43e regiment of colonial infantry

The 43e Régiment of Colonial Infantry is a unit of the French Army. It is a regiment colonial of reserve, created in August 1914 and attached to the 23 {{E}} regiment of colonial infantry.

Famous in 1958 ''' 43 {{E}} Regiment of Marines '''.

Actuellement it bears the name of the ''' 43 {{E}} Bataillon of Marines '''.

At the end of the First World War the flag of the regiment 43e R.I.C is titular Fourragère with the colors of the Légion of honor on March 1st, 1919 and Military Cross 1914-1918, bearing (7 palms).
It received the fodder one with the colors of the Military decoration on March 21st, 1919. Dissolution in 1919.
in 1945 when it east recreates starting from the 18th regiment of Senegalese riflemen (R.T.S) it takes again the same badge and adds a palm gained during to it the countryside of France of 1939-1940 (8 palms).
from 1946 it gains another palm in Indo-China, of 1947 to 1953 it takes part in the pacification of the south and gains T.O.E (1palme), that it will make be reproduced on the ribbon of its Military Cross (9 palms) .
in April 1956 it becomes the 43e B.I.C in Algérie in Phillippeville.

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