Editing Isle of Man (section)

==== Defence ====
The Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom; however, the UK is responsible for its defence and external affairs.<ref>{{Cite report |title=Royal Commission on the Constitution 1969–1973, Volume I, Report (Cmnd 5460) |date=1973 |location=London}}</ref> There are no independent military forces on the Isle of Man, although [[HMS Ramsey (M110)|HMS ''Ramsey'']] was affiliated with the [[Ramsey, Isle of Man|town of the same name]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2009 |title=HMS Ramsey |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/mine-countermeasure/sandown-class/hms-ramsey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830150949/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/mine-countermeasure/sandown-class/hms-ramsey/ |archive-date=30 August 2010 |access-date=11 September 2011 |publisher=[[Royal Navy]]}}</ref> From 1938 to 1955, there existed the [[Manx Regiment]] of the British [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] (TA), which saw extensive action during the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Regimental Museum – History |url=http://www.iomguide.com/douglas/regimental-museum.php |access-date=11 September 2011 |website=Isle of Man Guide |archive-date=3 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103083203/http://www.iomguide.com/douglas/regimental-museum.php |url-status=live}}</ref> During the [[English Civil War]], [[James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby|the 7th Earl of Derby]], who was also the Lord of Mann, conscripted 10 men from each parish (170 in total) to fight for the Royalist cause; the majority were killed at the [[Battle of Wigan Lane]] in 1651. In 1779, the [[Royal Manx Fencibles|Manx Fencible Corps]], a [[fencible]] regiment of three companies, was raised; it was disbanded in 1783 at the end of the [[American War of Independence]]. Later, the [[Royal Manx Fencibles]] was raised at the time of the [[French Revolutionary Wars]] and [[Napoleonic Wars]]. The 1st Battalion (of 3 companies) was raised in 1793. A 2nd Battalion (of 10 companies) was raised in 1795,<ref>See {{cite web |title=The Forgotten Army: Fencible Regiments of Great Britain 1793–1816 |url=http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/fencibles/c_fencibles2.html |access-date=15 August 2019 |website=The Napoleon Series |archive-date=5 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905025848/http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/fencibles/c_fencibles2.html |url-status=live}} for more detail.</ref> and it saw action during the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]]. The regiment was disbanded in 1802.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scobie |first=Ian Hamilton Mackay |date=1914 |title=An Old Highland Fencible Corps: The history of the Reay Fencible Highland Regiment of Foot, or Mackay's Highlanders, 1794–1802, with an account of its services in Ireland during the rebellion of 1798 |url=https://archive.org/stream/oldhighlandfenci00scobuoft#page/415/mode/1up |location=Edinburgh |publisher=Blackwood |page=363}}</ref> A third body of Manx Fencibles was raised in 1803 to defend the island during the [[Napoleonic Wars]] and to assist the Revenue. It was disbanded in 1811.<ref>{{cite web |title=Regiments stationed on Isle of Man, 1765–1896 |url=http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/history/military/regts.htm |access-date=28 February 2015 |website=Isle-of-man.com |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191403/http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/history/military/regts.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Isle of Man Home Guard]] was raised during the [[Second World War]] for home defence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iomhomeguard.com/default.html |title=Isle of Man Home Guard Reenactment Society |access-date=28 January 2021 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128021410/http://iomhomeguard.com/default.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015 a multi-capability recruiting and training unit of the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|British Army Reserve]] was established in Douglas.<ref name="Isle of Man Army Reserve">{{Cite news |date=October 2015 |title=British Army opens first reserve unit opens on Isle of Man since 1968 |work=BBC News |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-34401508 |access-date=24 October 2016 |archive-date=25 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025115619/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-34401508 |url-status=live}}</ref>