Themes

Conflict and Change

• Introduction

• In Focus: 1900

• In Focus: World War One

• In Focus: Interwar

  • Surface Fleet

  • Submarines

  • Royal Marines

  • Fleet Air Arm

• In Focus: World War Two

• In Focus: Post War Conflict

• In Focus: Cold War Climate

• In Focus: Falklands and Beyond

• Special Exhibition: Falklands 25

Learning

• How To: Understand Propaganda

• Propaganda Image Galleries

• Education Project: Sea With Your Own Eyes

Land service

Sea soldiers on land again

Marines could not return to sea as soon as World War One had ended. Battalions of Royal Marines remained acting as soldiers battling the Communists of Russia and China.

Their swift mobilisation and capability in this type of role showed how the Royal Marines could be used instead of at sea.

Royal Marines and Sailors in North Russia, c.1919. Group photograph of Royal Marines and sailors atop of a railway wagon at Murmansk. (RMM)

Article highlights

• Sea soldiers on land again

• Russia 1918 -1919

• Shanghai 1927

Follow the links to find more about -

• Advancing amphibious capabilities

• Land service - Russia and China

• Flying Marines