The Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special...
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The Royal Marines uniform is the standardised military dress worn by members of the Royal Marines. Historically, Marine uniforms broadly matched those...
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The Commandant General Royal Marines is the professional head of the Royal Marines. The title has existed since 1943. The role is held by a General who...
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The Royal Marines Reserve (RMR) is the volunteer reserve force used to augment the regular Royal Marines. The RMR consists of some 600 trained ranks distributed...
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Royal Marines recruit training is the longest basic modern infantry training programme of any Commonwealth, or North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)...
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of Colonial Marines History of the Royal Navy Royal Marines Band Service Royal Marines Museum Uniforms of the Royal Marines "Royal Marines History and...
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Captain General Royal Marines is the ceremonial head of the Royal Marines. The current Captain General is King Charles III. This position is distinct...
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47 Commando (Raiding Group) Royal Marines, formerly 1 Assault Group Royal Marines, is a unit of Royal Marine Commandos that specialise in amphibious assault...
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by marines have included raiding ashore in support of naval objectives, and the boarding of vessels during combat or capture of prize ships. Marines also...
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Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (CTCRM) is the principal military training centre for the Royal Marines. It is situated near the villages of Lympstone...
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the Royal Navy. Retrieved 28 February 2018. "New Royal Marines Museum". National Museum of the Royal Navy. Retrieved 28 February 2018. "Royal Marines Museum...
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The Royal Marines Band Service is the musical wing of the Royal Navy and an independent element of the Royal Marines. It currently consists of five bands...
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France's Troupes de marine (1622) and the English Royal Marines (1664), although the Dutch Marines were the first in history to specialise in amphibious...
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Royal Marines Cadets of the Sea Cadet Corps were formed in 1955 as the Marine Cadet Section, after the then incoming Commandant General Royal Marines...
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The Royal Marine Brigade and subsequent Royal Marine Division were amphibious warfare units formed by the British Royal Marines at the start of the Second...
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The Royal Marines Police, or Royal Marines Police Troop (RM Police Troop) is the Royal Marines element of the Royal Navy Police and the military police...
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of the Royal Marines currently in use. It includes personal equipment, small arms, combat vehicles, snowmobiles and watercraft. The Royal Marines are a...
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way as the RN. Although the Royal Marines does not officially use the rank of field marshal, the Captain General Royal Marines, the ceremonial head of the...
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Protection Group Royal Marines (43 Cdo FP Gp RM), formerly Comacchio Company Royal Marines (1980–1983), Comacchio Group Royal Marines (1983–2001) and Fleet...
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40 Commando (redirect from 40 Commando Royal Marines)
40 Commando RM is a battalion-sized formation of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within 3 Commando Brigade, the principal Commando formation...
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42 Commando (redirect from 42 Commando, Royal Marines)
Commando is a fighting unit within the Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade. Based at Norton Manor, Royal Marines Condor and 42 Commando are based at Bickleigh...
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patrol craft, at which John Melville's daughter was present. However the Royal Navy later said that there had been a mistake and that the crew had been...
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Thompson, CB, OBE (born 7 October 1934) is a military historian and former Royal Marines officer who commanded 3 Commando Brigade during the Falklands War. Thompson...
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Red coat (military uniform) (redirect from Red coat (British army and Royal marines))
infantry units of the British military, including the British Army and Royal Marines, from the 16th to 19th centuries. The garment was also widely used by...
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List of active Royal Marines military watercraft is a list of landing craft and other watercraft in service with the Royal Marines. It consist of a varied...
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The Potential Royal Marines Course, often abbreviated to PRMC, was a Royal Marines selection course for Potential Recruits. The course was held at the...
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3 Commando Brigade (United Kingdom) (redirect from Royal Marines Commandos)
Brigade, Royal Marines Division, was detached from the division, to form the independent 3rd Special Service Brigade – a joint British Army-Royal Marines formation...
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30 December 2017. Royal Marines home page Archived 6 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine on Royal Navy website "Royal Marines". Royal Navy. Retrieved 9 May...
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Holmes, CBE, DSO (29 June 1967 – 2 October 2021) was a British senior Royal Marines officer who served for more than three decades in the armed forces....
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in the royal marines which was intended for his brother, although it was by an error made out in his name. Oldfield, who did not join the marines until...
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