Fanteria di Marcia???

[nrepole]

Can someone explain what is meant by term Fanteria di Marcia?http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag3 ... yeqafn.png

Attached is taken from my relative's WW1 military record. I know that
Fanteria refers to foot soldiers but what is signified by 'Marcia'?
? Marching soldiers ?

Kind regards
Nick

[mmogno]

http://miles.forumcommunity.net/?t=43413146

[nrepole]

Unfortunately, my Italian is not very good - so I
am unable to make sense of the attachment posted
by mmogno. Can someone explain/translate the Italian??

[erudita74]

Nick

I think that the forum to which mmogno gave you a link basically indicates that they were soldiers assigned to marching regiments, as you already seem to know.

Can I ask you what town your ancestor was from? I had found some websites on an Italian search engine, but don't know if anything I see would apply to your ancestor. Possibly you could upload more of your document to the forum, as there might be additional info there which could aid in the search.

Erudita

[nrepole]

Yes, Erudita, I have attached more of my ancestor's military record:
http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag3 ... fjyo8g.png

He was from Rapone, in the Province of Potenza, Basilicata.

Many thanks
Nick

[mmogno]

... they were soldiers assigned to marching regiments

@erudita74
Buongiorno.
No, i reparti di marcia erano quei reparti che dovevano fornire i complementi per rimpiazzare le perdite.

Il link dice questo:
"Per quanto mi consta un reparto di marcia comprendeva i complementi di un reparto di misura immediatamente più grande.
Mi spiego:
una compagnia di marcia comprendeva i rincalzi di un battaglione
un battaglione di marcia comprendeva i rincalzi di un reggimento
un reggimento di marcia quelli di una divisione
si arrivava ad avere una divisione di marcia per i complementi di un corpo d'armata ...

quindi un reggimento di marcia era destinato a fornire uomini ad un'intera divisione."

[nrepole]

Thank you very much for your help mmogno