The Royal Marines
These
units could not be called Red Coats as they were not Army units but Navy
Marines. However, they did wear the red tunic.
1st,2nd,3rd,4th,The Marines and Royal Marines ( ; service ; 1788 till 1791....1803 till 1812......1824 till 1829........1837 till 1845.......1862 till 1870 ....... 1859 till 1913
Some news articles regarding the Marines Date 1786 supplied by J.S.Adams
Thursday Sept 28 1786
St.James Chronicle aka British Evening Post [London]
New London Advertiser: Saturday October 7 1786;
The Times Tuesday 24th October 1786 Issue 564.
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