Royal R Marines Service S Record
By B 1861 Robert was in the Royal R Marines. He served from fr 1858 to 1871, which included in going to China to fight fi in the Opium Wars. The T records of the marines are ar held by The National Archives A in Kew, and indexed in on its website. We W ordered his service record re here: tinyurl.com/ didiscovery-marines-wilk.