ROYAL MARINES BADGE & INSIGNIA REFERENCE

Royal Marines Graves

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- 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.
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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
Piddington William Thomas CH/812 Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry R.M. Depot (Deal), 54 5 February 1915 United Kingdom Dover (St. James'S) Cemetery Son of William and Susannah Piddington, of Woolwich; husband of M. A. E. Piddington, of 26, Marine Parade, Dover.
Pierce Barry Walter Captain Royal Marines No. 46 R.M. Commando. 23 13 April 1945 Germany Becklingen War Cemetery Inscription: The first British Soldier over the Rhine - 46 Commando Royal Marines, Y Troop - March 23 1943
Pierce Robert David PO/X 4141 Marine Royal Marines H.M.S. Hood. 20 24 May 1941 United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Memorial Son of Robert and Mary E. Pierce, of Denbigh.
Pierpoint Verdun Loos James PO/X1421 Marine Royal Marines H.M.S. Royal Oak. 22 14 October 1939 United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Memorial (Served as V.L. JAMES). Son of William George and Sarah Anne Pierpoint, of Wantage, Berkshire.
Piesse Frederick Charles RMB/2815 Bandmaster 2nd Class Royal Marine Band H.M.S. Charybdis Not known 23 October 1943 France Dinard English Cemetery
Piggott Harold Frederick Fulljames CH/21096 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. Crescent. Not known 11 April 1920 United Kingdom Dunfermline Cemetery
Piggott William Clifford CH/19459 Private 6th Battalion Royal Marine Light Infantry 21 9 September 1919 Russia Murmansk New British Cemetery Name inscribed on Brookwood Military Cemetery Memorial. Royal Marine Light Infantry. Murmansk New British Cemetery.
Pike Albert Charles PO/X 1148 Marine Royal Marines HMS Royal Oak 25 14 October 1939 United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Memorial Died serving in RM Detachment on board HMS 'Royal Oak'. Name is inscribed on Hungerford War Memorial and also on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Pike Benjamin CH/1879(S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div. 23 26 October 1917 Belgium Tyne Cot Memorial Son of Peter Pike, of 150, Argyle St., Leicester.
Pike Gerald Ernest William CH/X 113607 Marine Royal Marines H.M.L.C.A. 611. 19 6 June 1944 France Hermanville War Cemetery Son of Ernest George and Winifred Ella Pike, of Acton, Middlesex.
Pike Harry William CH/16252 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div. 26 13 November 1916 France Thiepval Memorial
Pike Herbert William George PO/214774 Marine Royal Marines H.M.S. President III (S.S. Cadillac) 42 1 March 1941 United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Memorial Son of Charles Edmund Pike, and of Ellen Ann Pike, of Lower Upham, Hampshire.
Pike Joseph RMA/13315 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. Lion. 23 31 May 1916 United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Memorial Son of Edward and Annie Sarah Pike, of Marnhull, Dorset.
Pike William Albert RMB/X 738 Musician Royal Marine Band H.M.S. Hood 21 24 May 1941 United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Memorial Son of William George and Sarah Anne Pike.
Pilch Herbert CH/9556 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RFR/B/1106). Chatham Div. R.M. Bde. 42 28 August 1920 United Kingdom Wallington (Bandon Hill) Cemetery Son of John and Sarah Pilch, of Croydon; husband of Bertha Pilch, of Rose Cottage, 61, Purley Vale, Purley.
Pilcher Joseph Henry CH/X116874 Marine Royal Marines No. 45 R.M. Commando. 19 7 July 1946 China, (including Hong Kong) Sai Wan War Cemetery Son of Albert Henry and Emily Kathleen Pilcher, of Adisham, Kent.
Pilgrim Arthur Edward PO/431(S) Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry Portsmouth Bn. R.N. Div. 26 10 May 1915 Turkey (including Gallipoli) Courtney'S And Steel'S Post Cemetery Son of Matthew and Fanny Jane Pilgrim. Born at Middlesbrough.
Pilgrim Charles Sellers RMA/10728 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. Defence Not known 26 March 1916 United Kingdom Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery
Pilkington William Private Royal Marine Light Infantry. (HMS Erebus) 28 Between 1846 - 1848 Canada Between Victory Point, King William Island and Back River, Adelaide Peninsula From Kilrush, Co.Clare.Probably due to lead poisoning and malnutrition
Pill Charles PLY/16343 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Plymouth Bn. R.N. Div 18 4 March 1915 Turkey (including Gallipoli) Helles Memorial Son of George Wright Pill and Harriett Pill, of Shellingford, Faringdon, Berks.