Aman, Dudley Leigh, first Baron Marley (1884–1952), marine officer and politician, was born on 16 May 1884 at Helsby, Cheshire, the son of Edward Godfrey Aman (1853–1939), the manager of a salt works, and his wife, Annie Florence Pitcairn (d. 1939), daughter of ...
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Aston, Sir George Grey (1861–1938), Royal Marine officer and writer, was born in Cape Colony on 2 December 1861, the youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Aston, Indian army (retired), and his wife, Katherine, daughter of the Revd Abraham Faure, of the Cape of Good Hope...
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Barclay, John (1741–1823), marine officer, entered the corps in March 1755 as second lieutenant, and became first lieutenant in July 1756. He served throughout the Seven Years' War (1756–63), in the Mediterranean, at Belle Île (off the Britanny coast) in 1761, and on the coast of ...
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Richard C. Blake
Burn, Andrew (1742–1814), marine officer and religious writer, was born in Dundee on 8 September 1742, the son of George John Burn and Christian Donie. When business failure induced his father to become a naval purser the sixteen-year-old Andrew accompanied him as an assistant clerk on active service in the ...
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Ellis, Sir Samuel Burdon (1787–1865), Royal Marines officer, was the son of Captain Charles Ellis RN. His father intended him for the legal profession, and on leaving school he was articled to a Yarmouth lawyer. Disliking this, he left after about one year, and entered the ...
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Festing, Sir Francis Worgan (1833–1886), Royal Marines officer, second son of Captain Benjamin Morton Festing RN, and Caroline Jane, only daughter of F. B. Wright of Hinton Blewett, Somerset, was born at High Littleton, Somerset, on 24 July 1833. He was educated at the ...
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Garrod, Sir (John) Martin Carruthers (1935–2009), Royal Marines officer, was born in Darjeeling, India, on 29 May 1935, the son of the Revd William Francis Garrod (1893–1964), Church of England clergyman, and his wife, Isobel Agnes, née Carruthers (1898–1976). He was educated at ...
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Keith Clark
Gourlay, Sir (Basil) Ian Spencer (1920–2013), Royal Marines officer and educational administrator, was born on 13 November 1920 at 24 York Place, Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester, the son of Captain, later Brigadier, Kenneth Ian Gourlay (1891–1970), Royal Engineers officer, and his wife, Victoria May, ...
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Graham, Sir Fortescue (1794–1880), Royal Marines officer, was born at Tintinhall near Yeovil, the son of Colonel Richard Graham, Royal Marines (a descendant of the Grahams of Platten, co. Meath), and his wife, Catherine, daughter of Captain Philip Walsh RN. He was educated at ...
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Gray, Charles (1782–1851), marine officer and songwriter, was born at Anstruther Wester, Fife, on 10 March 1782, the son of Charles Gray and his wife, Margaret Raker. His education and early training fitted him for the sea, and in 1805, through the influence of a maternal uncle, ...
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Donald F. Bittner
Halliday, Sir Lewis Stratford Tollemache (1870–1966), marine officer, was born on 14 May 1870 at Mechstead, Northampton, the son of Stratford Charles Halliday, a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, and his wife, Annie Louisa Robinson. He was commissioned in the Royal Marine light infantry (RMLI)...
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Herbert George Hasler (1914–1987) by Eileen Ramsay, c.1960 © Eileen Ramsay / PPL
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Hasler, Herbert George (1914–1987), inventor of sailing equipment and Royal Marines officer, was born in Dublin on 27 February 1914, the younger child and younger son of Lieutenant Arthur Thomas Hasler, quartermaster, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, and his wife, Annie Georgina Andrews...
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Sir Leslie Chasemore Hollis (1897–1963) by Bassano, 1946 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Hollis, Sir Leslie Chasemore [Jo] (1897–1963), marine officer, was born at Walcot, Bath, on 9 February 1897, the son of Charles Joseph Hollis (1866–1941), curate of Bath Abbey church (1894–1900), vicar of Holy Trinity, Worthing (1900–41), and rural dean of Worthing (1925–41), and his wife, ...
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Donald F. Bittner
Jerram, Charles Frederic (1882–1969), Royal Marines officer, was born on 13 November 1882 at Frith Hill Cottage, Godalming, Surrey, the son of Charles Samuel Jerram, schoolmaster, and his wife, Maria Florence Knight. He was educated at a number of schools including Clifton House, Eastbourne...
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Lumsden, Frederick William (1871–1918), Royal Marines officer, was born on 14 December 1871, at Benaris, Bengal, India, the son of J. J. F. Lumsden of the Bengal civil service. He was commissioned in the Royal Marine Artillery in 1890. As an officer he acquired appropriate qualifications expected of him, in gunnery, torpedo, musketry, signalling, equitation, and military law. These he gained at the ...
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Sir (John) Jeremy Moore (1928–2007) by S. & G. Barratts, 1982 © PA Photos
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Moore, Sir (John) Jeremy (1928–2007), Royal Marines officer, was born at the Cottage Hospital, St Mary, Lichfield, Staffordshire, on 5 July 1928, the son of Charles Percival Moore (d. 1959), a captain in the Kings Liverpool regiment, later a lieutenant-colonel, and his wife, ...
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Moulton, James Louis (1906–1993), marine officer and military historian, was born on 3 June 1906 at The Terrace, His Majesty's Dockyard, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, the son of John Davis Moulton (d. 1921), staff captain in the Royal Navy (also JP for Kingston, Jamaica...
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