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The Stength of the Corps
1664. ... 1.300. Duke of York’s Maritime Regiment of Foot.
1702. .. 4.968. 1st-6th Maritime Regiments formed.
1755. .. 5.000. Permanent Corps Formed.
1762. . 19.061. Seven Year’s War.
1782. 25.290. American War of Independence
1806. 29,000. Napoleonic Wars.
1814. 31.500. Height of the Napoleonic era.
1815........6.000. End of Napoleonic Wars.
1840.…. .9.000. Colonial Wars.
1856.… 15.500. Crimean War.
1914.… 18.340. The Great War.
1918.… .55.603. Height of the Great War.
1939.. 16.000. World War Two.
1944.…. 78.400. Height of World War Two.
1948.… 13.000. reduction to Peacetime Level.
1974.… .. 7.000. Reduction in Overseas Commitments.
1992.… .. 7.400. (Plus, RM Reserve – 1240.
Casualties
World War One: . 6.261 Killed
World War Two: … . 3.983.Killed
Since world War Two: .....130. Killed. Includes Korea 28. FalKlands 27. Suez 10, and Ireland 14.