1st Foreign Engineer Regiment
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The 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (French: 1er régiment étranger de génie) (1er REG) is a Military engineer regiment in the French Foreign Legion. It is a part of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade. The regiment is station in Laudun.
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[edit] History
[edit] World War II
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 De Gaulle.
[edit] Indochina
It was recreated on 1 April, 1949 in Tunisia from elements of the 1st Foreign Regiment as a reception/transit pool for Indochina drafts. 1954-55 a single battalion operated against Tunisian insurgents before disbanded again in June, 1955.
[edit] 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment
In 1 July, 1984 the 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment was created, which inherited the traditions of the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment. The regiment took part in the Gulf War as part of Opération Daguet.
[edit] 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment
It is renamed 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment in July 1, 1999 with creation of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment.
[edit] Battle Honours
[edit] Sources and References
- Anthony Clayton, 'France, Soldiers, and Africa', Brassey's Defence Publishers, 1988
