RM (right) and others, Tai O island, Hong Kong, No.1 Section, X Troop 45 Commando RM, Malaya c.1948-51, Part of S-Troop 45 Commando in Cyprus circa 1955/6, Stan Williams (l) & Derek Preston (r), 45 Cdo.,RM, circa 1955/6, Stan Williams & Derek Preston, 45 Cdo. Personnel undertook, and completed, the Commando Basic Training Course at Achnacarry, Scotland. Having made a tactical landing at Red Beach, Ajax Bay on 21 May 1982, the men of 45 Cdo RM yomped across East Falkland, via Port San Carlos, New House, Douglas Settlement, Teal Inlet and Mount Kent to take part in the Battle for Port Stanley. [4] During the Ardennes Offensive, the retitled 1st Commando Brigade was given the task of holding a stretch of the River Meuse; it was during this period of operations that Lance Corporal H. Harden, a medical orderly of the RAMC attached to 45 (RM) Commando, won the Victoria Cross. If your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio, right-click here and "save as" to download the file and play. [30][31], The following Battle honours were awarded to the British Commandos during the Second World War. Photo courtesy of Mary T Johnson, 45 Commando guard of honour at Queen's Pier Hong Kong 30 April 1946, Unknown group from 45 Commando Hong Kong 1946, Cpl. The Commando was one ofthe three RM Commando Unitsnot disbanded after the war. Based at RM Condor,[1] their barracks in Arbroath, personnel regularly deploy outside the United Kingdom on operations or training. John Rawlinson, Honorary Editor, Royal Marines Historical Society. This 900 square miles of desert, allowed realistic live firing, involving artillery and air strikes. 45 RM Commando - E troop, after crossing the Rhine April 1945. In 1993 The Commando was deployed to Belize for the last operational jungle tour in that country. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all content on this site is licensed under, http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/45+RM+Commando/james+King/, http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/45+RM+Commando/, http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/45+RM+Commando/Henry+Eric+Harden+VC+45+RM+Cdo.jpg.html, http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/45+RM+Commando/Z427-A+Troop+45+RM+Commando+at+Southampton+before+setting+off+for+France-seated+right+LCpl+Henry+Harden+who+would+win+the+VC.jpg.html, http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/45+RM+Commando/james+King/Normandy+Veterans.jpg.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_K%C3%BCbelwagen. James King," A " Troop 45 Royal Marine Commando, sitting far right on the bonnet of the jeep. The Commando unit returned to Hong Kong in December 1948 and from there deployed to Malaya between 1950 and 1952 taking part in operations during the Emergency. I was thinking, why dont we have a go?.., Five years later and three weeks to go before the 25th Anniversary, we have been putting together the book together since that conversation, when I say book, I really mean memories of a Signals Troop, a diary of random memories roughly and inexpertly thrown together in some form of chronological order. . J.J. O'Sullivan (left) and ?, 45 Commando, o/s the Fleet Club, Hong Kong Aug. 1946, Stan Worsley (left), 45 Cdo., in Hong Kong or Singapore c.1946, Mne Stan Worsley (bottom left) 45 Cdo. Between 1960 and 1967 the Commando was based in Aden, from where it conducted 10 operational tours in the Radfan during the Aden Emergency.
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