Posted by Jackie Birtles on Mon 22 Jan 2024 13:28:58 EST
My mother informs me that this photo was taken on his return from Korea.
Posted by Glenn Eves on Sun 03 Oct 2021 11:36:46 EDT
Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade.
Posted by Glenn Eves on Sun 03 Oct 2021 11:25:09 EDT
I think this photo was taken possibly in Lymestone in Devon, rather than Eastney in Portsmouth.
Posted by Glenn Eves on Sun 03 Oct 2021 11:21:11 EDT
I think this photo was taken possibly in Lymestone in Devon, rather than Eastney in Portsmouth.
Posted by Glenn Eves on Sun 03 Oct 2021 11:20:24 EDT
The photo could show my father with his friend Jack Collington.
Posted by Glenn Eves on Sun 03 Oct 2021 11:13:57 EDT
Royal Marine Party in Malta mid 1950’s
I assume 3 Commando Brigade friends as this was who my Dad was attached to.
Posted by Glenn Eves on Sun 03 Oct 2021 11:10:26 EDT
43 Commando RM
To the best of my knowledge, 43 Commando didn't serve in the Far East at that time.
40 and 42 Commandos (42 at RNAS Sembawang and 40 at Burma Camp in Malaya) did alternate 5 month tours in Borneo.
Additionally, almost all the buildings at RNAS Sembawang (commissioned as HMS Simbang) were of concrete construction, not wood.
Finally, the rig (uniform) doesn't look right.
My attempts to discover what 43 Commando were doing in the period 1964/5 have borne little of substance. However, The Imperial War Museum site has a piece regarding another Royal Marine: (his name I choose not to disclose) ......
served as a signaller with 42 Commando RM in Borneo, served with 43 Commando RM in GB 1964 - 1965, served with Naval Beach Unit in Bahrain 1965 - 1966........
So where in the UK was it?
Posted by Victor Balsdon on Mon 05 Jul 2021 05:59:50 EDT
The officer in front of the three ranks of men is Lieutenant Peter "Soapy" Waters, who was wounded during the Limbang raid. He was 2i/c of Lima Company.
Posted by Victor Balsdon on Thu 04 Mar 2021 11:51:22 EST
Photo update
See our Archive page for more about Maj Gen. A.P. Willasey-Wilsey CB, MBE, MC, MiD.
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