This retired Royal Marine must have held Warrant Officer Rank during his service in the Corps. He has his (hard earned) Veterans lapel badge. The Medals worn are, left to right, The British Empire Medal, the Naval General Service Medal (one bar,...
This retired Royal Marine must have held Warrant Officer Rank during his service in the Corps. He has his (hard earned) Veterans lapel badge. The Medals worn are, left to right, The British Empire Medal, the Naval General Service Medal (one bar, withdrawn 1962), the General Service Medal (one bar), the Falklands Medal with Rosette, the Meritorious Service Medal and his Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (awarded after 15 years Service from the age of 18 years, service under that age not being counted and recovered in the Corps as “girls’ time”). The bars referred to are Campaign Bars showing Theatre and Date). This means he soldiered for over 22 Years and in our Corps that translates as hard soldiering! The Naval General Service Medal (NGS) was replaced by the standard General Service Medal (GSM). The Rosette on his Falklands Medal means that he landed with his Unit at that time.
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Wed 16 Sep 2020 08:18:13 EDT
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Apologies: For ‘Bars’ please read ‘Clasps’
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Thu 24 Sep 2020 10:52:03 EDT
This retired Royal Marine must have held Warrant Officer Rank during his service in the Corps. He has his (hard earned) Veterans lapel badge. The Medals worn are, left to right, The British Empire Medal, the Naval General Service Medal (one bar,...
This retired Royal Marine must have held Warrant Officer Rank during his service in the Corps. He has his (hard earned) Veterans lapel badge. The Medals worn are, left to right, The British Empire Medal, the Naval General Service Medal (one bar, withdrawn 1962), the General Service Medal (one bar), the Falklands Medal with Rosette, the Meritorious Service Medal and his Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (awarded after 15 years Service from the age of 18 years, service under that age not being counted and recovered in the Corps as “girls’ time”). The bars referred to are Campaign Bars showing Theatre and Date). This means he soldiered for over 22 Years and in our Corps that translates as hard soldiering! The Naval General Service Medal (NGS) was replaced by the standard General Service Medal (GSM). The Rosette on his Falklands Medal means that he landed with his Unit at that time.
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Wed 16 Sep 2020 08:18:13 EDT