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
Rolson Robert Joseph PLY/X 107249 Marine Royal Marines No. 45 R.M. Commando. 19 8 June 1944 France Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery Son of Robert William and Elizabeth Agnes Rolson, of Mapperley, Nottinghamshire.
Romans George Unknown Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 20 30 May 1872 United Kingdom Deal North Barracks Cemetery
Rome Edward Clelland PLY/244(S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Plymouth Bn Not known 2 October 1915 Turkey (including Gallipoli) Helles Memorial
Romia William Henry Charles PLY/7904 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. Goliath. Not known 13 May 1915 United Kingdom Plymouth Naval Memorial
Ronayne John Joseph PLY/18047 Colour Sergeant Royal Marines HMS President lll 43 27 November 1940 United Kingdom Plymouth (Ford Park) Cemetery Son of John Ronayne and of Mary Ronayne (nee O'Connor), husband of Gertrude Ronayne, of Plymouth. Also served in the 1914-18 War.
Rooke Lewis 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marines 82 31 December 1870 United Kingdom St. John The Baptist Church, Bis Lewis Rooke was a First Lieutenant, Royal Marines in the Second Battalion during the war with the United States of America 1812-1815. He seved on HMS 'Neptune' as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Marines at Trafalgar. Inscription: ( St. John The Baptist Church, Bishops Taunton, Devon )
Rookes Sydney Frederick PLY/18146 Marine Royal Marines Not known 24 November 1940 United Kingdom Bristol (Greenbank) Cemetery Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Rookes, of Chenson, Devon; husband of Dorothy Rookes and father of Gordon and Norman Rookes, of Bristol, all of whom were killed in the same incident.
Rooney Gerald Christopher Major Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. Queen Mary. 39 31 May 1916 United Kingdom Plymouth Naval Memorial Son of Col. J. P. Rooney, R.A., and M. A. Rooney, of 19, Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin. Awarded China Medal, 1900.
Roos Henry Deal/312(S) Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry R.M. Depot (Deal), 42 25 December 1919 United Kingdom Deal Cemetery Husband of L. Roos, of 6, Allenby Terrace, Mayers Rd., Upper Walmer, Deal.
Rope Aaron RMB/3044 Musician Royal Marine Band H.M.S. Nigeria 31 12 August 1942 United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Memorial Son of Aaron and Lilian Rope; husband of Edith Rope, of Rochester, Kent.
Rope Hubert Alfred CH/1472(S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div. 23 5 May 1917 France Etaples Military Cemetery Son of Aaron and Ellen Alice Rope, of Bergh Apton, Norwich. Native of Bergh Apton.
Roper Kenneth Roy PO/18905 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. Colleen. Not known 10 November 1918 Ireland, Republic of Cobh Old Church Cemetery
Roper Laurence Deal/1186(S) Sapper Royal Marines R.M. Div. Engineers, R.N. Div. Not known 18 August 1915 Egypt Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery
Roper Reuben CH/1813(S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 2nd R.M. Bn. R.N. Div. Not known 26 October 1917 Belgium Tyne Cot Memorial
Rorrison Joseph Not known Warrant Officer Class II 46 Commando RM 87 Scotland
Rosborn Martin Henry CH/14140 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Vengeance 21 14 September 1908 United Kingdom Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery
Rose Albert John 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: Days, months, and years pass away, but his sweet memory lives for aye
Rose Charles Edward CH/8300 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/1351). H.M.S. Aboukir. 36 22 September 1914 United Kingdom Chatham Naval Memorial Son of Henry Rose, of 13, St. George's Square, Maidstone, Kent.
Rose Francis CH/X 2679 Marine Royal Marines H.M.S. Dunedin. 20 24 November 1941 United Kingdom Chatham Naval Memorial Son of John and Clara Rose, of Aston, Birmingham.
Rose George Hooper PO/X 1055 Marine Royal Marines H.M.S. Barham. Not known 25 November 1941 United Kingdom Portsmouth Naval Memorial