1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er Régiment étranger de génie) | |
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1 October 1939 – 1 January 1942 1 April 1949 – June 1955 1 July 1984 – Present |
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Branch |
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Type | Engineer |
Role | Combat engineer |
Size | 1,000 men |
Part of | 6th Light Armoured Brigade |
Garrison/HQ | Quartier General Rollet, Laudun, France |
Motto(s) | Ad unum (To the end) |
Colors | Green & Red |
Anniversaries | Camerone Day (April 30) |
Battle honours | Camerone 1863[1] |
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Beret badge of 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment |
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Abbreviation | 1er REG |
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The 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (French) is one of two combat engineer regiments in the French Foreign Legion. It provides the combat engineering component of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade.[2] Currently stationed at Quartier General Rollet in Laudun-l'Ardoise, Gard, southern France.[3]
History[]
6th Foreign Infantry Regiment[]
It was created on 1 October 1939 in Lebanon as the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment. The manpower came from 3 battalions of the 1st Foreign Infantry Regiment and one from 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment, and Clayton (1988:133) says it possessed its own light artillery. It was disbanded 1 January 1942 after the British success in the Syria-Lebanon Campaign and its soldiers were transferred into the 1st Foreign Regiment and Foreign Legion depots. Clayton (1988:136) says that some 690 of the 6th Etranger opted for Charles de Gaulle.
It was recreated on 1 April 1949 in Tunisia from elements of the 1st Foreign Regiment as a reception/transit pool for Indochina drafts. In 1954-55 a single battalion operated against Tunisian insurgents before being disbanded again in June 1955.
6th Foreign Engineer Regiment[]
On 1 July 1984 the 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment was created, which inherited the traditions of the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment.[4] The regiment took part in the Gulf War as part of Opération Daguet.
1st Foreign Engineer Regiment[]
It was renamed 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment on 1 July 1999 with the creation of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment.[5]
Organization[]
The regiment is composed of almost 1000 men organized into 7 companies.[6]
- Compagnie de Commandement et de Logistique (CCL) – Command and Logistics Company
- Compagnie d'Administration et de Soutien (CAS) – Administrative and Services Company
- 1er Compagnie de Combat – 1st Combat Company (3 combat sections, a support section and a command section)
- 2e Compagnie de Combat – 2nd Combat Company (3 combat sections, a support section and a command section)
- 3e Compagnie de Combat – 3rd Combat Company (3 combat sections, a support section and a command section)
- Compagnie d'Appui (CA) – Support Company
- 5e Compagnie – 5th Reserve Company
Battle honours[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Camerone is a Battle Honour shared by all Foreign Legion regiments, no matter when formed.
- ↑ "Les subordinations". http://1reg.legion-etrangere.com/modules/info_liste_a.php?article_theme=29&idA=112&block=12&idA_SM=0&titre=les-subordinations. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- ↑ "La Garrison". http://1reg.legion-etrangere.com/modules/info_seul.php?id=159&idA=118&block=12&idA_SM=0&titre=la-garnison. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- ↑ Windrow, Martin (1996). French Foreign Legion Since 1945. pp. 45.
- ↑ "Le drapeau du 1er REG". http://1reg.legion-etrangere.com/modules/info_seul.php?id=124&idA=120&block=12&idA_SM=110&titre=le-drapeau-du-1er-reg. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- ↑ "Structure du 1er régiment étranger de génie". http://1reg.legion-etrangere.com/modules/info_seul.php?id=133&block=17&titre=les-compagnies. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
References[]
- www.legion-etrangere.com
- Windrow, Martin (1996). French Foreign Legion Since 1945. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-85532-621-3.
- Anthony Clayton, France, Soldiers, and Africa. Brassey's Defence Publishers, 1988
External links[]
- Official website - 1er Régiment étranger de génie
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