"Battalion" . . . . . . "1808Z"^^ . "Second Corps:" . . "First Corps:" . . "The Corps of Colonial Marines were two Marine units raised from former slaves for service in the Americas by the British at the behest of Alexander Cochrane. The units were created at two different times, and were later disbanded once the military threat had disappeared.The first Corps was a small unit that served in the Caribbean from 1808 to 12 October 1810, recruited from former slaves to address the shortage of military manpower in the Caribbean."@en . "Corps of Colonial Marines"@en . . . . "1815Z"^^ . . . "Company" . . . .