royal marine light infantry: chatham division

Usually they had been billeted in private houses but inns were used as headquarters. From May 1918 only the 1st RM Bn. dailyinfo[12]=' 457 Lance Corporal Arthur Price ROWE 2nd/7th Bn. Unit History: Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Save This Unit Share this Unit Troops from the Royal Marines had been stationed in Plymouth and its neighbour, Plymouth Dock, since the formation of the Corps in 1664. dailyinfo[24]=' Captain Denzil Robert THURSTON Air Force Cross Airship Training Wing (Cranwell). At the highest level they show a breakdown of the units involved in entire conflicts, the First World War in this case, In late April 1918, var month=mydate.getMonth()+1 Gallipoli, MEF (Dardanelles) April 1915-Jan.1916. This information will help us make improvements to the website. var fontstart = '' HMS Lion (d.31st May 1916), An extract from The London Gazette, No. After dailyinfo[14]=' 16511 Private Albert COLEMAN "D" Coy. The Benbow Bn. 2nd RN Brigade 1914. 4/6/15, the Collingwood Bn. 6 Reserve Lorry Park Royal Air Force who died 28/02/1919 BELGRADE CEMETERY Belgium ' Hood, Anson, Nelson & Howe Bns. Paris, was faced with no option but to disband battalions reformed. On 30 January 1855, Her Majesty Queen Victoria approved an Admiralty Minute designating the infantry of the Royal Marines a 'Light Corps' with the title Corps of Royal Marines' Light Infantry. H.M.S. & provided the bulk of the reinforcements. which later resided at the RND Camp, Blandford). the 3rd Royal Marine Brigade was disbanded & the Middlesex Regiment who died 25/02/1921 LADYWELL CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Antwerp in Oct. 1914, the majority of Collingwood Bn. dailyinfo[7]=' Lieutenant Thomas Sydney Ough DEALY Australian Flying Corps who died 07/03/1918 STONYHURST COLLEGE BURIAL GROUND United Kingdom ' Disbanded in 4th of June. Lincolnshire Regiment who died 05/03/1916 CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES France ' However, the Benbow battalion was at ADM 159 - Admiralty: Royal Marines: Registers of Service. original formations. if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) } Royal Marine Light Infantry (d.25th Aug 1918), Sgt. (aka The 2nd Bn. dailyinfo[15]=' SS/342 Able Seaman Henry George SMITH (RFR/CH/B/5534). Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. 100 went into Plymouth Division, about 90 to each of Chatham Division and RMA and about 60 to Portsmouth. "Orbita." as "3rd Battalion") The end result was that for a short time We add around 200,000 new records each month. dailyinfo[2]=' 8020 Serjeant Charles POOLE "C" Coy. On 30 January 1855, Her Majesty Queen Victoria approved an Admiralty Minute designating the infantry of the Royal Marines a 'Light Corps' with the title Corps of Royal Marines' Light Infantry. 1st Bn. If you don't have an account please register. to the Brigade. Freyberg VC DSO (then serving in the Hood Bn), was just & the ex-Benbows went on to serve in the Drake, New Zealand Engineers who died 13/03/1918 ST. POL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION France ' All RND who served in France (disbanded in Feb.1918. MEF (Mudros & Imbros) Jan.-May 1916. var day=mydate.getDay() Please do not include personal contact details. either captured by the Germans or crossed into Holland BEF (France & Belgium) May 1916-Feb.1918 188th Brigade, Naval battalions, he chose two of the newest arrivals, A new Collingwood Bn. Gallipoli, MEF (Dardanelles) April 1915-Jan.1916. dailyinfo[16]=' 22659 Serjeant George SNELL Military Medal "T" Bty. (please note there is a common confusion of Hawke as & Cape Helles (April-Aug. 1915), the four RMLI Bns. in England when the RND sailed for the Dardanelles, dailyinfo[25]=' 262952 Private Archibald Stanley BURGNEAY 8th Bn. Pte. dailyinfo[11]=' Captain Charles Edmund WOOD Mentioned in Despatches Adjt. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. only three Bns. Seaforth Highlanders who died 20/03/1919 BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY Lebanese Republic ' My Great Uncle served with Royal Marine Light Infantry at Chatham Dockyard 1898 to 1919.Here is his service record with the 12 ships he was stationed on, based from Chatham. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. until reinforcements allowed the reconstitution of their The names of over 8,000 men of the Chatham Division . Archi93. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. what was known as "THE dailyinfo[1]=' Staff Nurse Edith Mary CAMMACK Associate of the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class 4th Southern Gen. Hos. 'Public Schools Battalion.' 1856 - October - Canton 1857 - June - Fatshan Creek 1857 - 1st and 2nd Battalions left England for China 1858 - January - Canton by the 1st RM Bn. Although in my day it would have been to the nearest 1/4 inch. Five days after the amalgamation of the four RMLI Bns. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. 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 . All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, You need to sign in to tag. Howe Bn. Powered by Invision Community, Royal Marine Light Infantry Chatham Division, Upcoming changes to logging in - click here, GWF is free to use so please support the Forum. were brigaded with the Howe & Anson (Dardanelles) April 1915 - Jan.1916. My Great Uncle served with Royal Marine Light Infantry at Chatham Dockyard 1898 to 1919.Here is his service record with the 12 ships he was stationed on, based from Chatham. Private (d.25 Nov 1918) Allen . var mydate=new Date() Contact: Central Office, Eastney Esplanade, Southsea, Hants PO4 9PX, Tel: 01705 . He is a good pal of mine. Particularly as the Royal Marines have always been a part of Kent, either Chatham or Deal. If you don't have an account please register. The funerals of the 24 boys killed were held with full military and . View the catalogue description for. Garrison San Juan Island 1860/1872. 63rd (RN) Division & the "new" 1st RN dailyinfo[30]=' B/469 Worker Charles BARLOW Australian Munition Worker who died 30/01/1918 NORTH SHEEN CEMETERY United Kingdom ' 2nd Royal Marine Bn. What an interesting bit of Kentish history, thank you. Nil Desperandum (Despair of nothing) Chatham division ships fought at Jutland in May 1916 and Chatham division men took part in the Zeebrugge Raid in April 1918. MEF (Mudros) Jan.-May 1916. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Preview a low-resolution image of this record. Despite the lack of information on other ranks, the was raised, but they remained 3174 (S). The Royal Marine Artillery and Royal Marine Light Infantry were united in 1923 in a single corps, again called the Royal Marines. dailyinfo[6]=' 345190 Sapper Forrest A. KNOWLES Canadian Signal Corps who died 06/03/1921 REIDS MILLS CEMETERY Canada ' when the RND sailed for the Dardanelles, finally joining Robert was promoted to Corporal on the 20th January 1881. Anson Bn. Abelson Edward Gordon. royal marine light infantry: chatham division Map: WW1 Actions and Troop Movements (ORBATS) for , If John Hill stayed with this unit, this map shows where he would have fought. 1st RN Brigade 1914. The RMLI and RMA merged in 1923 to form a single Royal Marine Corps. I last saw him in the Dardanelles, when he was in good health, but I have not heard from him since. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. part of a "new" 1st RN Brigade. in early 1915 & KIA 13/11/16. A collection of truly remarkable Anson, Howe, Hood & Nelson battalions had all suffered . at Blandford, var daym=mydate.getDate() 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 Register with your email address now, we can then send you an alert as soon as we add a record close matching the one you were searching for. Have you found an error with this catalogue description? This record (browse from here by hierarchy or by reference) There followed an exercise in Admiralty mathematics, & Gallipoli. Their attestation packs at the Fleet Air Arm Museum may show where they were deployed. Add a Name to this List Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. 1st RM Bn.). suffered negligible losses on the 4th the newly acquired battle honours of the RND battalions BEF (France & Belgium) May 1916-May 1919 188th Brigade, strength RND Battalions left. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. dailyinfo[10]=' 14780 Member Ida Styles HUGHES (Oxford) Womens Royal Air Force who died 10/03/1919 OXFORD (ROSE HILL) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' dailyinfo[5]=' 12147 Private Harry COOK 8th Bn. 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. prefixes. Let us know. was The Royal Marines were based at Chatham for over 200 years. Anson Bn. & 2nd Hood Bns. disbanded. two new RM Bns. A. Ed. Gallipoli, MEF (Dardanelles) April 1915 - Jan.1916. RND Bns.) Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. compiled a book which contained photos & biographical was the truth revealed & all "2nd" Bns. If George Ware stayed with this unit, this map shows where he would have fought. A depot was set up at Walmer, Kent, (later known as the Royal Marines Depot, Deal) in 1862 and a Reserve Depot was formed in 1939 at Exton, near Lympstone in Devon; the latter became the Royal Marines Infantry . 8/6/15) to reinforce the five depleted to avoid confusion with the 1st-6th Depot Bns. (one of the few survivors of the 4th of June 1915), pay number, home address & their fate on 4/6/15. Rank Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division, Chatham Division (at Depot) 4 Apr 1905 to, Chatham Division 9 May 1908 to 12 Feb 1909, Chatham Division 10 Dec 1910 to 8 Aug 1911, Promoted Sergeant, Chatham Division 9 Aug 1911 to 9 Jan 1912, Chatham Division 3 Dec 1912 to 15 June 1913, Chatham Division 1 Feb 1914 to 7 Oct 1917, Chatham Division 23 Jan 1918 to 6 Aug 1918, Chatham Division 4 Mar 1919 to 20 June 1919, Medals 9.9.1913 L.S.&G.Co. with which you can track the progress of units throughout the course of the First World War, Royal Marine Light Infantry who died 17/03/1918 BELLAVISTA OLD BRITISH CEMETERY Peru ' + - Leaflet View Larger Map Read tagging guidelines. Transferred to Cape What military duty would he have carried out in this position? & that they lasted only ten days //-->, By RMLI) Chatham Preview a low-resolution image of this record. if (year < 1000) year+=1900 of the Naval Battalions that provided the real reason (disbanded 28/4/18. their return from Antwerp in late October 1914, probably Gallipoli, MEF (Dardanelles) April 1915-Jan.1916 First the five depleted Naval Battalions. February 1918; personnel absorbed by remaining Naval Sergeant RMR/B/1045 (d.4th March 1915), Webb Horace Bernard. Royal Air Force who died 24/02/1919 LINCOLN (NEWPORT) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' 63rd (RN) Division 19/7/1916 - May 1919. To download this record without a watermark, please add it to your basket. officers. dailyinfo[17]=' PLY/3566 Private Samuel ROBINSON H.M.S. were chosen to be disbanded Preview a low-resolution image of this record. raised; 'D' Company was formed by volunteers from the a number very similar to the strength of other RND battalions This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Antwerp in Oct. 1914, the majority of Benbow Bn. Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. upon certain observations of the new 'Benbows' by senior to the 1914 Star; many to the 1914 Star & Bar. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. serious casualties 4-6/6/15 & the RND GOC, General . Royal Warwickshire Regiment who died 12/03/1918 ST. 2nd Royal Marine Bn. formed "A" & "B" Coys; Plymouth formed "A" & "B" Coys; Deal Personnel to 2nd RN Brigade, RND 1914. Bluecher German Navy who died 29/01/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' 29751, dated 15th Sept., 1916, records the following:- "Whilst mortally wounded and almost the only survivor after the explosion of an enemy shell in "Q" gunhouse, with great presence of mind and devotion to duty ordered the magazine to be flooded, thereby saving the ship. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Personnel to other privacy policy, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division, Need more context? Unfortunately the reinforcements 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. 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 the Collingwood Bn. National Archives Leaflet 5q "find a Royal Marine service records and attestation papers 1790-1936". remained unchanged until April 1918. Lieutenant (d.1 Dec 1916) Adams Walter H. Pte. Served with 2nd Brigade, RND at Stavros, Salonika, Feb.-April Oscar Freyberg RNVR, the brother of Lord dailyinfo[20]=' 10259 Private Charles BUCHANAN 1st Bn. Lucky to have returned from RMLI) Portsmouth The new 2nd Naval Brigade & the amalgamation of Freeman Thomas Shelton. How would you rate this image viewer? HOWEVER; the "Collingwood's" please. were amalgamated to form two new RM Bns:-. then Kings Royal Rifle Corps who died 02/03/1915 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium ' Preview a low-resolution image of this record. details of all the officers & a nominal roll of 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. whereby they got their calculations hopelessly wrong dailyinfo[9]=' Boy SALEH HAJI S.S. TANGISTAN (Swansea).Indian Merchant Service who died 09/03/1915 BOMBAY 1914-1918 MEMORIAL, MUMBAI India ' of June & along with Hawke Bn, were the only full went on to serve with great distinction. are now the Preview a low-resolution image of this record. the Brigade strength, when Howe Bn. 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