The Brigade des Fusiliers Marins was a unit of the French Navy which fought alongside the Belgium Army in 1914-1915 and which held their ground as they...
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The Fusiliers marins participated in the campaigns of Free France. They initially formed a battalion then the 1er Régiment de Fusiliers Marins 1e RFM...
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French. The Régiment Blindé de Fusiliers-Marins was decorated with the fourragère de la Légion d'Honneur des Fusiliers Marins de Dixmude, awarded in May 1944...
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1er Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos was a Fusiliers Marins commando unit of the Free French Navy, raised in 1942, which served during the Second...
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The 1er Régiment de Fusiliers Marins 1er RFM French ( 1er RFM, or first regiment of Fusiliers Marins) was a unit of the Free French Navy during the campaign...
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April 1940 in Paris. He is notable for commanding the French Brigade de Fusiliers Marins at the Battle of the Yser in 1914 during the First World War...
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, now part of the Royal Irish Regiment) Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke, white plume Former Canadian Army fusilier regiments include...
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(Compagnie de fusiliers marins de Cherbourg) – the Naval Fusiliers Half-Brigade (Cherbourg Naval Fusiliers Company); the Canonniers marins (Centre d'...
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1st Free French Division (redirect from 1st Free French Infantry Brigade)
1er Régiment de Fusiliers Marins, 1er RFM. In the Middle East, 350 men of a battalion stationed in Cyprus, led by Captain Jean Lorotte de Banes passed...
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field army and fortress troops from Boezinge to Nieuwpoort. The Brigade de fusiliers marins (Rear-Admiral Pierre Alexis Ronarc'h) were sent from Pierrefitte...
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Marine Fusiliers Battalion "de Morsier" (Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins "de Morsier") two Marine Fusiliers Companies (Compagnies de Fusiliers Marins) Marine...
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Protection Squadrons (Escadron de protection [fr]). Naval Fusiliers and Commandos include the following Forces Fusiliers Marins and Commandos Marine FORFUSCO...
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exactly: troupes de marine (marine troops) and fusiliers-marins (marine riflemen) and fuzileiros navais in Portuguese (lit. 'Naval fusiliers'). The word marine...
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sector, where he had under his command a half-battalion of French Fusiliers Marins. On 4 December 1914 he retook the sector at Diksmuide. On 5 January...
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Moroccan Division (France) (section Brigade Commanders)
Corps d'Armée 32e C.A.) which included French Navy Fusiliers Marins of the Brigade de Fusiliers Marins October 1914 – November 1918: isolated Regimental...
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French ship Gapeau (B284) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Algeria, in the Mediterranean Sea, providing cabotage to the Demi-Brigade de Fusiliers-Marins, operating between Oran and Nemours, Algeria. Gapeau completed...
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Special Operations Support Group Special Forces Academy Force des Fusiliers Marins et Commandos (FORFUSCO) Commandos Marine Commando Hubert - Combat divers...
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Grande Armée (section Fusiliers)
the Fusiliers-Chasseurs most often operated together with its sister formation, the Fusiliers-Grenadiers, as part of a Guard Fusilier-Brigade. The Fusilier-Chasseurs...
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Hebrides), the 1st Bataillon of Infanterie de Marine, the 1st Regiment of Artillerie, the 1st Bataillon of Fusiliers Marins in association with the troop D of...
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Philippe Kieffer (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
obtained authorisation from Admiral Émile Muselier to found the unit of Fusiliers-Marins Commandos ("Marine Riflemen Commandos"). They undertook extremely harsh...
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detachments from the Ministry of the Navy, established the Fusiliers Marins in 1856. The Fusiliers-Marins were initially composed of sailors, senior rates and...
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National Defence Medal (redirect from Medaille de la Defense nationale)
Aviation) Bâtiments de combat (Warships) Fusiliers marins (Naval Infantry) Marins pompiers (Marseille Naval Fire Battalion) Nageurs de combat (Combat swimmer)...
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The Cambodian Marine Corps or Corps de Fusiliers-Marins Khmères (CFMK) in French, were the Naval Infantry branch of the Khmer National Navy (French: Marine...
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Each brigade also contained a battalion of armed sailors (fusiliers-marins), commanded respectively by capitaines de frégate Laguerre and de Beaumont...
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Capitaine de frigate Roger Barberot, Commandant squadron of the 1er Régiment de Fusiliers Marins. Général André Lalande, designated as Chef de Bataillon...
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intake of 40 Frenchmen, who were initially called 1re Compagnie de Fusiliers Marins (1st Company of Naval Rifles). Over time the Unit grew up to a second...
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Lady Dorothie Feilding (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
Scotland "museum fusiliers marins France" Nieuport La Grande Guerre Les demoiselles de Nieuport. Lady Dorothie Feilding et ces fusiliers marins Archived 17...
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Order of Liberation (redirect from Croix de la Libération)
501e Régiment de chars de combat Sous-marin Rubis Corvette Aconit 1er Régiment de Fusiliers Marins 1ère Escadrille de Chasse Régiment de Chasse Normandie-Niemen...
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synonym of bravery and endurance. Biffin slang used by troupes de marine and fusiliers marins to designate other infantry units. Probably comes from the fact...
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(Rapid Intervention Battalion) – Light green Fusiliers de l'Air (Air Force Infantry) – Royal blue Fusiliers Marins (Marine Infantry) – Black Garde Presidentielle...
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