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The Royal African Corps was an infantry unit in the British Army officially established on 25 April 1804. As Fraser’s Corps of Infantry, it had been earlier raised for the defense of the Island of Goree, Senegal in August 1800. The regiment was one of several penal battalions employed for colonial garrison duty in the early 19th century.

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Royal African Corps

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Corps

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Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

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Royal Australian Army Medical Corps

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Royal Army Dental Corps

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Diplomatic corps

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Royal Intelligence Corps

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Netherlands Marine Corps

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Royal Flying Corps

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United States Marine Corps

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British Army during the Napoleonic Wars

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