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== Royal Marines == | == Royal Marines == | ||
{{main|Royal Marines}} (Corps of Her Majesty's Royal Marines) | {{main|Royal Marines}} | ||
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The Royal marines originally maintained military discipline on navy vessels. It has been a separate corps of the military since 1755, although under the control of the Admiralty and forming part of the Naval Service. Alphabetically arranged records of marines exist from 1790, some by enlistment date and others by discharge date. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/royal-marines-register-service.htm Royal Marine Service records, 1842 -1926] can be accessed online via The National Archives. | The Royal marines originally maintained military discipline on navy vessels. It has been a separate corps of the military since 1755, although under the control of the Admiralty and forming part of the Naval Service. Alphabetically arranged records of marines exist from 1790, some by enlistment date and others by discharge date. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/royal-marines-register-service.htm Royal Marine Service records, 1842 -1926] can be accessed online via The National Archives. | ||