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I received the death cert for Albert Frost who died on the HMS Bulwark Nov 1914.. On the Sally Army records it states that 'he goes to sea'.

In the occupation column it says Private and then there are four letters. The first two look like R M the following two I just cannot match to any other capital letters on the cert.

Does anyone have any ideas please.

Thanks

Sue

here he is from the CWGC site
FROST, ALBERT
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Unit Text: H.M.S. Bulwark
Date of Death: 26/11/1914
Service No: PO/12675
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Naval. 18. 925.
Cemetery: GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY

From Commonwealth War Graves site.....

Name: FROST, ALBERT
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Unit Text: H.M.S. Bulwark
Date of Death: 26/11/1914
Service No: PO/12675
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Naval. 18. 925.
Cemetery: GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY

further info from that site:-

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY
Country: United Kingdom
Locality: unspecified
Historical Information: There is a large naval section in Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery which was reserved by the Admiralty and served the Royal Naval Hospital in Windmill Road. The section contains most of the war graves as well as burials of the pre-war and inter-war years. Among the First World War burials in the naval section are those from HMS 'Bulwark', blown up in Sheerness Harbour in November 1914, HMS 'Princess Irene' which suffered an internal explosion in May 1915 and HMS 'Glatton' which suffered the same fate in Dover Harbour in September 1918 (the bodies were not recovered until March 1930). The plot also contains a number of graves resulting from the air raid on Chatham Naval Barracks on 3 September 1917. In all, Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery contains 834 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 82 of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials commemorating a number of casualties buried in other cemeteries in the area whose graves could not be maintained. Second World War burials number 385, 21 of these burials are unidentified. Most are in the naval section. There are 2 Foreign National war burials and 2 non war service burials.
No. of Identified Casualties: 1120

In Memory of
Private ALBERT FROST

PO/12675, H.M.S. Bulwark, Royal Marine Light Infantry
who died
on 26 November 1914

Remembered with honour
GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY


Woodlands cemetery isnt far from where I live!

Thanks Shirley and Gwyn

Looking at the initials they could be RMLI which would make sense.

I am trying to check whether he is my alleged grandfather, the death cert gives no family details at all.

I have tried trawling through Naval Records to no avail. I need to tie this death to the Sally Army records...this is so frustrating.

Sue