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(Corps of Her Majesty's Royal Marines) | (Corps of Her Majesty's Royal Marines) | ||
The Royal marines originally maintained military discipline on navy vessels. It has been a separate corps of the military since 1755, although under the control of the Admiralty and forming part of the Naval Service. Alphabetically arranged records of marines exist from 1790, some by enlistment date and others by discharge date. | |||
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'''Pre-1914''' | '''Pre-1914''' | ||
Service records for "Other ranks" i.e. not officers, who served in the British army are held at The National Archives (TNA), Kew, although various online subscription-based research providers offer access to digitised copies. At the time of writing, these services were not complete although new records up to and including 1913 are constantly being added. The leading provider of this service is [[ | Service records for "Other ranks" i.e. not officers, who served in the British army are held at The National Archives (TNA), Kew, although various online subscription-based research providers offer access to digitised copies. At the time of writing, these services were not complete although new records up to and including 1913 are constantly being added. The leading provider of this service is [[Www.findmypast.co.uk|Find My Past]] | ||
If a soldier was entitled to receive any sort of pension due to his army service, a separate record was created although some information was duplicated from his service papers. These pension papers provide a good insight into a soldiers career although they focus more on his medical history rather than his service career. | If a soldier was entitled to receive any sort of pension due to his army service, a separate record was created although some information was duplicated from his service papers. These pension papers provide a good insight into a soldiers career although they focus more on his medical history rather than his service career. | ||
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= Casualties = | = Casualties = | ||
'''<u>The Commonwealth War Graves Commission</u>''' | '''<u>The Commonwealth War Graves Commission</u>''' | ||
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[http://www.cwgc.org/ www.cwgc.org/]<br> | [http://www.cwgc.org/ www.cwgc.org/]<br> | ||
Lists of British army personnel who died during World War I | Lists of British army personnel who died during '''World War I''' have been compiled from official casualty lists and published in: | ||
''Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914–1919''. Reprint. 80 parts. Colchester, England: J.B. Hayward, 1988–9. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+M23s 942 M23s]; compact disc number 128.) This gives birthplace, place of enlistment, rank, date of death and cause of death. | ''Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914–1919''. Reprint. 80 parts. Colchester, England: J.B. Hayward, 1988–9. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+M23s 942 M23s]; compact disc number 128.) This gives birthplace, place of enlistment, rank, date of death and cause of death. | ||
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Ancestry.co.uk also offers a searchable database of those listed in ''Soldiers Died in the Great War'' as part of its subscription service. | Ancestry.co.uk also offers a searchable database of those listed in ''Soldiers Died in the Great War'' as part of its subscription service. | ||
''The War Dead of the British Commonwealth and Empire''. London, England: Imperial War Graves Commission, 1957. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+M2wdf 942 M2wdf]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1441037 1441037].) This work gives the name, rank, regiment, and grave location of casualites buried in France during World War II. | ''The War Dead of the British Commonwealth and Empire''. London, England: Imperial War Graves Commission, 1957. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+M2wdf 942 M2wdf]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1441037 1441037].) This work gives the name, rank, regiment, and grave location of casualites buried in France during '''World War II'''. | ||
Post-WW2 casualties can be found listed at the [http://www.veterans-uk.info/afm2/index.php Armed Forces Memorial ]website. | |||
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