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Admiralty: Royal Marines: Registers of Service
Catalogue reference: ADM 159
What's it about?
ADM 159
These registers of Royal Marines' service contain, as well as information similar to that contained in attestation papers, a description of physical characteristics at the time of re-engagement and discharge together with full details of service....
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 159
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Royal Marines: Registers of Service
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1842-1936
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Description (What the record is about)
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These registers of Royal Marines' service contain, as well as information similar to that contained in attestation papers, a description of physical characteristics at the time of re-engagement and discharge together with full details of service.
Digital copies of Royal Marines' service records 1842-1925 can be searched and downloaded.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Referencing: In 2012, as part of transferring digitised records to The National Archives' new Discovery catalogue, the items throughout this series were temporarily numbered, starting at 1 within each piece. In March 2013 these were corrected to have their item references constructed of the piece number followed by a slash and the numerical part of the register number; for example ADM 159/5/1 is now ADM 159/5/2549.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Entries are arranged in register number order within divisions (e.g. Royal Marines Light Infantry, Chatham, or Royal Marines Band) but the dates noted in the catalogue give an approximate indication of the enlistment years covered in each register volume.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Indexes for Royal Marines non-officers' registers of service are in ADM 313
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Admiralty, Royal Marines, Chatham Division, 1755-1947
- Board of Admiralty, Royal Marines, Plymouth Division, 1755-1947
- Board of Admiralty, Royal Marines, Portsmouth Division, 1755-1947
- Board of Admiralty, Royal Marines, Woolwich Division, 1805-1869
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 213 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1868/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
2,473,747 records
Within the department: ADM
Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
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Admiralty: Royal Marines: Registers of Service
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