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On 1 July 1943 – the 3 e R.E.I.M became again the Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion (R.M.L.E) On 1 July 1945 – at the end of the World War II, the R.M.L.E was redesignated as the 3 e R.E.I. On 1 April 1948 – a foreign parachute company was formed and designated as the Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment, Para Co ...
The following is a list of notable foreign members of the Legion of Honor by their country of origin. The Legion of Honor is the highest decoration in France. and is divided into five degrees (lower to higher): Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross).
Conscripts make up the majority of the manpower in the Swiss Armed Forces. [3] On September 22, 2013, a referendum that aimed to abolish conscription was held in Switzerland. [4] However, the referendum failed with over 73% of the electorate voting against it, showing strong support for conscription of men in Switzerland.
Awarded Légion d'honneur at Hillingdon Hospital's Beaconsfield East Ward on Thursday, 3 November 2016, aged 92. James Edward Clarke (19/01/1925-13/04/2020), Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, awarded 25 August 2016 for his part in the liberation of France on D-Day 6 June 1944, Royal Marine.
3 Suisses. 3 Suisses is a French mail order and e-commerce company, with headquarters in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. It is the biggest of the 16 e-commerce brands of Groupe 3SI [ fr; de]. Everett Hutt is the current CEO as of 2022. Since 1981, Otto GmbH owned a 51% share in the company and has been its only shareholder since January 2014.
Siege of Maastricht. The 1st Swiss Regiment ( French: 1ère Régiment Suisse) was a Swiss mercenary line infantry regiment in the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars. During the expansion of the Imperial Army in 1803, Napoleon decreed the formation of four Swiss mercenary regiments, one of these later becoming the famed 1st Swiss.
Knight (decree - 6 November 1912) [27] Officer (decree - 10 July 1920) [28] Commander (decree - 15 January 1930) [29] Grand officer (decree - 2 July 1936) [30] Grand Cross (decree - 22 July 1959) [30] Jacques Jean Félix Casties. Airline pilot. Recognised for his 43 years of professional and military services.
On 10 September 2002, Switzerland became a full member of the United Nations, after a referendum supporting full membership won in a close vote six months earlier; Swiss voters had rejected membership by a 3-to-1 margin in 1986. The 2002 vote made Switzerland the first and only country to join based on a popular vote.