1st Foreign Regiment
Encyclopedia
The 1st Foreign Regiment is the senior regiment in the French Foreign Legion
. Today the regiment is mainly administrative, and provides staff for the Command of the Foreign Legion.
Besides its historical aspect, the regiment represent a major stage in a legionnaire's service. He begins his career here, in the Center of Selection and Incorporation (CSI), and returns at the end of it.
The regiment is also in charge of special institutions of the legion: the magazine Képi Blanc
, the Legion's Athletics Team (ATHLEG) and the Military band
.
was in Sidi-Bel-Abbès in French Algeria
until Algerian independence. The regiment left it in October, 1962 for Aubagne in France.
French Foreign Legion
The French Foreign Legion is a unique military service wing of the French Army established in 1831. The foreign legion was exclusively created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces...
. Today the regiment is mainly administrative, and provides staff for the Command of the Foreign Legion.
Besides its historical aspect, the regiment represent a major stage in a legionnaire's service. He begins his career here, in the Center of Selection and Incorporation (CSI), and returns at the end of it.
The regiment is also in charge of special institutions of the legion: the magazine Képi Blanc
Képi Blanc (publication)
Képi Blanc is the official publication of the French Foreign Legion. The content of Képi Blanc relates to the French Foreign Legion, providing to its readers news relating to the Foreign Legion, its history and traditions,and the professional lives of the soldiers in its ranks.-History:Képi Blanc...
, the Legion's Athletics Team (ATHLEG) and the Military band
Military band
A military band originally was a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces. A typical military band consists mostly of wind and percussion instruments. The conductor of a band commonly bears the title of Bandmaster or Director of Music...
.
History
The regiment was established in 1831 as 1st Foreign Regiment. The regimental depotMain Operating Base
Main Operating Base is a term used by the United States military defined as "an overseas, permanently manned, well protected base, used to support permanently deployed forces, and with robust sea and/or air access." This term was used to differentiate major strategic overseas military facilities...
was in Sidi-Bel-Abbès in French Algeria
French Algeria
French Algeria lasted from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems. From 1848 until independence, the whole Mediterranean region of Algeria was administered as an integral part of France, much like Corsica and Réunion are to this day. The vast arid interior of Algeria, like the rest...
until Algerian independence. The regiment left it in October, 1962 for Aubagne in France.
Battle honours
- Sevastopol 1855
- Kabilie 1857KabylieKabylie or Kabylia , is a region in the north of Algeria.It is part of the Tell Atlas and is located at the edge of the Mediterranean Sea. Kabylia covers several provinces of Algeria: the whole of Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia , most of Bouira and parts of the wilayas of Bordj Bou Arreridj, Jijel,...
- Magenta 1859Battle of MagentaThe Battle of Magenta was fought on June 4, 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence, resulting in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai....
- Camerone 1863Battle of CamarónThe Battle of Camarón, which occurred 30 April 1863 between the French Foreign Legion and the Mexican army, is regarded by the Legion as a defining moment in its history...
- Extrême-Orient 1884-1885Sino-French WarThe Sino–French War was a limited conflict fought between August 1884 and April 1885 to decide whether France should replace China in control of Tonkin . As the French achieved their war aims, they are usually considered to have won the war...
- Dahomy-MarocMoroccoMorocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
1892-1907, 1925 - MadagascarMadagascarThe Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
1895-1905 - Orient 1915-17