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* July 1, 1977 : 4th Marine Infantry Regiment 4<sup>e</sup> RIMa.
* July 14, 1977 : The regiment left the garrison at Toulon to join [[Fréjus]].
* During garrison at Toulon, the regiment consisted of the Corniche Bournazel prepatroypreparatory class to the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint Cyr.
* The regiment was separated in two in 1980, one -half of the regiment joined [[Perpignan]] where they incorporated the forming effectifs of the 24th Marine Infantry Regiment 24<sup>e</sup> RIMa dissolved. The other half of the regiment was founded at the corps of the GITDM at Fréjus which became the depository of the regimental colors of the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment 4<sup>e</sup> RIMa.
* On July 1, 1986 : the regiment at Perpignan and marines joined Fréjus while the 24th Marine Infantry Regiment reconstituted formation in the original respective garrison of the 24<sup>e</sup> RIMa.
* On June 30, 1998 : the regiment was dissolved after 144 years of presence.
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* 1869 : the regiment was spread between Toulon, Cochinchinem Guyana, and Japan.
 
The 4th Marine Infantry Regiment illustrated capability first in Crimea (1854-18551854–1855) 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 ».<br/> The in the campaign of Italy 1858.<br/> The regiment was engaged in Senegal while administered by [[Louis Faidherbe|général Faidherbe]], then in China, during the Taipings revolts.<br/> Following, the regiment was called to battle in Cochinchine (1859-18611859–1861), then Tonkin (1884-18851884–1885), campaigns which valued the regiment with new inscriptions on the regimental colors : <br />Saigon (1859)-Ki Hoa (1861)-Langson (1884)-Tuyen Quan (1885).<small> Sébastopol 1854-18551854–1855 - Saïgon 1859 - Ki Hoa 1861 - Langson 1884 - Tuyen Quan 1885, battles also inscribed on the regimental colors of the 22nd Colonial Infantry Regiment, 22<sup>e</sup> RIC.</small>
 
=== 1870 to 1914 ===
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* From 1873 to 1885, the regiment was in Tonkin. Eight companies were at Madagascar, participating to campaigns of île, until the end of 1885.
* March 1, 1890 : by doubling, the 8th Marine Infantry Regiment ({{lang-fr|[[:fr:8e régiment d'infanterie coloniale|8<sup>e</sup> Régiment d'infanterie de marine]]}}) was created.
* In 1900, the regiment was designated as 4th Colonial Infantry Regiment and was regourpedregrouped at Toulon. The same year, the regiment integrated a section of colonial sapeur télégraphiste.
* From 1907 to 1913, the regiment partook the campaigns of Morocco.
* In 1914, the regiment was still stationed at Toulon, part of the 4th Colonial Brigade.
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==== Division attachment ====
* garrison in 1914 : Toulon 4th Colonial Brigade.
* 2nd Colonial Infantry Division 2<sup>e</sup> DIC : August 1914 - November 1916
* 16th Colonial Infantry Division 16<sup>e</sup> DIC : November 1916 - November 1918
 
==== 1914 ====
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==== 1916 ====
* January 29 - February 2 :[[Battle of the Somme]]
* July 1 : Frise
* September 12 - November 19 : [[Monastir Offensive|Batte of Monastir]]
 
==== 1917 ====
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=== Algerian War ===
After 1960, the garrison lost the African detachments, which the last left Puget on September 1964. The camps of south-east were composed of almost 12000 men, then four hospitals, cemeteries were created (annamite cemetery, African cemetercemetery of Baume). Accordingly, the military domain was restrained, camps were left over (camp Galliéni, camp Robert, Camp Caïs). These lands in 2011 are today occupied by a sporting complex and by the Memorial of Indochinese Wars ({{lang-fr|Mémorial des guerres en Indochine}}).
 
At the cease-fire on March 19, 1962 in Algeria, the I/4<sup>e</sup> RIMa created among 91 other regiments, part of the 114 local forces. The I/4<sup>e</sup> RIMa was a local force of the Algerian order of battle, 420°UFL-UFO at Canrobert, composed of 10% metropolitan military and 90% of Muslim military, and which during the transition period were at the service of the executive provisional Algerian authority, until the independence of Algeria (Evian accords of March 18, 1962).
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* The [[21st Marine Infantry Regiment]]
 
(* Initially referred to as camp de la Lègue, baptized following the secondSecond worldWorld warWar after an officer mortkilled pourfighting lafor France in Indochina on Mars 1945. Having served in Soudan and Mauritania, colonel Le Coq was referred as the Grand Méhariste and Compagnon de la Libération.)
 
**Filiation of GITDM : ({{lang-fr|Groupement d'instruction des troupes de marine}}).
*In 1954, the Extrême-Orient center of organization of the French Expeditionary CoprsCorps (CEFEO), by designation change of the instruction groups of troupes coloniales in metropole (GTIC Métro).
* In 1958, by designation change of the instruction groupment and transit of troupes in outer-mer (G.I.T.T.O.M.)
* In 1961, by designation change of the instruction groupment and transit of troupes de marine (G.I.T.T.D.M.)
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==== Battle Honours ====
 
*Sébastopol 1854-551854–55
*Saïgon 1859
*Bazeilles 1870
*Tuyen-Quan 1885
*Maroc 1907-19131907–1913
*la Marne 1914
*Champagne 1915
*la Cerna 1916
*AFN 1952-19621952–1962
 
== Regimental Commanders ==
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* 1900 : colonel Vimard (1850-1934)
* 1902 : colonel Lalubin
* July 12, 1914 - August 6, 1914 : général Gadel
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* 1956 - 19581956–1958 : colonel Grimaldi
* 1958 - 19611958–1961 : chef de bataillon Hogard
* 1961 - 19631961–1963 : lieutenant-colonel Braquet then lieutenant-colonel Cames (Toulon)
* 1963 - 19641963–1964 : colonel Le Flahec
* 1964 - 19651964–1965 : colonel Gérard
* 1965 - 19671965–1967 : colonel Jeanblanc
* 1967 - 19691967–1969 : colonel Descheyne
* 1969 - 19711969–1971 : colonel Robecat (Toulon).
* 1971 - 19731971–1973 : colonel Marion (Toulon).
* 1973 - 19751973–1975 : lieutenant-colonel De Buyer (Toulon).
* 1975 - 19771975–1977 : …
* 1977 - 19791977–1979 : colonel Paillard (Toulon).
* 1979 - 19801979–1980 : colonel Metayer (Fréjus).
* 1980 - 19811980–1981 : colonel Metayer (Perpignan).
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* 1981 - 19831981–1983 : colonel Alain (Perpignan).
* 1983 - 19851983–1985 : colonel Paveau (Perpignan).
* 1985 - 19871985–1987 : colonel Léonardi (Perpignan).
* 1985 - 19871985–1987 : colonel Pirson (Fréjus).
* 1987 - 19891987–1989 : colonel Messaoudi.
* 1989 - 19911989–1991 : colonel Ronde
* 1991 - 19931991–1993 : colonel Trélaün
* 1993 - 19951993–1995 : colonel Moreau
* 1995 - 19971995–1997 : colonel Gilles
* 1997 - 19981997–1998 : colonel Fugier
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