Genealogy Chat

I was hoping your photo might solve a bit of a puzzle. There's a suggestion that my mother's cousin, Colin Christmas, who died in USA last autumn, was once in the RM - but no-one's sure about that. I shouldn't really have had expectations - I suppose it's a bit like saying - ''If you come from England, I have some English friends. Do you know Nnnnn Nnnn?'' Christine

My Dad has recently died and Mum found a photograph of the Royal Marines Plymouth 1937, First Quartermaster's Department Staff. There is a list of names underneath it. Some are clear but others have worn but these are the ones I can see. C.Hellier. V.Gray (my grandfather) Cpl A Wilmore H.Rouse. R.Reid. H.Fuller C.Loram P.Dawe E.Bishop E.Francis J.Whaley P.Nolan S.Henry E.Hammond S.Horwell W.King A.Piper W.Wicks W.Edmunds R.Powell F.Garner O.Evans W.Fowell C.Box L.Powell S.Ward D.Cochrane H.Sleman G.Tonkin C.Hodges G.Hall J.Moore A.Peter H.May G.Gibson A.Newman C.Maguire R.Dawson B.Palmer S.Corbett A.Barton D.Perry F.Tomes G.Hazeldine J.Clarke P.Atkey P.Cotter T.Abbott G.Davies Cpl Pritchard Cpl C.Atkins Sgt A. Richards C. Sgt H.Johns W.May-Master tailor Q.M.S A. Ward Major M.I.Stacey R. Macauley-Master shoemaker Sgt F.Carpenter Cpl P.Curtis Cpl R.Wyatt Cpl C.Quinnell. If anyone would like a copy, I'll gladly forward it. Hope it helps somebody