The Royal Marines are part of the Royal Navy and nothing to do with the Army.
Royal marines join full time and do 32 weeks training Royal marines reserve are like the territorial army, you still have a job (teacher, doctor) but you do one weekend a month training for 18 months and support the full time marines
Lt Colonel
He was commissioned in the Royal Marines in 1741.
Lieutenant-Colonel.
Major is the higher rank.
No, not as such, but the Royal Marines (part of the Naval Service) use Army ranks, so there are RM Majors.
Royal Marines Division ended in 1943.
Royal Marines Division was created in 1940.
Royal Marines A.F.C. was created in 2008.
There are five bands associated with the Royal Marines.
The Royal Air Force rank of Air Marshal is equivalent to Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy) and Lieutenant-General (British Army and Royal Marines).
Royal Marines Museum was created in 1958-10.