Sorry to be a bother, but this surname is misspelled, it should be "Withrington".

Posted by Jack Withrington on Tue 05 Mar 2024 06:24:12 GMT

Sorry to be a bother, but this surname is misspelled, it should be "Withrington".

Posted by Jack Withrington on Tue 05 Mar 2024 06:22:00 GMT

Sorry to be a bother, but this surname is misspelled, it should be "Withrington".

Posted by Jack Withrington on Tue 05 Mar 2024 06:21:44 GMT

I believe this photograph was taken at RMB Eastney (closed)

Posted by David Prichard on Wed 26 Aug 2020 18:56:27 BST

He is wearing his Commando Dagger on the right hip.

Posted by David Prichard on Wed 26 Aug 2020 18:53:27 BST

In the Royal Marines the term ‘Heavy Weapons’ meant either
1 3 inch Mortar
2 .303 inch Vickers Machine Gun (MMG)
3. Assault Engineers
The Mortar Men and MMG Gunners would wear the sleeve badge HW in a Wreath. One star means 3rd Class, Two stars 2nd Class and a Crown over the letters First Class by which time the man would probably be a SNCO. An Assault Engineer would wear AE in the same sequence. Nowadays there are Anti-Tank Marines, who wear the same HW badge. They would all be in Support Troop/Company.

Posted by David Prichard on Wed 26 Aug 2020 18:51:46 BST

“The volunteer drum and bugle band of the 8th Battalion RM in 1942 with front row from left, the Adjutant (Capt J A. Taplin), the CO (Lt-Col S G B Paine), the Drum Major (Cpl L G. Rayfield) and RSM R Keeble.”

(ref. – "The Royal Marines: A Pictorial History 1664-1987," by Peter C. Smith and Derek Oakley (Tunbridge Wells: Spellmount Ltd., 1988; p. 150)

Posted by Glenn M. Stein on Thu 02 Jan 2020 15:14:35 GMT

Photo detail

Click on the cemetery name to read more

Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Fri 06 Nov 2015 16:50:00 GMT

Photo updated

Commando Service details added from Service record

Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 19 Jan 2015 20:51:28 GMT

Photo Updated

Middle row third from right is Geoffrey Knight

Posted by Anthony Knight on Thu 20 Jun 2013 10:01:16 BST

Photo updated

Correct forename for Mne Horsfield provided by his daughter - John Grevis Horsfield known to all as Jack

Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 15 Jun 2013 22:15:52 BST