The Royal Marines,
COMPRISING
Royal Marine Artillery; and Royal Marine Light Infantry.
The Globe and Laurel Wreath.
TITLES.
1664-89. The Lord Admiral's (H.R.H. The Duke of York and Albany's)
Maritime Regiment; also ranked as The 3rd Foot: drafted into
The Coldstreams.
1694-97. Maritime Regiments: several raised and disbanded.
1702-13. Maritime Regiments: six raised, of which three were disbanded,
the rest being now represented by The 1st Batt. East Lancashire,
The 1st East Surrey, and The 1st Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry;
at the same time other regiments were placed on the Marine
Establishment for sea-service—these regiments are now represented
by The 2nd Gloucester Regiment, The Yorkshire, The Lancashire
Fusiliers, The 1st Border, The 1st Royal Sussex, and The 2nd
Worcester.
1740-48. Marine Regiments: ten raised and disbanded.
1755-1802. Marines: 50 Companies permanently established.
1802 (from). Royal Marines.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
[It is impossible to instance more than the most distinguished of the varied services of this branch of the Army. Reference should also be made to the Regimental Records of Corps specially mentioned as having at one time served as Marines.]
1705. Gibraltar.
1706. Spain.
1708. Minorca.
1708. Nice.
1708. Ostend.
1708. Sardinia.
1709. Nova Scotia.
1709. West Indies.
1709. Dunkirk.
1741. Carthagena.
1746. Culloden.
1747-8. Aria-Coupang.
1747-8. Pondicherry.
1747-8. Coromandel Coast.
1758. Louisbourg.
1761. Belle Isle.
1762. Manilla.
1762. Havannah.
1775. America.
1775. Bunker's Hill.
1783. Gibraltar.
1797. St. Vincent.
1797. Camperdown.
1801. Copenhagen.
1801. Egypt.
1801. Teneriffe.
1801. Acre.
1801. Elba.
1805. Trafalgar.
1807. Copenhagen.
1807. Dardanelles.
1808-14. Peninsula.
1809. Flushing.
1811. Cape Lissa.
1812-15. America.
1836-38. Spain.
1840. Syria.
1840-1. Egypt.
1840-2. China.
1845-9. New Zealand.
1851-3. Burma.
1855. Baltic.
1855. Sevastopol.
1858. Lucknow.
1860. China.
1868. Abyssinia.
1874. Ashantee.
1882. Egypt.
1884. Nile.
1884-5. Egypt.
1884-90. Zululand.
1887, 1892-4. West Africa.
1900. South Africa.
&c., &c., &c.
Uniform.—Scarlet with Yellow facings (1664); Red Waterman's Frocks with bright Yellow facings (1702); the 1740-48 contingents wore the usual Red Waterman's frock with different facings and cloth caps for each regiment:—1st Regiment, Yellow; 2nd, Green; 3rd, Yellow; 4th, White; 5th, Yellow; 6th, Green; 7th, White; 8th, Yellow; 9th, Buff; 10th, Yellow. From 1755 to 1802 a Scarlet Uniform with White facings was worn, the facings being changed to Blue in 1802. At the present time the Royal Marine Artillery wear Blue with Scarlet facings, and the Royal Marine Light Infantry Scarlet with Blue facings.
Regimental and other Badges.—"The Globe" with the Motto, "Per Mare, per Terram." "The Crown—the Anchor and Laurel"—Her Majesty's Cypher, with the word "Gibraltar" (the latter for services at the various sieges).
Nicknames.—"The Little Grenadiers" (at Belle Isle the Corps wore the old-fashioned Grenadier caps of the earlier maritime regiments). "The Jollies." "The Globe Rangers." "Neptune's Bodyguard." "The Admiral's Regiment."
Notes.—The Royal Marines rank next to The Berkshire Regiment.
Bibliography.—Historical Records of The Royal Marines. Compiled and edited by Major L. Edye, R.M.L.I., Barrister-at-Law. Vol. I. 1664-1701. [London: Harrison. 1893.]
Historical Review of the Royal Marine Corps. By Captain Gillespie. [London: 1803.]
Historical Record of the Royal Marine Forces. By Colonel Nichols. [London: 1845.]