Regiment of infantry-tanks of marine

The Regiment of Infantry - Tanks of navy (RICM) is a Régiment armor-plated French.

Create in June 1915, then named thus in December 1958, by the name change of the Regiment of colonial infantry of the Morocco, it belongs to the weapon of the Troupes of navy and is of speciality armor-plated light cavalry . It is based with Poitiers. The RICM has the flag more decorated with the French Army.

It belongs to the 9th light brigade armor-plated of navy (9th BLBMa).

History of the garrisons, combat and battles of the RICM

It intervened in almost all the conflicts of the French Army since its creation, and in particular:

First World War,
Morocco,
Second world war,
War of Indo-China,
War of Algeria,
Chad, Lebanon, Republic of Center Africa,
War of the Gulf,
in Ex-Yugoslavia and Albania,
with the Rwanda,
in Ivory Coast.

First World War

Young Regiment, it is born in Rabat in Morocco at the beginning of August 1914 under name from 1st Regiment Mixed from Colonial Infantry. In December, it becomes the 1st Regiment of Walk of Colonial Infantry. August 17th, 1914 it unloads, then and at once committed on the French face with the whole beginning of the First World War. The RICM, Régiment of Colonial Infantry of Morocco east officially creates on June 9th, 1915.

Four years during, it delivers combat which will make of its emblem more decorated with the French Army (10 mentions in dispatches). October 24th, 1916, he writes one of the most glorious pages of his history at the time of the catch of the Fort of Douaumont, which is worth the to him Légion of honor and its third mention in dispatches.

During the Great War the RICM will have lost 15000 Porpoises (killed or wounded) including 257 officers.

Its exceptional behavior will have placed it at the head all French Army.

Its flag will not relate less than 10 palms to the Military Cross 14-18, the Legion of honor (for a fact similar to the catch of an emblem of brave fight to the enemy which will be the conquète fort of Douaumont on October 24th, 1916), the military decoration (on July 5th, 1919), the Portuguais order of the Tower and Sword.

The regiment will be stationed in the Rhineland of 1918 to 1925 before joining Morocco or the threat thunders.

Morocco

It is sent to the Morocco, in the Rif first of all between 1925 with 1926, then of 1927 with 1932 in operation in the south of the country. During these 2 years 94 Porpoises (from which 8 officers) will fall to the fields from honor, 275 will be wounded (including 7 officers) like 10 missings.

It is during this period that the Sultan decreed the Cross of the military merit Chérifien to the flag.

The 3° Battalion and the Frank Group of the RICM will be decorated with the Military Cross of the T.O.E to the order of the army.

Second world war

In Charente the June 23rd 1940, the RICM, still fought with the Beam-Descartes, the June 24th. Ordered by colonel Avre, the regiment had lost many men when it was with the height of Civray in the south of the Esvre, small affluent of Hollow the, it fought for ten days. Two small detachments, ordered by lieutenant Stevenson, officer of the transmissions, and the Londes captains, associated with the Colonel, operated to defend the headquarters and succeeded in seizing several enemy machines. These engagements cost him 600 killed, wounded or disappeared during the combat from Amboise.

During the period of Armistice, in free Zone, the 2nd RIC with Perpignan and 21e RIC with Frejus, Toulon and Marseilles. The RICM was reconstituted in North Africa, as well as 43e RIC.

Spring 1943, the 9th DIC it was developed by the general Blaizot and its regiment of recognition was the famous RICM of Reduction, when at the end of April it embarked for Corsica, it was a thorough formation which was going to enter in string. The June 17th 1944, it left to the conquest the isle of Elba and this first attempt was conclusive. two months later, it was the Débarquement of Provence in Nartelle, the fall of Toulon, then the regrouping with Vierzon.

It is the first to reach the the Rhine, aspiring it Delayen soaks the flag of its squadron with Rosenau the November 13rd 1944, at the end of November, the enemy is driven out of Sundgau and the division whose RICM goes up to Mulhouse which becomes an invulnerable mole. The 9th DIC whose RICM, it seized meadows of 200 cities or villages, traversing approximately 300 kilometers, destroying five German divisions.

The countryside of the release costs the RICM 54 porpoises (including 2 officers), 143 wounded (including 6 officers).

2 mentions in dispatches come to weigh down the tie of its flag.

An American decoration, the Distinguished Unit is decreed to him with the right to the permanent port for the excellence of its behavior at the time of the engagements in Belfort Gap, Mulhouse, Seppois inter alia.

War of Indo-China

In November 1945, the first elements of the regiment touch ground in Saigon the 4. The killed first of regiment Indochinoise the ground will be it as of on November 6th.

The RICM will be almost of all the operations: Operation GAUR (1946), check operations in Cochinchine and Sud Annam (1946 to 1947), to Kampuchea (1946 to 1947), to Tonkin (1946 to 1947, the operation Lea (Lang-Sound, CAD-Bang, Vat-Kan), In High area (February 1948 in February 1951), operations in the Delta (January 1948 in February 1951), Tonkin (1952-1954), Diên Biên Phu (for the 2° group of the 1° squadron) and will carry out the last ones fights until July 1954. Its 10 years of presence out of Indochinoise ground will be worth with the regiment not less than 5 mentions in dispatches. The armor-plated grouping of Tonkin will be decorated also with the order with the army just like the 1°, the 4° squadron, the squadron of high-speed motorboats (that Ci will be also decorated with the order with the Navy) just like the group of squadrons of walk. A quotation with the order of the army corps will come to also honor the 2°, 3°, 5° (2 times quoted on this level), the battalion of walk of the RICM, the group of squadrons of walk of the RICM as well as the 2° group of the 1° squadron. Finally the 4° squadron will also receive a quotation with the order of division.

It is not less than 15 quotations which will be decreed with units of the RICM during this war (and 5 with the regiment).

It will have cost 1300 Porpoises (including 57 officers and 167 pennies killed or wounded officers)

War of Algeria

In May 1956, the Regiment of colonial infantry of Morocco (RICM) joined Algeria. At the time of the disappearance of the colonial infantry in 1958, replaced by the marines then by the troops of navy, it obtains to preserve its initial because of the prestige of the regiment. It then becomes the Regiment of infantry-tanks of navy, only unit TDM to be fought on light armoured tank. The 1 {{er}} RIMa joined it in this speciality in 1986. The executives of the regiment are formed at the school of application of the cavalry, with Saumur.

The return in garrison in metropolis

In 1990/1991, it intervenes in the Opération Salamander then in the active phase of the war of Kuwait.

In 1994, it is engaged in the Turquoise Opération with the Rwanda.

It is confined with Vannes 1963 with 1996 and (July 2007) is currently based with Poitiers.

In 2004, the RICM takes the head of the Tactical Grouping Interarmes N°1 of the Opération Unicorn in Ivory Coast. The November 6th, a bombardment carried out by aviation of the Ivory Coast on the Descartes college to Bouaké kills nine French soldiers and an American civilian taken refuge on this influence occupied by Train N°2 the Combat of the grouping. Cinqs porpoises of the RICM will be killed (ADC BARATHIEU, ADC CAPDEVILLE, SCH DELON, SGT DERAMBURE, CPL DECUYPERE) and about thirty others wounded.

Feat of arms making particularly honor with the regiment registered in gold letter on the flag

Battle of the Marne (1914-1918) *
Verdun-Douaumont (1916) *
Plessis de Roye (1917) *
Malmaison (1917) *
Champagne (1918) *
Aisne-L' Wing (1918) *
Argonne (1918) *
Morocco (1925-1926) *
Delle (1944) *
Toulon (1944) *
kehl (1945) *
Indo-China (1945-1954) *
A.F.N (1952-1962) *

Chiefs of police

Pernot Lieutenant-colonel: 1914
Larroque Lieutenant-colonel: 1914-1915
Régnier Lieutenant-colonel: 1915-1917
Debailleul Lieutenant-colonel: 1917-1918
Modat Lieutenant-colonel: 1918-1918
Lieutenant-colonel OZIL: 1919
Colonel Mouveaux: 1919-1922
Colonel Duplat: 1922-1924
Colonel Barbassat: 1924-1927
Lieutenant-colonel of Scheidhauer: 1927-1930
Colonel de Bazelaire de Rupiére: 1930-1932
Colonel Petitjean: 1932-1933
Colonel Deslaurens: 1933-1935
Colonel Allut: 1935-1938
Colonel Turquin: 1938
Colonel Avre: 1940
Colonel Panis: 1940
Colonel Lupy: 1940-1941
Kieffer Lieutenant-colonel: 1941-1942
Magnan Lieutenant-colonel: 1942
Hebpeard Lieutenant-colonel: 1942
Colonel Thiabaud: 1942-1943
Colonel Puloch: 1943-1945
Colonel de Brebisson: 1945-1946
Major of the Brush: 1946-1947
Major Deysson: 1947
Mareuge Lieutenant-colonel: 1947-1949
Capber Lieutenant-colonel: 1949-1950
Lieutenant-colonel of the Brush: 1950-1952
Major Lacour: 1952
Maurel Lieutenant-colonel: 1952-1954
Thiers Lieutenant-colonel: 1954-1956
Lieutenant-colonel Cockerel: 1956
Colonel Thiers: 1956-1957
Colonel Cochet: 1957-1958
Colonel Deysson: 195_-1959
Kerourio Lieutenant-colonel: 1959
Lieutenant-colonel of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr: 1959-1961
Kerourio Lieutenant-colonel: 1951
Dercourt Lieutenant-colonel: 1961-1963
Colonel Routier: 1963-1964
Colonel Pascal: 1964-1966
Colonel Duval: 1966-1968
Colonel Pierre: 1968-1970
Colonel Hiliquin: 1970-1972
Colonel Garen: 1972-1974
Fouilland Lieutenant-colonel: 1974-1976
Colonel Gibour: 1976-1978
Leroy Lieutenant-colonel: 1978-1980
Collignon Lieutenant-colonel: 1980-1982
Colonel Lagane: 1982-1984
Boutin Lieutenant-colonel: 1984-1986
Colonel Jean-Michel de Widerspach-Thor: 1986-1988 *
Colonel Henri Bentégeat: 1988-1990 **
Colonel Xavier de Zuchowicz: 1990-1992 *
Colonel Patrice Sartre: 1992-1994
Colonel Sandahl: 1994-1996
Colonel Pierre-Richard Kohn: 1996-1998
Colonel Arnaud Rives: 1998-2000
Colonel Dominique Artur: 2000-2002
Colonel Eric Bonnemaison: 2002-2004
Colonel Patrick Destremau: 2004-2006
Colonel Frederic Garnier: 2006 -

(*) Officer who became thereafter Lieutenant-general of army.
(**) Officer who became thereafter General.

Henri Bentégeat was chief of staff of the armies between 2002 and 2006.

Currency

Recedit immortalis certamine magno , which means in French: It returned immortal from the great battle

Decorations

The RICM is the regiment more decorated with the French Army. Its flag carries:

the cross of the Legion of honor;
the Military decoration;
the Military Cross 1914-1918 with ten palms;
the Military Cross 1939-1945 with two palms;
the Military Cross of the Theaters of external operations with five palms (the 6° mention in dispatches being without attribution of decorations);
the Portuguese order of the tower and the sword;
the military merit Of the sherifs;
the blue tie of the Presidential Links American Quotation .

The porpoises of the RICM carry:

the Fodder double with the colors of the legion of honor and the Military Cross (rewarding its ten mentions in dispatches during the First World War), with an olive with the colors of the Military Cross 1939-45 (rewarding its two quotations during the second world war);
the Fodder with the colors of the Military decoration with olive with the colors of the Military Cross of the TOE (rewarding its five quotations at the time of the external conflicts);

the Blue badge or Distinguished Links Quotation American with inscription Rosenau on the tie of the flag.

The flag of the RICM is the most decorated with all the flags of France with that with the Régiment with walk with the Foreign legion; this regiment obtained its 18th mention in dispatches in 1978 for its actions in Chad and Lebanon.

Song of the RICM

My regiment is the first of France
RICM of which the floating flag.
Of large elder points out to valiancy
Debout the guy and always ahead.

the days of procession, of the Arch to large places
Since the Colonel to the least soldier
Peuple looks at it well is a heart which passes
In all the regiment it is only one heart which beats

Of all the regiments it is one which I like
Plus than any other body to be useful in its rows
It is an honor so large which largest him even
Plein with a deep respect shivers while thinking of it

We like to have very naked glory
It is necessary to see with the combat assembling our squadrons
Our veterans senior and our young recruits
God gave us heart and let us detail we it

Garde with you it is the war the people looks at us
Montrons courageous and worthy of last the
That everywhere where our deaths assemble the ultimate guard
One says one day of us they equalized them

Traditions

; The festival of the troops of navy

It is celebrated at the time of the birthday of the combat of BAZEILLES. This village which was 4 times taken again and gave up on orders, the August 31st and on September 1st, 1870.

; And in the name of God, colonial the

lives the Porpoises and Bigors has as patron saint God himself. This war cry finishes the intimate ceremonies which belong to the life of the regiments.

See too

External bonds

the RICM on the site of the Ministry for French defense
Chronology of the RICM
Site of the National association of Old of the RICM
Personal site on the RICM
Site of the RICM
Site of the troops of navy
Museum of the troops of marine of Frejus

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