2nd Marine Infantry Regiment
| 2e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine | |
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| Active | 1831 |
| Country | France |
| Branch | French Army |
| Type | troupes de marine |
| Role | Infantry |
| Part of | 9th Marine Infantry Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Le Mans, France |
| Motto(s) |
Fidelitate et honore, terra et mare (Fidelity and honor on land and sea). |
| Colors | Red and blue |
| Anniversaries | Bazeilles |
| Battle honours | Bomarsund 1854 Puebla 1863 Bazeilles 1870 Tuyen-Quan 1885 La Marne 1914 Champagne 1915 La Somme 1916 L'Aisne-Verdun 1917 Kub Kub 1941 El Alamein 1942 Takrouna 1943 Ponté Corvo 1944 Toulon 1944 Colmar 1945 Indochine 1947–1954 AFN 1952–1962 |
| Insignia | |
| Beret badge of the Troupes de Marine |  |
| Abbreviation | 2e RIMa |
The 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment (French: 2e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine, 2e RIMa) is a unit of the French Army, the only regiment to bear 16 battle honours inscriptions of the regimental colors. The regiment is one of the "quatre vieux" regiments of the Troupes de marine, with the 1st Marine Infantry Regiment 1er RIMa, the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment 3e RIMa and the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment 4e RIMa (dissolved in 1998); also, alongside the 1st Marine Artillery Regiment 1er RAMa as well as the 2nd Marine Artillery Regiment 2e RAMa which formed the Blue Division.
Since 1822, and until 2012, the unit has endured the loss of 5000 members.
With the 3rd Marching Marine Infantry Regiment of colonel Lecamus, the 2e under the orders of colonel Alleyron formed the 2nd Brigade of général Charles Martin des Pallières. This 2nd Brigade with the 1st Brigade of général Reboul, three batteries de 4, two batteries de 4 and a machine gun of the Marine Artillery Regiment, on engineer company constituted the 3rd Infantry Division commanded by division general de Vassoigne. This infantry division evolved at the corps of the 12th Army Corps having for commander-in-chief division general Lebrun.
Reconstituted more than ten times, having endured for 52 months with daily struggles of nearly 20,000 men killed, wounded or disappeared, the 2nd Colonial Infantry Regiment 2e RIC has participated to all the major battles of the conflict. The regiment received 4 citations at the orders of the armed forces as well as the fourragere with colors of the Médaille Militaire.
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