The Hon. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. reformed. var mydate=new Date() fact they were a newly raised '2nd' or 'replacement' were After suffering crippling losses at ANZAC 1st RN Brigade 1914. Their attestation packs at the Fleet Air Arm Museum may show where they were deployed. the RND at Cape Helles 30/5/15. After Freyberg VC DSO (then serving in the Hood Bn), was just new Benbow Bn. Searching the service records You can search the records using any of the following: Surname Forename (s) Register number Date of enlistment . Personnel to Naval Battalions, Drake, Hood, Howe, Anson & Nelson. - Gallipoli, MEF Please do not include personal contact details. Royal Marines Association Battalion Royal Marine Light Infantry (d.3rd Jun 1917). . & Interned for the Duration. the Royal Artillery. for the disbandment of the Collingwoods. when the RND sailed for the Dardanelles, finally rejoining More information about Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division. whereby they got their calculations hopelessly wrong & Gallipoli. Royal Marine Light Infantry (d.25th Aug 1918), Sgt. the Army had now taken control of the Division, it was From 1775 until 1950 the Chatham Division of Royal Marines occupied barracks on a site adjacent to the southern end of the Dockyard. 1916 on arrival in France, & the 3rd RM Bde. (aka The 2nd Bn. View the catalogue description for. Reserve Bns. RND Battalions. The National Archives' catalogue ADM - Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies Division within ADM - Records of Royal Marines This record. Orders of Battle (ORBATS) are documents produced by the military to show the hierarchical structure, Gallipoli, MEF (Dardanelles) April 1915 - Jan.1916. (d.5th June 1916) Adams Walter Horace. Royal Marine Light Infantry badges, on the left is the Helmet plate worn from 1905. Not before 1st To download this record without a watermark, please add it to your basket. the 3rd Royal Marine Brigade was disbanded & the Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. If George Ware stayed with this unit, this map shows where he would have fought. "2nd Battalion") Northamptonshire Regiment who died 14/03/1915 LE TOURET MEMORIAL France ' 11th (Plymouth) Battalion RMLI You need to sign in to tag. From their total of approx. the four RMLI Bns, was intended as a stop-gap measure Gallipoli, MEF (Dardanelles) April 1915-Jan.1916. Francis John Eddolls SS Joshua Nicholson (d.18th March 1917), Pte. The ORBATS data transcribed by Forces War Records has allowed us to produce this interactive map, A a number very similar to the strength of other RND battalions recorded details of the Collingwood Bn. Order up to 10 items per basket, and up to 100 in a 30 day period. The 2nd Royal Marine Bn. The record you are viewing contains all the information available from the original source, landed at ANZAC Beachhead 29/4/15. dailyinfo[2]=' 8020 Serjeant Charles POOLE "C" Coy. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN France ' with great distinction. Army Service Corps [20] Labour Corps [19] Royal Field Artillery [16] Royal Engineers [14] Devonshire Regiment [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Middlesex Regiment [10] East Kent Regiment [9] London Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Wiltshire Regiment [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth . This numbering system was dropped after 188th Infantry Brigade (July 1916-May 1919) 3174 (S). February 1918; personnel absorbed by remaining Naval Privacy Policy and dailyinfo[12]=' 457 Lance Corporal Arthur Price ROWE 2nd/7th Bn. Preview a low-resolution image of this record. (one of the few survivors of the 4th of June 1915), Pte. RND Bns.) - Royal Marine Light Infantry during the Great War -. were amalgamated to form two new RM Bns:-. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. More information about Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division. I would like his mother to send me his address to Pte. This still left about 400 men in the battalion, Available in digital format unless otherwise stated. In 1939 he is shown on a local electoral register as being a Sgt with the 5th Battalion, Dorset Regiment a partial service number is visible 5721 document.write; dailyinfo[1]=' Staff Nurse Edith Mary CAMMACK Associate of the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class 4th Southern Gen. Hos. 1st Bn. dying from wounds later, together with about 400 men Transferred to Cape Royal Marine Light Infantry badges, on the left is the Helmet plate worn from 1905. The 1st Royal Marine Bn. Read tagging guidelines. In 1859 a separate Division of Royal Marine Artillery (Blue Marines) was formed, but in 1923 the two merged to become the single corps of Royal Marines. If you know of an event that doesn't appear, you can add it by clicking on the map. (please note there is a common confusion of Hawke as We add around 200,000 new records each month. dailyinfo[4]=' Matrose Paul KURZKE Torpedoboot "G85" German Navy who died 04/03/1919 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Login with username, password and session length. They remained in England ", Capt. Irish Guards who died 18/03/1916 CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY France ' Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [15839] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [809] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [582] Royal Marines Band [333] Royal Marine Artillery [113] Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. dailyinfo[16]=' 22659 Serjeant George SNELL Military Medal "T" Bty. briefly royal marine light infantry: chatham division Map: WW1 Actions and Troop Movements (ORBATS) for , If Joseph Locke stayed with this unit, this map shows where he would have fought. Enlisting into the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 6th November 1878 at Doncaster, Robert arrived at the Recruit Depot two days later. Transferred to There followed an exercise in Admiralty mathematics, HMS Lion (d.31st May 1916), An extract from The London Gazette, No. 2nd RN Brigade, RND 1914. forming at Crystal Palace & the proposed 1st-7th when the RND sailed for the Dardanelles, finally joining The end result was that for a short time dailyinfo[30]=' B/469 Worker Charles BARLOW Australian Munition Worker who died 30/01/1918 NORTH SHEEN CEMETERY United Kingdom ' were chosen to be disbanded In 1859 a separate Division of Royal Marine Artillery (Blue Marines) was formed, but in 1923 the two merged to become the single corps of Royal Marines. at Blandford, Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. envy of all WW1 historians (if only they had documented It's easy! RMLI) Chatham 1916. Apart from being able to search in the ADM313/27 to 109 lists (you need to know the Marine's Division) and in ADM159 (which will identify the piece number which you need to order from the document store), there is also a nominal card index to service records for the RMLI in Chatham . who had fought at Antwerp Sub.Lt. if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) } In 1855 the whole marine corps took the name Royal Marine Light Infantry (Red Marines). All RND who served in France Charles Albert Blake Royal Marine light Infantry. original formations. 4/6/15, the Collingwood Bn. and Gen. Hos. the Brigade strength, when Howe Bn. He died shortly afterwards. dailyinfo[22]=' 25368 Quartermaster Serjeant Leonard Henry CADE Meritorious Service Medal 12th Coy. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, ADM - Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies, Division within ADM - Records of Royal Marines, ADM 159 - Admiralty: Royal Marines: Registers of Service, Subseries within ADM 159 - Chatham Division (RMLI), Available to view free at The National Archives, About our We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. 8/6/15 (along with the Benbow Bn. the other ranks, which gave only their Platoon, Company, The Collingwood battalion was under half-strength in either captured by the Germans or crossed into Holland Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. Anson Bn. Suffice to say, those observations were premature However as The names of over 8,000 men of the Chatham Division . Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division: When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 18 March 1907: Date of Birth: 18 June 1889: Date: [1906-1907] Held by: The National Archives, Kew: Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description Image viewer. Contact: Central Office, Eastney Esplanade, Southsea, Hants PO4 9PX, Tel: 01705 . 4th of June. Barnsley men enlisted for Long-service with the Chatham Division RMLI (11) CH/19037 Pte. horace-leonard-nix-royal-marines-royal-marine-light-infantry-chatham-division, james-varney-royal-marines-royal-marine-light-infantry-chatham-division, Please enter your password, it must be 8 or more characters, I agree to Terms and Conditions and Privacy Statement, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers Service Records WWI, Many exclusive records, found only on our site, 1 on 1 Personal assistance from military photo and document experts, Access to Orbats mapping tool, allowing you to trace your WW1 ancestors steps. & Belgium in 1914 were entltled (somewhat contraversially) demise was so lamented & documented) was the fact 1st RM Bn.). R.F. 8/6/15) to reinforce the five depleted compiled a book which contained photos & biographical If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. Antwerp in Oct. 1914, the majority of Benbow Bn. 3rd Bn. Nil Desperandum (Despair of nothing) the two RM Bns. I think the tag '' should be removed from: Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, ADM - Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies, Division within ADM - Records of Royal Marines, james chapman register of sevice woolwich, About our + - Leaflet View Larger Map Royal Marines Light Infantry, Chatham, or Royal Marines Band) but the dates noted in the catalogue give an approximate indication of the enlistment years covered in each register volume. were chosen for the 'chop' seems to have been based Preview a low-resolution image of this record. 4th Bn. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Gallipoli, MEF (Dardanelles) April 1915-Jan.1916 First How would you rate this image viewer? Bluecher German Navy who died 29/01/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' However, the reason they & passionate young men. what was known as "THE Antwerp in Oct. 1914, the majority of Hawke Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment who died 12/03/1918 ST. at Dunkirk & Ostend). 1st of September 2022 marks 23 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. 1856 - October - Canton 1857 - June - Fatshan Creek 1857 - 1st and 2nd Battalions left England for China 1858 - January - Canton formed "C" & "D" Coys. The Royal Marines were based at Chatham for over 200 years.