
Military History
Royal Marine of the 2nd Battalion (1813-1815)
By William E. Welsh, Art by Don TroianiAfter nearly 150 years of service to the British crown, the Royal Marines had upwards of 31,000 marines worldwide at the time of the War of 1812, which constituted about 13 percent of the 240,000 British troops under arms around the globe at that time. Read more