151e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne (1914-18)
Soldiers of the 151e R.I., ca. 1917-18
Battle Acclaims
Medals
Citations
Pictures of the Regiment
The Regimental Colors
March of the 151st R.I.
First-Hand Accounts
Faces of the 151st Dead
83e B.I.             84e B.I.
94e R.I., 8e and 19e B.C.               151e and 162e R.I., 16e B.C.
Compagnie 6/2 of the 9e Régiment de Génie (Engineers)
*Note: The 1919 historical cites the total number of casualties at 12,000, including over 5,000 killed. The above figure comes from the 1997 historical.
Campaign History of the 151st R.I. - 1914-1918
~ 1914 ~
14 July: The 151, along with the 42nd DI, conducts maneuvers at the Verdun training grounds in front of a nervous crowd of Meusians. The division prepares to depart for the Chalôns maneuvers camp as it does each year.
28 July: While en route to Chalôns, the 151 receives order to proceed back to its barracks at Verdun (Miribel) and to place itself in a state of readiness for war.
31 July: The 151 leaves Miribel and heads off to the Frontier (Lorraine) to help cover the border along with the rest of the 42nd DI. On 2 August, the general mobilization is decreed, and France and Germany are at war.





