1st Battalion of Somali Tirailleurs

[No one]

Dear Gentlemen,

 

Presentation of the insignia of the 1st Battalion of Somali Tirailleurs*:

*1er Bataillon de Tirailleurs Somalis / 1er B.T.So. homologation G 1080 from 1954 to 1958

 

- 1er B.T.So. Drago Paris:

 

 

1er bataillon de Tirailleurs somalis.pdf (aamtdm.net)

 

Historique du bataillon de tirailleurs somalis pendant la guerre. Colonel Bouet | Gallica (bnf.fr)

 

TH_BTSomalis (free.fr)

 

The flag of the 1er B.T.So. was decorated with:

- Fouragère in the colors of the Croix de guerre 1914-1918

- Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with two plams and one silver star

- Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with one plam and one silver star

The 2nd Company of the B.T.So. Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with one star

The 4th Company of the B.T.So. Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with one plam

 

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

[No one]

Dear Gentlemen,

 

I have this Military Identification Tags to Fareh Issa:

 

 

Until now I got only this information about him:

" In the Official Journal of April 30, 1930, mention is made of Fareh Issa, sergeant, number 66, 1st Mixed Regiment of Madagascar, in the table of advancement for the year 1930 to the rank of warrant officer (adjudant in French). He was appointed to the rank of warrant officer by ministerial decision on 30 September, effective 1 October 1930.

 

In the 1937 Official Bulletin of the Colonial Office, there is a man named Fareh Issa, warrant officer of the Senegalese Tirailleurs Regiment of the French Somali Coast, appointed to the Order of the Star of Anjuan at the rank of knight."

 

And yesterday, I found his name here: TH_BTSomalis (free.fr) as a corporal.

 

Campagne 1914 – 1918 – Tableau d’Honneur du Bataillon de Tirailleurs Somalis Auteur : Colonel BOUET – Rochefort - 1931 Source :  http://gallica.bnf.fr. - Droits : Domaine public - Transcription intégrale : P. Chagnoux - 2015 page 13

 

 

Yours sincerely,

No one