Indochina: 41st Colonial Artillery Regiment

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Dear Gentlemen,

 

The insignia of the 41st Colonial Artillery Regiment (41e Régiment d'Artillerie Coloniale - 41e R.A.C.), homologué H 384 in 1948  Drago-Paris-Nice 43, rue Olivier Metra Déposé:

 

 

41e régiment d'artillerie de marine — Wikipédia

 

C041 Historique du 41ème Régiment d'Artillerie de Marine  (google translation of the Indochina period) :

 

" III - INDOCHINA (1945-1956)

The 41st RAC was reconstituted in Madagascar on 1 October 1945 with elements of the 14th RAC BOURBON-MADAGASCAR.
Assigned to the Mixed Brigade of the Far East, it consisted of a General Staff and three groups under the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel VAYSSIERES.
From December 1945 the Regiment moved towards INDOCHINA. It was reinforced on the spot by European and Cambodian non-commissioned officers or troops.
The Regiment had disparate equipment and insufficient quantities to equip the three groups (155 Guns, 25 Pounders,...). Marching units were formed, supported by artillery units often reduced to one or two sections.
The Regiment grew in strength during the years 1946/1947 and participated, through its fires, in numerous operations.
On December 5, 1947, the 3rd group was mentioned in the order of the Division.

On 31 January 1948, the Regimental Staff was disbanded and the 41st RAC was reduced to an autonomous group which was established on the coast in the ANAM centre. Its positional artillery constantly intervened for the benefit of the posts and the mobile batteries participated in all the operations in the sectors of TOURANE, HUE and DONG HOI.
In 1951, the 4th group was created in TONKIN. The Regiment took the name of the Autonomous Group of the 41st RAC. This group was mentioned in the order of the Army Corps in March 1952 and disbanded shortly afterwards.
 

After its dissolution, the autonomous group became the 2nd artillery group of the Anam Centre before giving birth to the II/69th RAA. The 1st Group was transformed into the 5th Vietnamese Artillery Group.
On June 1, 1952, the General Staff was reconstituted and the Regiment regrouped in North Vietnam to form the artillery of the 3rd Tonkin Marching Division. It includes:

the 2nd group equipped with 105 HM2s,

the 3rd group in 155 HM1,

the 4th group with a heterogeneous armament (40m/m, 75, 105 HM1, 105 HM2, 155 Gun).

The numerous interventions carried out in the TONKIN delta earned the 2nd and 3rd groups a Citation in the Order of the Army Corps awarding the TOE War Cross with vermeil star - (24 May 1955 - Under the signature of the Minister of National Defence and the Armed Forces).


The inscription INDOCHINE 1945-1954 is carried on the standard.


The Ceasefire came into effect on July 27, 1954.
The Regimental Staff moved to Bien HOA on January 1, 1955. The 2nd group moved on HANOI. It was soon designated for NORTH AFRICA and was disbanded on 5 October 1955 at the El Hajeb Camp (Morocco). Many officers and enlisted men were transferred to the 63rd and 64th RAA.

The 3rd group, after having withdrawn from TONKIN to SAIGON, was disbanded on the spot on February 28, 1955.
The 4th group was disbanded at the GOUAP camp (COCHINCHINA).
The 1st group was disbanded in 1956 in ORAN.
The 5th Group is created as a general reserve unit. He was entrusted with the custody of the standard. Repatriated to mainland France, it was disbanded on its arrival in MARSEILLE on 4 April 1956.
The 41st Colonial Artillery Regiment was disbanded on 16 September 1956."

 

41e régiment d'artillerie coloniale (41e RAC) - Nos ancêtres dans la Grande Guerre - Geneanet

 

Yours sincerely,

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Edited October 30 by No one