Originating back to the 1660s, the Royal Marines is one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy. A separate force – the Royal Marine Artillery – was founded in 1802, and an infantry brigade – the Royal Marine Light Infantry – was created in 1855.

During the First World War, the Royal Marines were heavily involved on the Western Front; they were also involved in the 1914 defence of Antwerp, the landings at Gallipoli and the Zeebrugge Raid of 1918.

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Commonwealth War Graves

Barnes, Private Henry (d1918, aged 19, died of wounds)

Bellamy, Private John (d1914, aged 24, killed in action)

Clarke, Private Thomas (d1914, aged 21, killed in action)

Coombs, Serjeant Ernest (d1917, aged 49, illness)

Down, Private Frederick (d1916, aged 18, cause of death unknown)

East, Private George (d1918, aged 39, illness)

Faulkner, Sergeant Christopher (d1920, aged 39, cause unknown)

Foxworthy, Sergeant John (d1915, aged 47, illness)

Green, Gunner Arthur (d1918, aged 21, died of wounds)

Hall, Major Charles (d1918, aged 40, cause unknown)

Ham, Lance Corporal George (d1918, aged 50, accident)

Harding, Private Kenneth (d1918, aged 22, illness)

Harvey, Private Albert (d1915, aged 24, wounded in action)

Hayden, Private James (d1917, aged 49, illness)

Hayes, Gunner Samuel (d1919, aged 38, cause of death unknown)

Hayward, Private Lot (d1917, aged 20, illness)

Hewlett, Gunner George (d1918, aged 28, killed in action)

Hockey, Private Wilfred (d1915, aged 23, illness)

Holder, Private Harry (d1918, aged 19, died of wounds)

Jackson, Private William (d1916, aged 44, illness)

Jenkins, Private Herbert (d1919, aged 27, illness)

Kendall, Private James (d1920, aged 36, illness)

King, Lance Corporal William (d1916, aged 33, died from wounds)

Lodge, Private John (d1917, aged 18, illness)

Lushington, Captain Guye (d1916, aged 35, suicide)

Marriott, Sergeant Herbert (d1914, aged 33, killed in action)

Marsh, Corporal Walter (d1918, aged 27, cause unknown)

McCahearty, Private Henry (d1916, aged 51, cause unknown)

Merritt, Private John (1917, aged 36, drowned)

Miles, Colour Sergeant Charles (d1918, aged 46, illness)

Milverton, Gunner Frederick (d1919, aged 30, illness)

Moore, Gunner William (d1918, aged 43, died of wounds)

Neale, Private Thomas (d1914, aged 38, killed in action)

Parsons, Private William (d1919, aged 23, cause unknown)

Peacock, Private John (d1917, aged 34, illness)

Preston, Private William (d1915, aged 27, killed in action)

Reed, Private Alfred (d1917, aged 51, accident)

Roche, Private John (d1916, aged 18, illness)

Sanders, Private James (d1921, aged 31, drowned)

Shrubsall, Corporal Albert (d1918, aged 22, illness)

Sims, Private Cecil (d1919, aged 21, illness)

Slade, Private John (d1918, aged 53, illness)

Sloley, Private Frederick (d1918, aged 19, died of wounds)

Smale, Private George (d1919, aged 20, cause of death unknown)

Teahen, Private Henry (d1919, aged 21, illness)

Venner, Private William (d1917, aged 53, illness)

Vowles, Serjeant George (d1916, aged 35, illness)

Whitmore, Lance Corporal William (d1918, aged 43, killed in action)

Williamson, Private James (d1915, aged 32, killed in action)

Wilson, Private George (d1917, aged 37, accident)

Young, Gunner Arthur (d1919, aged 20, drowned)