The 1st Swiss Regiment (French: 1ère Régiment Suisse) was a Swiss mercenary line infantry regiment in the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars...

The 1st Foreign Regiment (French: 1er Régiment étranger, 1er RE) is a depot regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. It is located at Aubagne...

The 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment (French: 1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes, 1er R.C.P) is the oldest and among the most decorated Airborne forces...

experiences for the regiment. Under the first restoration, the Bourbons only retained the Swiss, in souvenir to their loyal service rendered to France during four...

The Swiss mercenaries were a powerful infantry force constituted by professional soldiers originating from the cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy. They...

nationals into the French Army from the foreign regiments of the Kingdom of France. Recruits included soldiers from the recently disbanded Swiss and German foreign...

The 1st Armored Division (French: 1re Division Blindée, 1re DB) is a unit of the French Army formed during World War II that took part in the Liberation...

The 1st Polish Light Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard (French: 1er Régiment de Chevau-Légers Lancier de la Garde impériale (Polonais) /...

known in the United States as 'The French and Indian War.' Subsequently numbered the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout...

groups; the 1st Battalion was composed of veterans of the Swiss Guards and the Hohenlohe Regiment, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions were composed of Swiss and German...

foreigners in French service had historically been grouped into specific national units (Swiss, German, Irish etc.) the newly created regiment was a mixed...

The Prussian Regiment (French: Régiment de Prusse) was a foreign regiment of the French Imperial Army formed in late 1806 and made up by Prussian prisoners...

Line. It advanced towards the Swiss border and occupied Belfort before the surrender of France. During the battle of France, the division suffered relatively...

in Germany and Austria. 1st Free French Division (1st DFL, later became the 1st Motorized Infantry Division and finally the 1st March Infantry Division)...

The 1st Army Corps (French: 1er Corps d'Armée) was first formed before World War I. During World War II it fought in the Campaign for France in 1940, on...

transferred to foot guards regiments and the company became G (Messines) Company, Scots Guards, 1st Battalion London Guards. The regiment was founded on the formation...

the British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own). The Canadian Grenadier Guards in Montreal were known as the 1st Regiment "Prince of Wales' Fusiliers"...

fighting under French colors, which included, among others, the Swiss Guards, the Swiss regiment of the Royal Guard, and the Hohenlohe Regiment. After its...

and amalgamated with the 1st, 15th and 16th Punjab Regiments in 1956, to form the Punjab Regiment. The 14th Punjab Regiment was formed in 1922 by amalgamation...

The Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion (RMLE) (French: Régiment de marche de la Légion étrangère) was a French military unit that fought in World...

The Pontifical Swiss Guard, also known as the Papal Swiss Guard or simply Swiss Guard, is an armed force and honour guard unit maintained by the Holy See...

formed in May 1690 when five Jacobite regiments were sent from Ireland to France in exchange for a larger force of French infantry who were sent to fight in...

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Foot Vol 1 by H.R. Knight, London 1905 A Walloon regiment that was established in June of 1684 for France. It was destroyed...

France, which makes the regiment, along with the Regiment "Nizza Cavalleria" (1st), one of two Italian Army units named for a French region, which once was...

La fille du régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) is an opéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy...

Two large foot regiments of the military household participated in the campaigns of the army; the French Guards Regiment and the Swiss Guards. Another...

Guard Battalion and Regimental Band, Infantry Regiment "Inmemorial del Rey" No. 1 Life Guards Swiss Guard, Swiss mercenary soldiers who served as guards at...

second-most senior regiment in the Italian Army's infantry order of precedence. Together with its sister the regiment, the 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna"...

Napoleon's Regiment (French: Régiment de Joseph Napoléon / Spanish: Regimiento de José Napoleón) was a foreign infantry regiment of the French Imperial...

000) GdB Jean-Antoine Chapsal 27th Line Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion 44th Line Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion Moselle National Guard, 2nd and 3rd battalions...