ROYAL MARINES BADGE & INSIGNIA REFERENCE

Royal Marines Graves

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Examples of search criteria:
- ahern - will return all entries with Surname Ahern. Note searches are not case sensitive, e.g. searching for Ahern and ahern will return the same entries.
- Marine – will return all the entries that have Marine in the content, e.g. Number Royal Marine Artillery/10726 and Unit Royal Marines.
- ahern Harry – will return all entries that have Ahern as the Surname and Harry as the First Name.

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For an explanation of the Royal Marine Register Numbers see: RM Register Number.pdf


Surname First name Number Rank Unit Age Date Country of Burial Grave Location Notes
Buss Sidney Ralph PO/15878 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. Bulwark. 23 26 November 1914 United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Memorial Son of Mrs. Ann M. Buss, of 55, Norfolk Rd., Reading, Berks.
Bustard Leslie Mears PO/X 113418 Marine 40 Commando RM 19 11 April 1945 Italy Argenta Gap War Cemetery Son of Herbert William and Violet Clayton Bustard, of Wallasey, Cheshire.
Butcher Austin Charles CH/X2427 Marine Royal Marines HMS Cumberland Not known 11 July 1945 Sri Lanka Trincomalee British War Graves Cemetery Inscription: HMS Cumberland
Butcher Charles George PO/7503 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. Queen Mary. Not known 31 May 1916 United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Butcher Leslie Beattie PO/X 122856 Marine Royal Marines H.M.L.C.G.(M) 102. Not known 1 November 1944 United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Butcher Leslie James PLY/22791 Marine Royal Marines H.M.S. Glorious. 32 8 June 1940 United Kingdom Plymouth Naval Memorial Son of George Simon and Sarah Jane Butcher; husband of Ellen Butcher, of Stonehouse, Plymouth.
Butcher Walter Louis CH/X103961 Marine Royal Marines 7th Battalion MNBDO 2 20 20 July 1943 Italy Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Son of Walter Ernest and Lizzie Louise Butcher, of Kensington, London.
Butcher William PO/12806 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.Q., Portsmouth. Not known 12 November 1916 United Kingdom Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery
Butcher William PO/2221(S) Private RMLI/RN Division 25 29 September 1918 France Sucrerie British Cemetery, Graincourt-Les-Havrincourt Son of James and Jessie Butcher, of Bridport; husband of Elizabeth M. Butcher, of 37, West St., Bridport.
Butchers Peter John PO41519X Marine 45 Commando RM 20 18 March 1982 United Kingdom Paignton Cemetery, Devon
Butler Albert Edward RMA/1353 Colour Sergeant Royal Marine Artillery 77 15 March 1943 United Kingdom Highland Road Cemetery, Southsea,Hants Burial location: C plot, Row 2, Grave 67. Inscription: In Loving Memory of Alice Butler who died December 24th 189?, aged 35 years. Also of her beloved husband Albert Edward Butler, who died March 15th 1943. Aged 77 years, RIP.
Butler Albert Edward PO/X 1365 Marine Royal Marines H.M.S. Royal Oak. 23 14 October 1939 United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Memorial Son of Albert Edward and Ada Edith Butler, of Southbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire.
Butler Brian Cadet RM Cadet Corps Chatham 11 4 December 1951 United Kingdom Gillingham New Cemetery After Dark on the evening of 4 december, 1951, a bus ran into a marching group of Royal Marines Cadets, of whom 24 died. 22 are buried in Gillingham New Cemetery ( Naval & Military Section ), including 3 in its Roman Catholic enclave. Inscription: They were lovely and pleasant in their lives and in death they were not divided
Butler Claude PLY/21593 Colour Sergeant Royal Marines H.M.S. Glorious. 39 8 June 1940 United Kingdom Plymouth Naval Memorial Son of Charles and Elizabeth Ann Butler; husband of Phyllis Butler, of Guildford, Surrey.
Butler Francis Robert CH/2092(S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 4th R.M. Battalion. R.N. Division Unknown 23 April 1918 United Kingdom Tooting (St. Nicholas) Churchyard
Butler Frederick Edwin James PO/X2690 Marine Royal Marines HMS Berwick 20 19 March 1941 Gibraltar Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery Son of Fred and Florence Betsy Butler, of Northampton.
Butler George PLY/5850 Colour Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry 46 15 June 1916 Ascension Island St. Helena (St. Paul) Cathedral Churchyard Erected by Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Men of the Garrison. Inscription: Sacred to the memory of
Butler George PO/7968 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. Hampshire. Not known 5 June 1916 United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Butler George Albert CH/X113017 Marine Royal Marines 19 26 March 1944 United Kingdom Hornchurch Cemetery Son of George William and Elizabeth Butler. His brother James Cyril Butler also fell.
Butler George Cornelius EX/3014 Marine Royal Marines 11th Bn. R.M. Group, M.N.B.D.O.1. Not known 14 September 1942 United Kingdom Plymouth Naval Memorial