Royal Marine Commandos attached to 3rd Division move inland from Sword Beach on the Normandy coast, 6 June 1944. It was “tough going through the minefields but they got there”. “And were the paratroops glad to see us!” remarked Lt. Thomas, who further remarked that for the next few ...
and was eventually floated by the Commandos −the O.P. parties could not move her. Dibden then got a message to return home, so the FOO party set off on foot with the prisoners. The going was hard, the distance was long and they got in about 1 a.m. The carriers turned up next...
Admiralty, 1940-1942; in parties to render mines safe, May 1940; rendered safe first type G magnetic mine (King's Commendation for bravery); Mediterranean, 1943, with commandos in Sicily and Italy at Salerno landings, 1943; Seine Bay (Dday) Landings, 1944; assault crossing of Rhine, ...