Royal Marines' SwordThe Royal Marine Sword is based on the Infantry Sword pattern of 1897. The straight carbon steel blade of this sword is two-edged for the final section of its length and finely etched with the crest of the Royal Marines. Blades are also available nickel-plated. The ...
A number of Royal Marines served as pilots during the Second World War. It was a Royal Marines officer who led the attack by a formation of Blackburn Skuas that sank the Königsberg. Eighteen Royal Marines commanded Fleet Air Arm squadrons during the course of the war, and with the ...
30 hrs, the next day on 7 June 1944. A Centaur tank of No. 4 Battery, 2nd Armoured Support Regiment, Royal Marines Armoured Support Group, disabled by a mine, can be seen in the background. The officer in the foreground is Lieutenant-Colonel R Moulton, commanding 48 Royal Marines ...
- 05.1926 possibly first Commanding Officer, HMNZS Wakakura (trawler) ?] (05.1926) lent to New Zealand Government 05.1926 - (07.1927) Squadron Torpedo Officer, New Zealand Squadron [HMNZS Dunedin (cruiser)] [lent to New Zealand Government] 15.02.1929 - (08.)1929 HMS Vernon (torpedo school...
04.06.1940 - (02.1941) Medical Officer, HMS Sabre (destroyer) 01.09.1941 - (02.1943) HMS Lynx (RN base, Dover) involved with clearing the mines in the approaches to Sword Beach (Normandy) and particularly concerned with developing the means to dive to the depths necessary to deal with ...