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The Royal Marines
A Geo History 1664 to Present
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Kelly, James Anthony

No 41 (Royal Marine) Commando

WW2
Italy
Algeria
NW Europe

British civilian in Liverpool, GB, 1939-1941; Royal Marine served in GB, 9/1941-7/1943; marine served with No 41 (Royal Marine) Commando, Special Service Bde in GB, Italy and French Algieria, 7/1943-12/1943; NCO served with No 41 (Royal Marine) Commando, 4th Special Service Bde in GB and North West Europe, 3/1944-11/1944

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Stock, Edward Eli John

41 (Independent) Commando
42 Commando

Korea
Operation Musketeer (Suez)

British marine served with 41 (Independent) Commando, Royal Marines in North Korea, 10/1950-12/1951; served with 42 Commando, Royal Marines during Operation Musketeer at Port Said, Egypt, 11/1956

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Curd, Edward Joseph

41 (Independent) Commando

Korea
POW

British NCO served with 41 (Independent) Commando, Royal Marines in North Korea, 10/1950-12/1950; prisoner of war in Camp 5, Pyukdong, North Korea, 1951-1953

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Langton, Henry

Royal Marines Police
41 (Independent) Commando
SBS

WW2
Atlantic Convoys
Indian Mutiny
Korea
BAOR

British civilian in Liverpool, GB, 1940; mess boy and seaman served with Merchant Navy in North Atlantic, 5/1940-12/1943; marine served with Royal Marines Police during Royal Indian Navy Mutiny in Bombay, India, 18/2/1946-25/2/1946; NCO served with 41 (Independent) Commando, Royal Marines in Korea, 10/1950-11/1951; served with 2nd Special Boat Section, Rhine Sqdn, Special Boat Service in West Germany, 1952-1956

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Vaux, Nicolas Francis

45 Commando

Operation Musketeer (Suez)
Northern Ireland

British officer served with X Troop, 45 Commando Royal Marines during Operation Musketeer, the landings at Suez, Egypt, 1956; commanded 45 Commando in Northern Ireland, 1970

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Baines, Thomas

Bandmaster Royal Marine School of Music
HMS Conqueror

WW1 GB Coastal Waters

British marine band boy served with Royal Marine School of Music at Eastney, GB, 1904-1906; musician served with Royal Marines aboard HMS Triumph in GB coastal waters, 1906-1907; bandmaster served at Royal Marine School of Music, Eastney, GB and aboard HMS Conqueror in GB coastal waters, 1912-1926

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Briggs, Keith May

Royal Marine Engineers - LCOCU

WW2
North Atlantic
D Day

Royal Marine served aboard HMS Nelson, Home Fleet in GB coastal waters and North Atlantic, 1939-1941; NCO served with Royal Marine Engineers in GB, 1941-1942; served with Landing Craft Obstruction Clearance Unit, Royal Navy in GB and Normandy, France, 1942-1945

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Barrett, George William

HMS Ajax

WW2 Battle of the River Plate

Royal Marine served with Royal Marines aboard HMS Ajax in South Atlantic, 1939

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Boswell, Rod

40 Commando

Northern Ireland

British officer served with 40 Commando, Royal Marines in Northern Ireland, 1971-1976

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Todd, Raymond

HMS Jamaica
41 (Independent) Commando

China (Yanzee Incident)
Korea

British marine served aboard HMS Nigeria in Antarctic, 1948; served aboard HMS Jamaica off China and Korea, 1948-1950; NCO served with 41 (Independent) Commando, Royal Marines in North Korea, 10/1950-12/1950

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Stevens, William Stanley

Royal Marine Boom Patrol Detachment

WW2

Royal Marine served with Royal Marine Boom Detachment in GB, Middle East and Greece, 1942-1945

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Alexander, William

HMS Rodney
HMS Prince of Wale

WW2
Norway
Malaya
Sinking of the POW
Escape from Singapore

Royal Marine served with Royal Marines aboard HMS Rodney in Norway, 4/1940; served aboard HMS Prince of Wales in North Atlantic and Far East, 1941 including sinking off Malaya, 10/12/1941; served with Royal Marines in Singapore, Malaya, 12/1941-2/1942; escaped from Singapore, Malaya to Ceylon via Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, 2/1942

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