N from 1952 to 1962. Garrisoned in several places, the regiment was part of the 9th Brigade, then 9e DIMa, then 9e BLBMa.
The regiment was deployed to Lebanon at the corps of the Multinational Force in Lebanon in 1983, then United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon UNIFIL in 1984.
In 1986 the regiment transitioned to the armored role.
In July 2009, the regiment joined the 3rd Mechanised Brigade which became designated in March 2014 as 3rd Light Armoured Brigade.
The regiment has participated in all major operations of the French Army (Lebanon, Bosnia, Kosovo, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Central African Republic, Afghanistan). In 2010 members of the regiment were deployed in Guadeloupe and Djibouti or in operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan.
Organisation
Structure
Escadron de commandement et de logistique - Command and Logistics squadron
1er Escadron - 1st Armored Squadron
2e Escadron - 2nd Armored Squadron
3e Escadron - 3rd Armored Squadron
4e Escadron - 4th Reconnaissance and Response Squadron
5e Escadron - 5th Reserve Armored Squadron
6e Escadron - 6th Reconnaissance and Response Squadron
Traditions
The anniversary is celebrated for combats in Bazeilles, the village which was apprehended and abandoned four consecutive times under orders, respectively on August 31 and September 1, 1870.
Et au Nom de Dieu, vive la coloniale !
In the Name of God, vive la coloniale !
The Marsouins and the Bigors have for Saint, God. This war calling concludes intimate ceremonies which part life in the regiments. Often also at origin as an act of grace to Charles de Foucauld.
= Motto
== Insignia of the 1er RIMa
== Regimental Colors
== Decorations
=The regimental colors are decorated with:
Légion d'honneur
Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 with:
2 palms
Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 with:
1 palm
croix de la Valeur militaire with:
1 silver star with 1 palm
Fourragère:
The regiment is entitled to wear the fourragère bearing the colors of the croix de guerre 1914–1918.
= Honours
=Battle Honours
Bomarsund 1854
Forts du Pei-Ho 1860
Ki-Hoa 1861
Puebla 1863
Bazeilles 1870
Sontay 1883
La Marne 1914
Champagne 1915
Dobropolje 1918
Tobrouk 1941
Bir-Hakeim 1942
Garigliano 1944
Belfort 1944
Authion 1945
Afn 1952–1962
Regimental Commanders
= 1er RIMa (1822–1900)
=1854: Colonel de Vassoigne.
...
1870: Colonel Brière de l'Isle.
...
01/10/1884–1885: Général Duchemin.
...
1893: Colonel Boilève.
= 1er RIC (1900–1958)
=1903: colonel Lalubin
23/09/1913 – 12/09/1914: Général Guérin
= 1er RIMa (1958 – present)
=Notable Officers & Marines
Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich, captain in the 1er RIMa in 1889.
References
= Sources and bibliography
=1er régiment d'infanterie coloniale historique du régiment 1914-1919 (in French). Cherbourg: Imprimerie centrale. 1920. FRBNF42716923.
Erwan Bergot, « La coloniale du Rif au Tchad 1925–1980 », imprimé en France : décembre 1982, no d'éditeur 7576, no d'imprimeur 31129, sur les presses de l'imprimerie Hérissey.
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