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Royal Marine Light Infantry

Kitchener's New Army:

  • 1st Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
  • 2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry


  • Want to know more about the Royal Marine Light Infantry?


    There are:6618 items tagged Royal Marine Light Infantry available in our Library

      These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War.


    Those known to have served with

    Royal Marine Light Infantry

    during the Great War 1914-1918.

    • Abelson Edward Gordon. Lieutenant (d.1 Dec 1916)
    • Adams Walter H. Pte. (d.5th June 1916)
    • Adams Walter Horace. Private (d.5 Jun 1916)
    • Akehurst . Private (d.23 Sep 1914)
    • Aldridge Richard. Private (d.4 May 1918)
    • Allen . Private (d.25 Nov 1918)
    • Allen . Private (d.26 Feb 1919)
    • Ambler Edwin Bedford. Private (d.31 Mar 1917)
    • Anderson . Private (d.9 Feb 1917)
    • Andrews Ernest Lancelot. Capt. 1st Btn. (d.25th Aug 1918)
    • Anning . Private (d.3 Sep 1920)
    • Ansell Frederick Lenard. Private (d.8 Mar 1919)
    • Ansell Stanley. Corporal (d.18 Dec 1919)
    • Ardis James. Private (d.6 Jun 1915)
    • Atkinson . Private (d.28 Sep 1914)
    • Banks William. Marine. (d.3rd Feb 1915)
    • Banks William. Pte. Marine Light Infantry (d.3rd Feb 1915)
    • Bennie Harold Edwin. Lt. (d.6th Feb 1917)
    • Blake Charles Albert. Sgt.
    • Boyd Frank. L/Cpl. 2nd Royal Marine Battalion (d.13th Nov1916)
    • Boyle T. W.. Pte. HMS Challenger (d.2nd March 1915)
    • Brideoake John Thomas. Pte. (d.9th July 1917)
    • Broughton Alfred William Delves. Capt (d.31st May 1916)
    • Burton James Elias.
    • Cann Jerome. Pte. (d.6th Aug 1914)
    • Carson Joseph. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.13th Nov 1916)
    • Clay Henry John. Pte. (d.6th April 1917)
    • Collett Frank Stephen. Pte. HMS Goliath (d.13th May 1915)
    • Cox H.. Pte. HMS Astraea (d.31st January 1916)
    • Crook J.. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.9th October 1918)
    • Darby W.. L/Cpl. (d.5th April 1917)
    • Draper H.. Pte. (d.16th Nov 1917)
    • Eddolls Francis John. Gnr. (d.18th March 1917)
    • Freeman Thomas Shelton. Sergeant RMR/B/1045 (d.4th March 1915)
    • Geary DSM. William George. A/Sgt. 6th Btn.
    • Hankin Frederick W.. Cpl. HMS Hyacinth
    • Harvey VC. Francis John William. Major. (d.31st May 1916)
    • Hobson Lawrence.
    • Hough James. PO. Portsmouth Btt. (d.6th May 1915)
    • Hull Robert Davidson. Pte.
    • Johnson D.. Pte. (d.22nd November 1914)
    • Kavanagh James Alphonsus. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.3rd June 1916)
    • Langhorn James Samuel. Pte.
    • Lawrence John Alfred. Pte.
    • McKerdle . Cpl.
    • Nicolle Clarence Durell. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.9th October 1918)
    • Noulton Henry James. Pte.
    • Orr David Edward. Pte. (d.8th May 1915)
    • Osmond H.. Pte. (d.26th October 1914)
    • Pinder John Taylor. Pte.
    • Richer A.. Cpl. (d.22nd July 1916)
    • Scott James Ernest. Sgt. (d.6th Aug 1914)
    • Smith Austin Clifford. Sgt. 1st Btn.
    • Sowden Samuel Livingstone. Pte. 2nd R.M. Battalion (d.3rd Jun 1917)
    • Tarr William Henry. Pte. (R.F.R. B.168). (d.29th May 1917)
    • Taylor William Croft. Pte.
    • Thomas DSC. Francis Hastings. Capt. (d.15th Aug 1916)
    • Thomson Harold. Pte. 1st Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry (d.26th October 1917)
    • Unwin James William. Pte. HMS Alacantra (d.29th Feb 1916)
    • Webb Horace Bernard. L/Cpl. Portsmouth Battalion (d.27th June 1915)
    • Wilkins William George. Pte. (d.1st January 1915)

    All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please. Add a Name to this List

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    1208212

    Private Atkinson (d.28 Sep 1914)

    Atkinson served in Remembered at . WW1





    1208211

    Corporal Stanley Ansell (d.18 Dec 1919)

    Stanley Ansell served in Remembered at . WW1





    1208210

    Private Anderson (d.9 Feb 1917)

    Anderson served in Remembered at . WW1





    1208209

    Private Frederick Lenard Ansell (d.8 Mar 1919)

    Frederick Ansell served in Remembered at . WW1





    1208208

    Private James Ardis (d.6 Jun 1915)

    James Ardis served in Remembered at . WW1





    1208207

    Private Anning (d.3 Sep 1920)

    Anning served in Remembered at . WW1





    1208206

    Private Allen (d.26 Feb 1919)

    Allen served in Remembered at . WW1





    1208205

    Private Allen (d.25 Nov 1918)

    Allen served in Remembered at . WW1





    1208204

    Private Richard Aldridge (d.4 May 1918)

    Richard Aldridge served in Remembered at . WW1





    1208203

    Private Edwin Bedford Ambler (d.31 Mar 1917)

    Edwin Ambler served in Remembered at . WW1





    1208202

    Lieutenant Edward Gordon Abelson (d.1 Dec 1916)

    Edward Abelson served in Remembered at . WW1





    1208201

    Private Walter Horace Adams (d.5 Jun 1916)

    Walter Adams served in Remembered at . WW1





    1208200

    Private Akehurst (d.23 Sep 1914)

    Akehurst served in Remembered at . WW1





    1205836

    Gnr. Francis John Eddolls SS Joshua Nicholson (d.18th March 1917)

    Francis Eddolls was drowned by an Enemy Submarine 18th March 1917, aged 43. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial in Plymouth, he was the son of John and Amelia Eddolls, of Chippenham, Wilts; husband of Ida Maud Eddolls, of 45, Cromwell St., Burnley, Lancs.

    s flynn




    1205828

    Pte. Jerome Cann HMS Amphion (d.6th Aug 1914)

    Private Jerome Cann served with the Royal Marines Light Infantry during WW1 and was killed in action on the 6th August 1914, aged 17. He is commemorated on on the Plymouth Naval Memorial in Plymouth. He was the son of Stephen and Mary Cann, of Trevena, Tintagel, Cornwall.

    S Flynn




    1205811

    Pte. John Thomas Brideoake HMS Vanguard (d.9th July 1917)

    John Brideoake was killed in action on the 9th of July 1917, at sea, aged 20. He is Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent. He was the son of Robert H. and Rhoda Brideoake, of 21, Clive St., Burnley, Lancs.

    s flynn




    1205810

    Major. Francis John William Harvey VC. HMS Lion (d.31st May 1916)

    Francis John William Harvey was killed in action on 31st of May 1916, aged 43. he is Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent.

    An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29751, dated 15th Sept., 1916, records the following:- "Whilst mortally wounded and almost the only survivor after the explosion of an enemy shell in "Q" gunhouse, with great presence of mind and devotion to duty ordered the magazine to be flooded, thereby saving the ship. He died shortly afterwards."

    s flynn




    263178

    A/Sgt. William George Geary DSM. 6th Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry

    William George Geary won the DSM in Northern Russia.

    Cyril Geary




    261582

    Pte. Frank Stephen Collett HMS Goliath Royal Marine Light Infantry (d.13th May 1915)

    Frank Collett was serving on the battleship HMS Goliath during the Gallipoli campaign when the ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German-built Turkish destroyer named Muavenet-I-Miliet. He was one of 570 men who lost their lives in the sinking.

    Frank Stephen Collett




    261297

    Pte. James Samuel Langhorn

    James Langhorn served with the RMLI at Chatham. I never knew James but I have a personal diary of his whilst being deployed and fighting in Gallipoli. Sorry not much else except he was awarded 1914 Star.

    B Langhorn








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