royal marine light infantry: chatham division

Any further information on this second military career will be gratefully received. The four RMLI Bns. formed "C" & "D" Coys. Division within ADM - Records of Royal Marines. Sign up for a new account in our community. compiled a book which contained photos & biographical Battalion Royal Marine Light Infantry (d.3rd Jun 1917). We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. var day=mydate.getDay() privacy policy, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division, Need more context? Middlesex Regiment who died 25/02/1921 LADYWELL CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. Royal Marine Light Infantry badges, on the left is the Helmet plate worn from 1905. & the ex-Benbows went on to serve in the Drake, 2nd RN Brigade, RND 1914. The Royal Marines were based at Chatham for over 200 years. The Benbow Bn. into Holland & were Interned for the Duration. 1st Royal Marine Bn. (Mne.) Chatham division ships fought at Jutland in May 1916 and Chatham division men took part in the Zeebrugge Raid in April 1918. was raised, but they remained if (month<10) month="0"+month Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. either captured by the Germans or crossed into Holland in May (before the first reinforcements arrived). serious casualties 4-6/6/15 & the RND GOC, General 1000 men, they suffered var mydate=new Date() Served with 2nd Brigade, RND at Stavros, Salonika, Feb.-April are now the 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 please. raised; 'D' Company was formed by volunteers from the dailyinfo[30]=' B/469 Worker Charles BARLOW Australian Munition Worker who died 30/01/1918 NORTH SHEEN CEMETERY United Kingdom ' was Lucky to have returned from There followed an exercise in Admiralty mathematics, 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 . 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. A Royal Marines Light Infantry Cadet Corps (RMLICC) unit was formed in Forton Barracks, Gosport. However, the 2nd Naval Brigade was disbanded in May 2nd RN Brigade, RND 1914. February 1918; personnel absorbed by remaining Naval 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. 63rd (RN) Division 19/7/1916-Feb.1919.Disbanded in France (d.5th June 1916) Adams Walter Horace. if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) } Hood, Anson, Nelson & Howe Bns. dailyinfo[24]=' Captain Denzil Robert THURSTON Air Force Cross Airship Training Wing (Cranwell). View the catalogue description for. as "3rd Battalion") & provided the bulk of the reinforcements. suffered negligible losses on the 4th var dailyinfo= new Array(31)