Dates: 1914 - 1920

The Royal Marine Artillery was formed as an establishment within the British Royal Marines in 1804 to man the artillery in bomb vessels. This had been done by the Royal Regiment of Artillery, but a lawsuit by a Royal Artillery officer resulted in a court decision that Army officers were not subject to Naval orders. As their uniforms were the blue of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, this group was nicknamed the "Blue Marines" and the Infantry element, who wore the scarlet uniforms of the British infantry, became known as the "Red Marines", often given the derogatory nickname "Lobsters" by sailors.

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" seeking information on WW1 Royal marine Artillery and later on the Royal Army Service Corps (1921). trying to locate service history, having a lot of trouble. Anybody have any suggestions where I can get relaible (and cheap!) information. Cheers "

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" Quoting: Robert Measures seeking information on WW1 Royal marine Artillery and later on the Royal Army Service Corps (1921). trying to locate service history, having a lot of trouble. Anybody have any suggestions where I can get relaible (and cheap!) information. Cheers Alright ..."

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" Hello Robert. Welcome to the mad house, all you need to survive here is a wry sense of humour, and not much in the way of sense. Anyway, if your looking for WW1 Royal Marine Artillery go to Google and just type in "WW1 royal marine artillery" it gives you pages of what you want, same with the ryal ..."

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