1st Foreign Engineer Regiment
| 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er Régiment étranger de génie) |
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Regimental badge of 1er REG
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| Active |
1939 – 1942
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| Country |
 France
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| Allegiance |
 French Foreign Legion
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| Branch |
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| Type | Engineer and former 6e REG |
| Role | Foreign Airborne Combat Engineer |
| Size | 980 men |
| Part of | 6th Light Armoured Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Quartier General Rollet, Laudun, France |
| Motto(s) | AD UNUM ( All to One End ) |
| Colors | Green & Red |
| March | Le fanion claque et s'élève |
| Mascot(s) | Saint Barbara |
| Anniversaries | Camerone Day (April 30) |
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| Battle honours |
Camerone 1863 Koweït 1990–1991 |
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| Insignia of 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment |  |
| Abbreviation | 1er REG |
1939 – 1942
1949 – 1955
Koweït 1990–1991
Global War on Terrorism (2001-present)
The 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (French: 1er Régiment étranger de génie, 1er REG) is one of two combat engineer regiments in the French Foreign Legion integrated in the and part component of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade (6e BLB). Currently stationed at Quartier General Rollet in Laudun-l'Ardoise, Gard, southern France.
6th Foreign Infantry Regiment ( 1939 - 1/1/1942 ), ( 1949 - 1955 )
" Oriental Mediterranean Regiment " known as Regiment du Levant, the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment (French: , 6e REI) has existed through history on two occasions, in the Levant ( Syria and Lebanon ) from October 1, 1939 to January 1, 1942 and in Tunisia from April 1, 1949 to June 1955. At creation in 1939, the manpower came from the 1st, 4th, 6th battalions of the 1st Foreign Infantry Regiment, 1er R.E.I (forming the 1st, 2nd, 4th battalions of the 6e R.E.I) and the 2nd battalion of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (forming the 3rd battalion of the 6e R.E.I) with the Legion Artillery Group of the Levant (French: Groupe d’Artillerie de Légion du Levant, G.A.L.L) compromising 3 artillery batteries. On August 23, 1941; the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment embarked at Marseilles; reduced from the results of combats to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd battalion and an artillery group, the regiment rallied to the Free French including other French constituents. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1942 after the British success in the Syria-Lebanon Campaign and its legionnaires were transferred into the 1st Foreign Regiment and Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments while 690 of the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment opted for Charles de Gaulle. The regiment left Lebanon on August 16, 1941 and rejoined the Camp Idron (Pau) on August 25 before rejoining Sidi-bel-Abbès on December 3, 1941. During the regiment's dissolve on December 31, 1941, the legionnaires of the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment were assigned to the later reconstituted 1st Foreign Marching Infantry Regiment (French: 1e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie de Marche, 1er R.E.I.M) and the Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion (French: Régiment de Marche de la Légion Etrangère, R.M.L.E).
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