1st Moroccan Infantry Division [SEP] conflict
1st Moroccan Infantry Division
The 1st Moroccan Infantry Division () was a French Army formation during World War I and World War II.
World War I.
The division was formed in July 1918 by the renaming and partial reorganization of the Moroccan Infantry Division. In spite of its name, Moroccan troops formed only one of its two brigades, with the other combining soldiers from Madagascar with elements of the French Foreign Legion and the former Imperial Russian Army.
1st Moroccan Brigade
- 12e Bataillon de tirallieurs Malgaches (12th
formation of the Moroccan Division between 1914 and 1918 were the Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion RMLE, the 4th Marching Tirailleurs Regiment 4 RTT, the 7th Marching Tirailleurs Regiment 7 RTA and 8th Marching Zouaves Regiment 8 RZ, all awarded the French fourragere with colours of the légion d’honneur at the end of the conflict.
Creation and different nominations.
On the eve of mobilisation on August 2, 1914, the troops which were at the disposition of the French Army in Morocco constituted:
- 1st Colonial Infantry Battalion (