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Never above you, never below you, always by your side
A Brief History of the Royal Marines Association
Chairman Of
Executive Committee
Chief Executives
2005: Brigadier CWP Hobson OBE.
2012: Brigadier Mike Ellis OBE.
1946: Major General R. H. Campbell, CB. MC.
2018: Brigadier Richard Spencer CBE.
1946: Major General V. D. Thomas, CBE.
2019: Jonathan Ball.
1947: D. A. Collier, Esq.
1952: Colonel F. C. Horton, OBE.
Membership
1955: Brigadier J. H. G. Wills, CBE.
1961: J. T. Yates, Esq. MBE.
1965: A. L. Blake, Esq. MC. LLB (later
Sir Alfred Blake, KCVO. MC. LLB).
1946: 14,500.
1967: Colonel B. W. de Courcy-Ireland, DSC.
1970: Colonel J. C. E. Coke, CBE. DSC.
1948: 30,000, 166 Branches in
the U.K, and overseas.
1976: Lt. Colonel E. R. Bridges, OBE.
1950: 17,000.
1980: Col R. C. Sidwell, OBE.
1952: 12,000.
1983: Colonel KN Wilkins, OBE.
1957: 12,000 (5000 Serving Corps 7000 ex-RM).
1986: Colonel T Seccombe, CBE.
1961: 8,800, 67 Branches.
1991: Colonel RF Preston.
1967: 8,000.
1997: Lt. Colonel David Drysdale RM.
1978: 7,000, 3000 of which are Serving Corps,
44 Branches in U.K. and 9 overseas.
1947: 28,000.
2003: Major PMH Dunn RM.
1986: 11,300, 93 branches, 13 overseas.
2013: Mr R Bell OBE JP.
2019: 14,439, 60 local branches, 18 special
interest branches, 12 overseas.
2019: Mr P Deacon.
2020: 16,222, 62 local branches, 19 special
interest branches, 12 overseas.
General Secretaries
1946: Major General AN Williams, CBE.
Locations Of The
Central Office
1947: A. L. Blake, Esq. MC. LLB.
1948: Captain G. C. Bainbridge; RM.
1953: T. E; Watkins, Esq.
Total members (as at 31 Dec 2020)
2020 (16,222)
2019 (14,359)
4,947
Serving
members
90
Branches
worldwide
1946: Queen Anne’s Mansions, London.
1958: Major V. W. Davidson, OBE.
1950: 5, Talbot Square, Paddington London.
1966: Captain G. P. Sanford, RM (Rtd).
1957: 50, Eaton Place, London.
1974: Captain J.B. Brown, RM (Rtd).
1958: 2, Lower Sloane Street, London.
1985: Major G Montgomerie, RM.
1966: War Memorial Pavilion, Royal
Marines Barracks, Eastney.
1994: Captain BJ Gibbs, RM.
1975: The Corps Secretariat,
Royal Marines Eastney.
1991: Royal Marines Museum, Eastney.
2004: Central Office, Building 32, Whale Island.
2019: Building 72, CTCRM, Lympstone.
2019 (4,188)
12
Overseas
branches
2019 (87)
18 130
Specialist
branches
Funerals were
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