Talk:History of the Royal Marines

Gibraltar
Is it just me or is not this the most important part of RM history? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bunnyman78 (talk • contribs) 11:07, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

RMLI in British Columbia
I'm uncertain as to whether the Royal Marines episode in BC should be its own article; there's quite a bit of material, starting with this precis and also this which demonstrates that the withdrawal spoken of in the first link did not take place right away; the RMLI played important roles in the colony's history, including the deployments for McGowan's War and the Pig War and also as the Governor's escort to Yale during the Fraser Canyon War, or rather just after it, and were also deployed during the Chilcotin War. I'm not enough of a military specialist to write up this material but thought it worth mentioning here, where there should be at least some mention of their role in British Columbia in the "19th Century" section....I'll post other citation-links as I find themSkookum1 (talk) 15:38, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

References

Re:Helicopter insertions (first military unit to perform) http://www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk/museumresearch/PDFs/Suez%201956.pdf http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/royalmarines/units-and-deployments/3-commando-brigade/brigade-information/history/ Bunnyman78 (talk) 02:41, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Merge with the actual Royal Marines wikipedia page.
I believe this should be merged with the actual RM wikipedia page which only has 1 paragraph on history rather than have the history as a separate article. It gives the actual RM article more detail, prestige, easier to navigate and makes it look overall more professional and complete. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheGlowingKnight (talk • contribs) 18:39, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * No the two articles together would be too big and unreadable. Jim Sweeney (talk) 20:12, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Too much content, this way allows the topic to be covered in a more comprehensive way.
 * And prestige doesn't come from having massive article...
 * ALR (talk) 05:11, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Uniform of the RMA
A bit of a debate here. I wondered if there were people out there who could confirm a few pointers here:

When the RMA was established, all ranks wore the standard red coat.

Clouds of gunsmoke were less easily hidden on a navy blue jacket than a red one. As a result, in 1807 the Gunners were permitted to wear a blue fatigue jacket whilst serving the guns, rather than white or red coloured fatigue jackets. It was not until 1816 that a blue uniform, similar to that of the Royal Artillery, was adopted, with white lace and red facings. I'm assuming that the gunners continued to wear the round hat, until the peacetime adoption of the bell-top shako.

Roll on the anticipated publishing of a book by James Kochan on the Royal Marines during the Napoleonic Wars! Keith H99 (talk) 23:07, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Uniforms section
This section could me made into a separate article titled Royal Marines uniforms. It could then be expanded with more text and photographs. It could also have a See also section at the end, with a link to the Royal Navy uniform article. That article could also be given a link to the Royal Marines uniforms article. What do others think? --Dreddmoto (talk) 16:04, 10 April 2014 (UTC)


 * I fully agree that a separate article on uniforms would be better. Dormskirk (talk) 20:33, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Dormskirk.

What should be done regarding the Uniforms section? Should it be left almost as it is now, but with the addition of a link to the proposed uniforms article? Should it be deleted and its text moved to the uniforms article, then a link be added to the See also section? One of those would have to be done. --Dreddmoto (talk) 17:43, 6 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi - I suggest it be left almost as it is now, but with the addition of a link to the proposed uniforms article. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 22:22, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

I've just seen that link there. It's helpful. Thanks a lot. Dreddmoto (talk) 12:01, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

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