Royal Marine Service papers.

My main interest in the RND is the Royal Marine Element. Royal Marines are easy to research at the PRO. Up until 1923 the Royal Marines were split into Royal Marine Artillery (RMA) and Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMLI), the RMA had one depot the RMLI had three. When men joined the Royal Marines they were assigned to one depot (Division) and they had service numbers accordingly, ie CH=Chatham,PO=Portsmouth, PLy=Plymouth and RMA =Royal MArine Artillery. At the PRO there are service ledgers, these books are about 3 feet by 4 feet and bloody heavy and are to be found in ADM159. They are arranged by service number and you can simply order the ledger up and f