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Finding RM Service records...ROYAL MARINES HISTORICAL RECORDS OFFICEPERSONAL RECORDS The personal records of Royal Marines who enlisted into the service during or after 1930, approximately, are held by. DPS(N) Builidng 1/151 Victory View PP65 HM Naval Base Portsmouth PO1 3LS Telephone: 023 92 7 27531/20014 You need to write to the above address enclosing a copy of the Death certificate of the rank (unless they died in service) and a copy of your birth certificate proving you are the next of kin. If you are the widow you must send a copy of your wedding certificate to prove you were the spouse at the time of death. Unless you are the widow there is a £30 charge for the service. Cheques payable to: The Accounting Officer MOD MEDALS MOD Medla Office Armed Forces Personnel Agency Building 250 RAF Innsworth Gloucester GL3 1HW Telephone: 01452 712612 Ext 7474 HISTORICAL Maj Mark Bentinck Naval Historical Branch No 24 Store PP20 Main Road HM Naval Base Portsmouth PO1 3LU Telephone: 023 92 720010 E-Mail: rmhistorian@a.dii.mod.uk The Historical Records Office Royal Marines is not open to the members of the public. The Ministry of Defence will normally only release the information given in service records to the subjects of those records, or to their next of kin, if deceased; and it may charge a search fee, which cannot be refunded. For Royal Marines who entered the service before 1930, approximately, records can be found in: The Public Record Office Ruskin Avenue Kew Richmond Surrey TW9 4DU Telephone: 020 8187 63444 Fax: 020 8187 88905 Website: http://www.pro.gov.uk Details correct as of 02 December 2005 |
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Service Records of Royal Marines Band Ranks who served during WW1 are held at the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
Useful knowledge for anyone researching Musicians attached to Royal Naval Divisions. |