No.3 Commando 4 and 5 troops plaque, Merville Battery
Date: 30/06/2009
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Owner: Nick Collins
42 Cdo RM. - Geordie Prescott and Don MacLean - 1956 Suez.
Both Geordie on the left, and Don , were National Service, 42 Commando RM
Photo courtesy of Don MacLean who adds " Suez, with me centre, outside the Italian Consulate which we were tasked to take over. The Consul refused us entry so we called up a tank. Hence the mess! " This photo is also in the RM Museum archives at Eastney.