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Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bradford Peverell, Dorset [1]

Dundee [1]

Eastwood Nottingham [1]

Eggbuckland, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Fulham [1]

Hailsham [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

Holborn [1]

Islington, London [1]

Lambourne, Hungerford, Berkshire [1]

Lanarkshire [1]

Margate [1]

Plymouth [1]

Reading Berkshire [1]

South Shields, County Durham [1]

St Georges, Devon [1]

Swansea [1]

Towcester, Northamptonshire [1]

Widdrington, Amble, Northumberland [1]

Woking [1]

Wookey, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [36]

Ordinary Seaman [15]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Saddler [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant Major /Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Marines Divisional Train: [1275]

Royal Marine Artillery [39]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [31]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [26]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [19]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Royal Marines Divisional Train [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Marines (R.N.D. Divisional Train) [5]

Royal Marines Medical Unit [4]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [2]

Divisional Train Royal Naval Division [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Marines (Royal Naval Division Divisional Train) [1]

Royal Marines Depot [1]

Royal Marines Divnl Train attached 149 Field Ambulance [1]

Royal Marines: Divisional Train [1]

Royal Marines: RM Div Train, RN Division [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1287]

British Army [5]

Last name first letter

B [140]

S [125]

M [110]

W [108]

H [105]

C [100]

R [69]

D [66]

L [65]

G [63]

P [63]

T [60]

A [39]

F [39]

E [30]

J [29]

K [21]

N [16]

O [11]

I [7]

V [7]

Y [6]

Q [4]

U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1287]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

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Place of birth

Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bradford Peverell, Dorset [1] Dundee [1] Eastwood Nottingham [1] Eggbuckland, Plymouth, Devon [1] Fulham [1] Hailsham [1] Hertfordshire [1] Holborn [1] Islington, London [1] Lambourne, Hungerford, Berkshire [1] Lanarkshire [1] Margate [1] Plymouth [1] Reading Berkshire [1] South Shields, County Durham [1] St Georges, Devon [1] Swansea [1] Towcester, Northamptonshire [1] Widdrington, Amble, Northumberland [1] Woking [1] Wookey, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [36] Ordinary Seaman [15] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Saddler [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant Major /Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Marines Divisional Train: [1275] Royal Marine Artillery [39] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [31] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [26] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [19] Royal Naval Division [16] Royal Marines Divisional Train [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Marines (R.N.D. Divisional Train) [5] Royal Marines Medical Unit [4] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [2] Divisional Train Royal Naval Division [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Marines (Royal Naval Division Divisional Train) [1] Royal Marines Depot [1] Royal Marines Divnl Train attached 149 Field Ambulance [1] Royal Marines: Divisional Train [1] Royal Marines: RM Div Train, RN Division [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1287] British Army [5]

Last name first letter

B [140] S [125] M [110] W [108] H [105] C [100] R [69] D [66] L [65] G [63] P [63] T [60] A [39] F [39] E [30] J [29] K [21] N [16] O [11] I [7] V [7] Y [6] Q [4] U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1287]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Richard Charles Brenton

Born 1892

Died 1947

Royal Navy 2566 Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Train: Deal

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John Marshall

Born 1884

Royal Navy 1719 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Ernest Sluman

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 2563 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Arthur Widdows

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1791 Private Royal Marines Divisional Train: 63rd Divisional Train

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Alfred Thomas Yeates

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2147 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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David Hay

Born 1885

Royal Navy 1692 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Ernest Edgar Wheeler

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy DEAL/1862/S Private Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Hardwick Whittimore

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1669 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Shadwell Temple

Born 1894

Died 1959

Royal Navy Tyneside Z/1649 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division 2nd (Hawke) Battalion

Royal Navy 2048 Private Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Charles Walter Hall

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2577 Saddler Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Edward Stanley Mcdonald

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy Deal/2518(S) Private Royal Marines: Divisional Train

Royal Navy 2518 Private Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Walter Henry Everett

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy Deal/2534 (S) Private Royal Marines Divisional Train

Royal Navy 2534 Private Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Job Spong

Born 1893

Died 1966

Royal Navy 2557 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Wilfred Atkinson

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1690 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Alfred Anderson

Born 1884

Royal Navy 1591 Private Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Thomas Amos

Born 1898

Royal Navy 2437 Royal Marines Divisional Train: Deal

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Stanley Elliott

Born 1894

Died 1919

Royal Navy Deal/2540/S Private Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Francis George Hawley

Born 1885

Royal Navy 2004 Private Royal Marines Divisional Train: Deal

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Harry Percy Craymer

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1946 Private Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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William Thomas Henry Sumner

Born 1877

Died 1921

Royal Navy 1564 Private Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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