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Royal Marines WW1

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Joan

Joan Report 14 Jun 2006 15:48

Has anyone successfully found the medal card for a Royal Marine for WW1, please.....if so...how?....where? Thanks Joan

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 14 Jun 2006 15:58

The Royal Marine's I don't think where not known by that name untill about the 1920's if you go to this site it will give you more info http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/specfor/RM.htm Roy

Keith

Keith Report 14 Jun 2006 18:47

Try Royal Marine Light Infantry or Royal Marine Artillery Keith

sydenham

sydenham Report 14 Jun 2006 18:50

The Royal Marines have separate records at Kew. If it is WW1 you probably mean the Royal Marine Light Infantry. Whatever -You need to know which division he was with - Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth or Woolwich. You should then be able to access his record in ADM series on microfiche at Kew. I've never seen any WW1 medal cards for them just their complete records.Mine went out to Gallipoli as did most of them and then shipped back to France and amalgamated into the army as - I think RND/ 63 division. It was all the brainwave of Winston Churchill. Jan

Joan

Joan Report 15 Jun 2006 08:41

Thanks everyone. Yes , he was Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division from 1894 until after WW1 I'll follow up the websites.....so easy to get army medal cards but....!Joan