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ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION MEMORIAL PLAQUES
A library of images of RND Bronze Memorial Plaques, Scrolls, medals & photos.

Plaque Surnames
A B C D E-F G H I-J-K L-M N-O P R S T V-W-Y

CH/179/S Pte. Enoch VERNON R.M.L.I.
Chatham Battalion, R.N.D.
Died of wounds aboard Hospital Ship "Gloucester Castle" 4th May 1915.
(BW Eye & Chest 1/5/15)
Chatham Naval Memorial (MR 1)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- ex-Private Notts & Derby Regt., enlisted 7/9/14 & transferred to RMLI short-service 16/9/14 ; Chatham Bn. MEF 6/2/15-4/5/15 DD. Born April 7th 1895, in Clowne, Chesterfield, Derbyshire ; Brother of Lucy Vernon, of 6 Manvers Street, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. ; ADM/171 = St.V.B. not issued/claimed "DD 18.5.15".

Clyde Z/73 LS Lawrence Offord WARE R.N.V.R.
Nelson Battalion, R.N.D.
Missing, assumed killed in action, 3rd May 1915.
Helles Memorial (MR 4)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Enlisted 8/9/14 ; Nelson Bn. A/1006 2/11/14-3/5/15 DD.
Born 3/6/1885. A Ship Draughtsman. Formerly served 2 years 92 days Territorials. Lived at 2 Elm St., Whiteinch, Glasgow. Next-of-Kin: Sister, Catherine Ware, of 21 St. Mary’s Grove, Chiswick, London SW, later of: 15 Ash Grove, Headingley, Leeds.

PLY/15382 Pte. William Dyson WARMISHAM R.M.L.I.
2nd Royal Marine Battalion, R.N.D.
Killed in action, 13th November 1916.
Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel (FR 339)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Enlisted 14/6/1911 ; Embarked RM Brigade 12/12/14 ; MEF 6/2/15.
CWGC incorrectly record his service number as "PLY/15381" ; Son of Robert & Mary E. Warmisham, of 46 Cedar Lodge, Heyes Lane, Timperley, Cheshire. Born at Altrincham. ; Reported as wounded in the arm & whilst going back to the Advanced Dressing Station was shot in the back by a Sniper. ; ADM/171 = St.V.B. issued to Residual Legatee.

Tyneside Z/831 PO Robert Allen WAUGH MM R.N.V.R.
Hood Battalion, R.N.D.
Killed in action, 20th April 1917.
Arras Memorial (MR 20)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Enlisted 31/10/14 ; Collingwood Bn. 'D' Company 3rd Platoon 4/3/15, transferred to Hood Bn. 8/6/15-29/7/15 Dysentery, joined Base Depot Mudros 1/4/16, rejoined Hood Bn. 5/12/16-20/4/17 DD.
CWGC = age 36 ; All RND Records state born 1/4/1894 ; 1901 Census states age 20 ; 7/3/17 BEF DO14 Awarded the MM for Ops. North of the Ancre 3-4/2/17 (London Gazette 26/3/17 page 2993) ; A Miner ; b.1/4/1894 ; Next-of-Kin & home address: Wife, Ellen, Curell's Buildings, New York, Nr. Shiremoor, Northumberland.

Tyneside Z/8537 AB Arthur WEATHERILL R.N.V.R.
Nelson Battalion, R.N.D.
Killed in action, 13th November 1916.
Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel (FR 339)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Enlisted 15/11/15 ; Draft for BEF 31/7/16, joined Nelson Bn. 16/9/16-13/11/16 DD.
A Clothman at Peel Bros. & Co., Globe Mills, Bradford ; b.5/11/1896 ; Next-of-Kin & home address: Father, William, 21 Kensington St., Girlington, Bradford. ; ADM/171 = V.B. not issued/claimed.

London Z/1588 AB Charles Robert WEYMAN R.N.V.R.
Nelson Battalion, R.N.D.
Died of wounds (BW Head) 9th November 1915.
Pink Farm Cemetery, Helles (Gi 3)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Enlisted 24/4/15 ; Draft for MEF 1/8/15, joined Nelson Bn. 20/8/15-9/11/15 DD.
Born 12/3/1896. A Litho. Printer. Son of Alfred Frederick and Alice Harriet Weyman, of 19 Heber Rd., East Dulwich, London, later of: 8 Gifford Road, Bosham, Sussex. In civil life he lived with his mother in East Dulwich, London S.E.

PO/17454 Pte. Albert WHARAM R.M.L.I.
1st Platoon, 'A' Company, Deal Battalion, R.N.D.
Died of wounds aboard Hospital Ship "Dongola" 2nd May 1915.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial (MR 3)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Enlisted York 13/8/14 ; Deal Bn. (listed as Portsmouth Bn. in 1914 Star Roll) at Dunkirk 1914 ; MEF 28/2/15-2/5/15 DD. A Miller's Labourer ; b.St. Matthews, Hull 6/2/1895 ; Parents, Arthur & Sarah A. Wharam, 46 Wyndham St., Hull. ; 1914 Star issued to Father 20/2/19, V.B. not issued/claimed.

Tyneside Z/3173 AB Henry WHITE R.N.V.R.
Hood Battalion, R.N.D.
Died of wounds at 12.30am in Ford House Hospital Devonport, 28th September 1918.
(GSW Brain 4/9/18, Operation)
Tynemouth (Preston) Cemetery (Northumberland 96)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Enlisted 5/1/15 ; Draft for MEF 28/6/15, joined Hood Bn. 18/7/15-14/8/15 Rheumatism, Invalided to UK 24/8/15 ; Draft for BEF 25/9/16, joined Hood Bn. 25/11/16-4/2/17 Debility, rejoined Hood Bn. 26/2/17-11/5/17 Pyrexia Unknown Origin, rejoined Hood Bn. 10/7/17-26/10/17 Trench Foot, Invalided to UK 7/11/17 ; Draft for BEF 11/3/18, joined Hood Bn. 24/3/18-22/6/18 Influenza, rejoined Hood Bn. 25/8/18-4/9/18 wounded, Invalided to UK 23/9/18.
A Miner ; b.1/7/1896 ; Next-of-Kin & home address: Mother, Jane, 7 Mindrum Terrace, Percy Main, Newcastle-on-Tyne, later: Aunt, Mrs. Scott of the same address ; CWGC = Son of Charles & Jane White, of Gateshead.

R/4819 AB Peter WHITE R.N.V.R.
Drake Battalion, R.N.D.
Killed in action, 24th December 1917.
Thiepval Memorial (MR 21)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Previous Service: 5 weeks East Surrey Regt. ; Army Reserve 24/11/15 ; Entered 7/7/17 ; Draft for BEF 30/10/17, joined Drake Bn. 20/11/17-24/12/17 DD.
b.26/4/1890 ; Next-of-Kin: Mother, Isabella, 30 Smeaton Rd., Southfields, London SW18 ; ADM/171 = V.B. to Universal Legatee IC/9272/1918

London Z/2118 LS Frank Derby WILD R.N.V.R.
1st Royal Marine Battalion, R.N.D.
Died whilst POW in Reserve Hospital III, Hamburg, from Cardiac Paralysis & Pneumonia, 2nd August 1918.
Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany (Germany 2)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Enlisted 3/6/15 ; Draft for BEF 16/12/16, joined Nelson Bn. 9/1/17-8/3/17 Synovitis right knee, rejoined Nelson Bn. 2/5/17-24/5/17 VD Syphilis, rejoined Nelson Bn. 2/9/17, joined 7th Entrenching Bn. 22/2/18, detached to 1st RM Bn. 14/3/18-24/3/18 missing, POW.
CWGC has no record of his attachment to 1st Royal Marine Bn. & incorrectly record him under his former unit of "Nelson Battalion". ; A Porter ; b.4/1/1885 ; Next-of-Kin & home address: Wife, Mrs. Louisa Derby Wild, 26 Kinglake St., Old Kent Rd., Bermondsey, London SE, later of: Les Monts, Bordeaux Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands ; Mother, Mrs. S.A. Wild, 83 Spa Rd., Bermondsey, London SE16 ; CWGC = Husband of Mrs. J.D. Wild, of the Haven, South Side, St. Sampson's, Guernsey, Channel Islands ; ADM/171 = V.B. issued to Widow.

Wales Z/1794 LS John WILLIS R.N.V.R.
Hood Battalion, R.N.D.
Killed in action, 29th September 1918.
Proville British Cemetery (FR 242)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Enlisted 11/8/15 ; Draft for BEF 10/7/16, joined Drake Bn. 26/11/16-4/2/17 GSW right knee, Invalided to UK 10/2/17 ; Draft for BEF 13/10/17, joined Howe Bn. 14/11/17, attached 2nd RM Bn. 11/2/18-3/3/18 Gassed, joined Hood Bn. 13/4/18-22/4/18 to Field Ambulance, rejoined Hood Bn. 15/6/18-21/8/18 GSW right shoulder, rejoined Hood Bn. 15/9/18-29/9/18 DD.
A Carpenter ; b.11/8/1897 ; Next-of-Kin & home address: Father, John, 105 Port Tennant Rd., Swansea.

PLY/1388/S Pte. Albert Edward WILLS R.M.L.I.
2nd Royal Marine Battalion, R.N.D.
Killed in action, 27th March 1918.
Arras Memorial (MR 20)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Enlisted 25/1/16 age 18 ; Draft for BEF 1/2/17, joined 2nd RM Bn. 23/2/17-27/3/18 DD.
Mother, Emily, 69 Beryl Rd., Hammersmith, London. ; ADM/171 = V.B. issued to Father IC/9801/1918.

Kitchener W/327 AB William WINN R.N.V.R.
Hawke Battalion, R.N.D.
Died in 8th British Red Cross Hospital Le Touquet, 10th March 1917.
(Trench feet and Heart failure, also described as Trench Foot & Syncope)
Etaples Military Cemetery (FR 40)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Formerly served in King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ; Enlisted as Private York & Lancs. Regt. 31/8/14 & transferred to RNVR 8/9/14 ; Hawke Bn. B/130 20/2/15-8/9/15 wounded, rejoined Hawke Bn. 11/9/15-8/10/15 Tonsillitis, joined Base Depot Mudros 1/4/16, transferred to 2nd Hood Bn. 13/6/16, transferred to Hood Bn. 5/7/16, rejoined Hawke Bn. 31/7/16-5/2/17 to Field Ambulance, Trench Foot.
CWGC = age 25 ; Listed on the Rotherham War Memorial in Clifton Park. ; A Miner ; b.Kiveton 11/11/1893 ; Next-of-Kin & home address: Mother, Sarah Ann, 61 Wellgate St., Rotherham, Yorks. ; ADM/171 = St.V.B. issued to Mother.

Kitchener X/423 AB Richard WINSHIP R.N.V.R.
Hood Battalion, R.N.D.
Killed in action, 26th August 1915.
Helles Memorial (MR 4)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Enlisted in the Durham Light Infantry 2nd Sept. 1914 & transferred to the RNVR 9th Sept. 1914 ; Hood Bn. C/236 (not at Antwerp) 9/9/14-6/5/15 Shrapnel right chest, evacuated to hospital at Malta, rejoined Hood Bn. 27/6/15-26/8/15 DD.
Buried in 'B' Communication Trench Cemetery ; Born Middlesbrough 19th July 1889. A Furnace Man. Son of Robert Winship, of 44 Lord Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Husband of Eleanor Ann Winship, of 16 Old Row, Middleton St. George, Darlington, Co.Durham, later remarried as: Mrs. Smirk, 6 Oakland Gardens, Harrogate Hill, Darlington. ; ADM/171 = St.V.B. issued to Widow.

PLY/79/S L/Cpl. John WRIGHT R.M.L.I.
2nd Royal Marine Battalion, R.N.D.
Killed in action, 13th November 1916.
Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel (FR 339)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- ex-13854 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry enlisted Rotherham 7/9/14 age 19 & transferred to Plymouth Short-Service RMLI 16/9/14 ; Plymouth Bn. MEF 6/2/15-26/4/15 GSW right knee, rejoined Bn. 29/5/15-22/2/16 to UK Leave, rejoined 2nd RM Bn. BEF 6/6/16-13/11/16 DD.
Listed on the Rotherham War Memorial in Clifton Park (listed as WRIGHT. J.W.) ; 2nd RM Bn. UK Leave Party 26/2/16 ; A Labourer ; b.Rotherham ; Father, Robinson, 31 Hope St., Rotherham ; Stepmother, Alice ; Brothers, Alfred, Robert, James, & Stepbrother James ; Sisters, Maggie & Sarah ; ADM/171/171 = 14/15 Star, BWM & Vic. issued to Father (but his scroll & medals' transmittal slip show them issued to Mrs. C. Horne, Old Foulds, Crane Moor, Nr. Sheffield).


Deal/5115/S Spr. Richard Clarence YOLE R.M.
3rd Field Company, Divisional Engineers, R.N.D.
Killed in action, 10th December 1915.
Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Helles (Gi 1)

RND Roll of Honour gives:- Enlisted 29/7/15 ; Draft for MEF 24/10/15, joined 3rd Field Company 22/11/15-10/12/15 DD.
Son of John Henry and Emma Yole, of 7 Loop Lane, South Side, Butterknowle, Co. Durham. ; ADM/171/171 = St.V.B. not issued/claimed "DD 10.12.15".