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Hi

Can anyone help please? I'm looking for Edward James Boxall born 1896 in St Pancras. He does appear on the 1911 and I'm assuming he's on a ship but I'm unable to work out which one. He's a "boy RMB".

Any help appreciated.

RMB is Royal Marine Barracks, at Eastney, which I think is still there.

Institution: Royal Marine Artillery Barracks And Infirmary, R.M.A MEDICAL BARRACKS

BOXALL, Edward James Single M 15 1896 Boy R M B London St Pancras VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
5560 Reference:
RG14PN5560 RD90 SD2 ED44 SN9999

Registration District:
Portsmouth Sub District:
Kingston and East Southsea Enumeration District:
44 Parish:
Portsmouth

Address:
Eastney Portsmouth County:
Hampshire

could this be him ?


Royal Marine Medal Roll 1914-1920

First name(s): Edward James

Last name: BOXALL

Number: RMB/1785

Rank: Musician

Awards:

Medals & clasps earned: 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals

How issued or disposed of: HMS "Malaya"

Service branch: Royal Marine Band

Unit:

Date of death: not known

Cause of death:

Remarks:

Notes: Discharged completed term of limited engagement.

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Civil Registration event: Death

Name: BOXALL, Edward James

Registration District: Surrey North Western

County: Surrey

Year of Registration: 1985

Month of Registration: June

Date of Birth: 9 January 1896

Volume No: 17

Page No: 798

Reg No: 685

Wow, thanks to all who helped. I'd found him on the census, and assumed it was something to do with the RN.

Can someone please tell me how you found out where it was (RMB) and where the information came from on the Royal Medal Roll?

I've had similar problems when I've found someone on a Union Workhouse - they're listed as inmate and it's pretty obvious the type of establishment, but even when I've pressed "next" numerous times, it doesn't always say where it is.

Thanks again

Lindsey

How are you accessing the census? The FMP site has the name of the institution on the transcription.
Jan

I used to live near Portsmouth, so I knew what RMB was.

The 1911 census is individual households, not an enumerator's transcribed list, so I'm not sure whether you can go from one page to the next, like you can on all the earlier ones.

Yes, you can press previous and next on the 1911 census. If I click on enumerator's summary (which might have given me the info), I get an error message.

What's the FMP site? I access by clicking on the Search Records tab and clicking 1911 ... isn't that what everyone else does? :-0

FMP is the FindMyPast site.

Thanks, I'll have a look at that too next time.

Thank you everyone who read and contributed.

His service records are here - it costs £3-50 to download http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=36&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1

If he was still a musician in WW1 , he would be a stretcher bearer during the conflict not a combatant