Royal Marines WW1

[gortonboy]

hi,,,sorry  to be a pain...but if you could show the medals and badges in close up,,,especially the badges,,i bet someone could help identify which regiment or unit they were from.im gonna blow them up on my computer and try and research them,,,but as i have said,,,im only an enthusiastic amateur !!!   i will have more time to research next week when im back on nights... mike

[gortonboy]

http://www.britishmedals.info/1914_star.html

[gortonboy]

this is the royal marine brigade badge,,,it looks very similar to one of yours ??/

[gortonboy]

http://www.britishmedals.info/victory_medal.html

[technoblond]

Hugh's badge is the same. except that it does not have the horn? (banana shaped piece), or the crown on the top. It just has the same round centre and the leaves on both sides.

[mmm45]

Hi
I asked a RM expert if he had any info to help you out.
Heres his reply.

"His papers are at FAAM Yeovilton. ADM/159 is online, but will give very little.
Special Service 1915 may refer to attachment to Plymouth or Chatham Batts. 6/2/15. They went out first, before the other RND units to Gallipoli."

Royal Marines (R.N.D. Medical Unit)
Deal/3100/S Acting Corporal Hugh SUMNER
1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals Self
Demobilised.

The FAAM Archives are excellent you can find contact details online.
You have the ADM 159 details. His full record will be at FAAM.

Ady

[gortonboy]

hello again,,,i am back in work tonight and would like to carry on searching for some other snippetts.....it would be great if you could take some photos in close up of the badges/medals on the right of your original photo... we know the medals on the left are his war medals,,,maybe the other ones on the right/top rght can give us more clues.  regards,,mike,

[technoblond]

Will take the photos tomorrow. My camera is at my daughter's house, so I'll need to get it back.
Thanks for all the info you've dug up
Regards

[gortonboy]

it seems some records are held by the fleet air arm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION RECORD CARDS

The originals of the RND Record Cards and the ADM399 microfiche are now held in the FAAM archive. A digitised microfiche version is still available in the National Archives at Kew, under ADM339, and this is also available on-line. However, this version contains numerous filing errors and some cards have not been copied correctly. It should also be noted that original RND Record Cards for the Divisional Engineers, Divisional Train, RM Medical Unit and Ordnance Company held at the FAAM are not available in any form in the National Archives.

Those who wish to examine papers should contact:-

Centre for Naval Aviation Records & Research
Fleet Air Arm Museum
RNAS Yeovilton
Near Ilchester, Somerset
BA22 8HT
Tel: +44 (0) 1935 840565, selecting 2 for research.
Fax: +44 (0) 1935 842630
E-mail: research@fleetairarm.com