Royal Marine Herbert Hill

[Kieron Hill]

Can anyone help me piece together the information i.e. ships names, movements,
campaigns etc..I have on my late grandfather or did anyone serve alongside him?

Royal Marine PO 19359 Herbert Hill

First entry in the service on enlistment 16th May 1916 at the age of 18 years
To the 18th May 1942 – 26 years of service.

Recruit, depot deal 16th May 1916 – 29th Nov 1916
Portsmouth Division 30th Nov 1916 – 31st Dec 1916
~Do~ 1st Jan 1917 – 28th May 1917 (what does ~do~ mean?)
Andes 29th May 1917 – 31st Dec 1917
Andes 1st Jan 1918 – 31st Dec 1918
Andes 1st Jan 1919 – 26th Feb 1919
Portsmouth Division 27th Feb 1919 – 30th May 1919
Fox 31st May 1919 – 10th Oct 1919
Portsmouth Division 11th Oct 1919 – 24th Nov 1919
Colombo 26th Nov 1919 – 31st Dec 1919
Colombo 1st Jan 1920 – 31st Dec 1920
Colombo 1st Jan 1921 – 31st Dec 1921
Haokino 20th Jan 1921 – 12th Apr 1921 (Haokino is just a guess, unable to read)
Colombo 13th Apr 1921 – 31st Dec 1921
Colombo 1st Jan 1922 – 14th Mar 1922
~do~ in passage 15th Mar 1922 – 10th Apr 1922
Portsmouth Division 11th Apr 1922 – 16th Jul 1922
DiDo 17th Jul 1922 – 17th Sept 1922
Portsmouth Division 18th Sept 1922 – 19th Sept 1922
H.B.L Porto (11thRM Bn Mid) 20th Sept 1922 – 20th Dec 1922
~do~ 21st Dec 1922 – 31st Dec 1922
~do~ 1st Jan 1923 – 26th Jan 1923
~do~ 27th Jan 1923 – 26th Mar 1923
Portsmouth Division 27th Mar 1923 – 3rd May 1923
Barham 4th May 1923 – 31st Dec 1923
Barham 1st Jan 1924 – 31st Dec 1924
Barham 1st Jan 1925 – 11th Nov 1925
Portsmouth Division 12th Nov 1925 – 31st Dec 1925
~do~ 1st Jan 1926 – 9th Apr 1926
Iron Duke 10th April 1926 – 24th May 1926
Portsmouth Division 25th May 1926 – 20th Aug 1926
Yarmouth 21st Aug 1926 – 31st Dec 1926
~do~ 1st Jan 1927 – 4th Feb 1927
Ports division 5th Feb 1927 – 31st Dec1927
Ports division 1st Jan 1928 – 28th Dec 1928
Gormorant 29th Dec 1928 – 31st Dec 1928
Gormorant 1st Jan 1929 – 31st Dec 1929
Gormorant 1st Jan 1930 – 31st Dec 1930
Gormorant 1st Jan 1931 – 5th Aug 1931
Gormorant in passage 6th Aug 1931 – 9th Aug 1931
Ports Division 10th Aug 1931 – 3rd Oct 1932
Iron Duke 4th Oct 1932 – 19th Feb 1935
Portsmouth Division 20th Feb 1935 – 6th May 1935
Iron Duke 7th May 1935 – 30th May 1935
Portsmouth Division 31st May 1935 – 11th July 1938
Portsmouth Division 28th Sep 1938 – 2nd Oct 1938
Portsmouth Division 25th Aug 1939 – 25th Aug 1939
~do~ 25th Sep 1939 – 1st Nov 1939
President III 2nd Nov 1939 – 14th July 1940
Gaglet 15th July 15th July 1940 – 17th July 1940 (could be baglet, laglet, saglet)
President III 18th July 1940 – 31st Dec 1940
President III 1st Jan 1941 – 10th Jan 1941
Portsmouth Division 11th Jan 1941 – 26th June 1941
Lanopus 27th Jun 1941 – 28th Jul 1941 (could be canopus, sanopus
Afrikauda IV 29th July 1941 – 19th Jan 1942
Afrikauda IV in passage 20th Jan 1942 – 19th Feb 1942
Ports Division 20th Feb 1942 – 18th may 1942

Any information no matter how small would be great

[hmsk212]

Originally posted by kieron hill@Mar 12 2004, 07:02 PM
what does ~do~ mean
Gaglet 15th July 15th July 1940 – 17th July 1940 (could be baglet, laglet, saglet)
Lanopus 27th Jun 1941 – 28th Jul 1941 (could be canopus, sanopus

Hi Kieron

"do" is just another way of writing "ditto" or "as above"

Gaglet would be Eaglet - A Shore Base at Liverpool

Lanopus would be Canopus - A Shore Base in Alexandria

Gormorant would be Cormorant - A Shore base at Gibraltar

Afrikauda IV would be Afrikander IV - A Shore Base at Durban

Steve