4th Marine Infantry Regiment

4e Régiment d'Infanterie Marine
Regimetal insignia of the 4e RIC Regimental insignia of the 4e RIMa
Active	August 31, 1854 to June 30, 1998
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	troupes de marine
Role	Infantry
Garrison/HQ	Toulon et Fréjus
Motto(s)	« J'y suis j'y reste »(Fr) Here I be, here I stay (Eng)
Colors	Red and blue
Anniversaries	Bazeilles
Engagements	Crimean War Franco-Prussian War World War I World War II Algerian War
Battle honours	Sébastopol 1854-55 Saïgon 1859 Bazeilles 1870 Tuyen-Quan 1885 Maroc 1907-1913 la Marne 1914 Champagne 1915 la Cerna 1916 AFN 1952-1962

The 4th Marine Infantry Regiment (French: 4^e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine, 4^e RIMa) was a French marine regiment of the troupes de marine within the French Army. This regiment was part of the « Quatre Grands » of the Marine Infantry along with the 1st Marine Infantry Regiment 1^er RIMa, the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment 2^e RIMa, the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment 3^e RIMa, however was dissolved in 1998. Along with the 1st Marine Artillery Regiment 1^er RAMa and 2nd Marine Artillery Regiment 2^e RAMa, the 4th Marine formed of the two brigades of the Blue Division. On June 14, 2001, the GSMA of Mayotte, heir to the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment, received the color guard of the regimental colors.

The 4th Marine Infantry Regiment illustrated capability first in Crimea (1854–1855) participating to the siege of Sebastopol. Following this campaign, the Emperor decided that the regimental colors of the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment would bear the golden inscriptions letters of « Sébastopol ».
The in the campaign of Italy 1858.
The regiment was engaged in Senegal while administered by général Faidherbe, then in China, during the Taipings revolts.
Following, the regiment was called to battle in Cochinchine (1859–1861), then Tonkin (1884–1885), campaigns which valued the regiment with new inscriptions on the regimental colors :
Saigon (1859)-Ki Hoa (1861)-Langson (1884)-Tuyen Quan (1885). Sébastopol 1854–1855 - Saïgon 1859 - Ki Hoa 1861 - Langson 1884 - Tuyen Quan 1885, battles also inscribed on the regimental colors of the 22nd Colonial Infantry Regiment, 22^e RIC.

On August 17, 1870, the 4th Marching Marine Infantry Regiment was part of the Armée de Châlons (1870) (French: ) of Marshal de MacMahon.