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The Troupes de la Marine (French pronunciation: [tʁup də la maʁin], lit. ' Troops of the Navy ' ) was a French military formation founded by Cardinal Richelieu in 1622. It was under the denomination of Compagnie ordinaire de la mer , originally intended to form the garrisons of the ships of the King.
The Troupes de marine were formerly known as the Troupes coloniales, with origins dating back to the French Navy's Troupes de la marine. The French colonies were under the control of the Ministère de la Marine (the equivalent of the British Admiralty), accordingly, Marines defended the colonies.
The Compagnies franches de la marine (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃paɲi fʁɑ̃ʃ də la maʁin]; previously known as Troupes de la marine, later renamed and reorganized as Troupes coloniales and then Troupes de Marine) were an ensemble of autonomous infantry units attached to the French Royal Navy (French: marine royale) bound to serve both on land and sea.
The object of the first troupes de la marine sent to Canada in 1683 was to defeat the Iroquois, and then return to France. La Barre's failed expedition against the Senecas in 1684 changed this, and from the following year the troupes became a permanent standing force in the colony, the colonial regular troops.
Compagnie Ordinaire de la Mer, another corps maintained by the French Navy to protect its ships; Régiment de La Marine, the above formed into a regiment which later became the French Army's 11th Infantry Regiment, The Troupes de la Marine were transferred to the French Army and renamed Troupes coloniales from 1900 - 1960
Officer of Régiment de Carignan-Salières. Troupes de la Marine Compagnies Franches de la Marine. French Army. Carignan-Salières Regiment (Régiment de Carignan-Salières) – volunteer army unit (1665–1668) François Cottineau, dit Champlaurier, a member of this unit and ancestor of PM Sir Wilfrid Laurier; 176 soldiers and 4 officers 1740s
Both services were however administered by the Ministre de la Marine and shared an anchor badge. This insignia continued to be worn after the Troupes de la Marine became the Troupes Coloniales in 1900 and photographs of mehariste (camel corps) troopers taken in the 1950s show anchor badges even in the Mauritanian desert far from
The 1st Marine Infantry Regiment (French: 1 er régiment d'infanterie de marine, 1 er RIMa) is a French regiment heir of the colonial infantry.The regiment is one of the quatre vieux regiments of the Troupes de Marine, with the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment 2 e RIMa, the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment 3 e RIMa, as well the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment 4 e RIMa (dissolved in 1998).