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ROYAL MARINES HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER (Precursor of THE SHEET ANCHOR)

TITLE or SUBJECT AUTHOR or BY WHOM SUBMITTED [*]

Vol I Editor - Russell Gammage October 1968 - December 1969 [1977 Edition printed in one volume]

1. The Chairman's Address Lt Col Edward Potts RM 2. Recent Acquisitions by the Corps Museum Harry Playford 3. An Interesting History of a Pistol Harry Playford 4. A Cry from the Heart - Collecting & Collating History Wilfred Davey 5. Woolwich's Old Maritime Barracks to be demolished Graham Hennessy 6. Dress of the Royal Marines 1832-1834 - Part 1 Russell Gammage 7. The Shako Plate that never was A E Bowell 8. Enigma Variations - A plea for authors to contribute The Editor 9. A Corps Personality - General Sir Edward Nicolls KCB Peter Tilbury 10. Miniature Marines - Wargaming with models J Corrigan & G S Greenland 11 Royal Marines in the Boxer Rebellion R F A Nightingale 12. New Paintings acquired by the Corps & Corps Museum Medal Collection 13. Band of the Chatham Division RM Harry Playford 14. The Horse Marines 15. Gathering Information - Liaison with the Musem & The G&L Wilfred Davey 16. The Sepoy Marine Battalions Harry Playford 17. Obituary - Col G W M Grover OBE 18. Looking Back - Discipline in the old days 19. Dress of the Royal Marines 1832-1834 - Part 2 Russell Gammage 20. Crete 1941 F B Hughes 21. Those elusive Badges - RMA, Portsmouth Band & RM Police Wilfred Davey 22. The Duke of York & Albany's Regiment of Foot Craig Eadie (research by Charles Ackroyd) 23. The Royal Marines and the Dockyards Wilfred Davey 24. Royal Marine Artillery Colour Sergeant's Badge of Rank Ernie Bowell 25. The Royal Marine Artillery 1804-1923 C Montin 26. Extracts from Chatham Division Order Book: (a) 5 Sep 1768 - Restoration of Rank to a Corporal (b) 17 Mar 1769 - Compliments not to be paid to officers unless in uniform (c) 23 Mar 1770 - Commanding Officer publicly thanks Private Marine 27. Relics of early Marine occupation found in Portsmouth.

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Vol II No 1 Editor - Peter Sanford 1. Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation 1 W G Evans 2. Royal Marines Uniforms on Cigarette Cards Graham Henderson 3. English Harbour, Antigua Tony Perrett 4. Royal Marines Formation Signs & Titles worn during WW2 John Bailey 5. Capture of Mahdist Flag at Tofrek, 1885 Ernie Bowell 6. The Death of Captain Cook RN from a report by Lt Molesworth Phillips ¬ Tony Perrett 7. Extracts from: (a) The Sydney Gazette - 26 Mar 1803 - Marines settling in Australia ¬ * Tony Perrett (b) The Sydney Gazette - 30 Jan 1813 - Marines settling in Australia ¬ * Tony Perrett (c) The Globe & Laurel 1908 - Music for Toasts (¬ Incorrectly attributed to A C Green) * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol II No 2 Editor - Ian Scott-Bell 1. Gibraltar of the West...Bermuda Tony Perrett 2. Colour Sergeants of the Royal Marine Artillery Wilfred Davey 3. Royal Marines at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815 Sidney Wood 4. Two DSO Groups awarded to the Royal Marines Sidney Wood/Ian Scott-Bell 5. Colonel Frederick White DSO RMLI The Editor 6. Major Frederick Ernest Powys Sketchley DSO RMLI The Editor 7. The Gambia Expedition, February - March 1894 8. Extracts from: (a) The Globe & Laurel - Dec 1900 - Hard Times (Victorian Humour) The Editor (b) The Bermuda Gazette - Apr 1816 - Dishonesty of Sutler of the Marine Bn (c) The Bermuda Gazette - Sep 1824 - Arrival of 319 Royal Marines * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol III No 1 ’ 1. More Royal Marines on Cigarette Cards Alastair Donald 2. Royal Marines buried in Singapore early 19th century (1823-1862) Alan Harfield 3. Belle Isle 1945 David Young 4. Gallantry Awards to the Royal Marines 1856-1970 Ian Scott-Bell 5. The Commandant General & His Predecessors Graham Hennessy 6. Royal Marines on Vancouver's Island, 1848 David Ross 7. Events leading up to the Battle of Tamaai, The Editor 8. Tamaai, 13 March 1884 by Capt E P Brittan RMA reprinted from The Globe and Laurel 14 Mar 1895 9. Presentations to the Museum: (a) Interesting items of Militaria belonging to Major General A D Corbett CBE (b) The Bayonet of Sgt Prettyjohn VC RMLI 10. Letters to the Editor: (a) Letter from Nelson (Vol I) Graham Hennessy (b) Uniform of 1832 - 1834 (Vol I) Graham Hennessy (c) Fighting Nicolls (Vol I) Graham Hennessy (d) Titles RMA & RMLI (Vol I) Graham Hennessy (e) Silver RMLI cap badge ? Ross Penny

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Vol III No 2 1. Museum Notes - Recruiting Posters The Curator 2. The Wager & Hermione Mutinies - Part 1 Tony Perrett 3. Colonel J F (Toby) Crease RMA Marjorie Green 4. From North Africa to Anzio - A personal account of service with a Support Craft Squadron with ‘J’ Force - Part 1 Harry Playford 5. Colonel W P Drury CBE RMLI The Editor 6. Autobiography of a Sea Soldier by Lieutenant Colonel W P Drury - Part 1 - Adventure Ashore & Afloat * Ian Scott-Bell 7. Bands of the Royal Marines - Brief history Jimmy Green 8. The Title Captain General Ian Scott-Bell 9. Even Harder Times - Thomas Hoole's Petitions of 1715 & 1719 * G S Fisher 10. Letters to the Editor: (a) Colour Sergeants - Rank and Appointment (Vol II No 2) Graham Hennessy (b) Appreciation of the Editor's Work & RM Grave on San Lorenzo Island, Peru Tony Perrett (c) Uniform of the RM Cadet Corps, Deal in 1936 Ross Penny * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol III No 3 Editor - Alastair Donald 1972

1. Royal Marines Formation Signs & Titles John Bailey 2. Autobiography of a Sea Soldier by Lieutenant Colonel W P Drury - Part 3 - Services In and Before the War * Ian Scott-Bell 3. The Wager & Hermione Mutinies - Part 2 Tony Perrett 4. From North Africa to Anzio - Part 2 - Operations Retribution & Husky Harry Playford 5. Staff Bandmasters 1800 -1912 Extracts from The Rise and Development of Military Music by H G Farmer * Alastair Donald * * * * * * * * * * * *

Vol IV No 1 (New Front cover illustration)

1. The Millers in Military Music by R G Harris reprinted from The Bulletin of the Military Historical Society - May 1972 * Alastair Donald 2. To see ourselves ...... as others see us - offences committed by Marines in Captain Cook's ships Tony Perrett 3. The Note Book of Major General John Miller Alastair Donald 4. Lieutenant Colonel Nugent MacNamara, Royal Marine Artillery Sidney Wood 5. Autobiography of a Sea Soldier by Lieutenant Colonel W P Drury - Part 2 - A poignant memory and some others Ian Scott-Bell 6. Letters to the Editor from the Corps Historian: (a) Naval General Service Medal (1793 - 1840) b. Captain E A M Liardet RMLI (b) LCG(M)s (Ref: Vol III Nos 2 & 3) d. Cloth Insignia - 44 RM Commando * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Vol IV Nos 2 & 3 1. General Sir Edward Nicolls KCB RM - Photograph 2. Colonels of Marines Gerald Hamilton-Edwards 3. From North Africa to Anzio - Part 3 - Operation Avalanche Harry Playford 4. Married on the strength James Avenell 5. The Royal Tour of India, 1905 Jimmy Green 6. RM Armoured Support Group James Avenell 7. Founding Fathers - Part 1 - Ascension Islands Garrison James Avenell 8. A Problem of Dress 1776 - An extract from The Sandwich Transcripts 9. Naval Good Shooting Medal 1903 - 1914 Sidney Wood 10. A Footnote to a Chapter of Corps History by Colonel G W M Grover 11. A Soldier of the Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot Charles Stadden 12. Corps Uniform Composite Paintings by Charles Stadden 13. Extracts from: (a) The Leicester & Notts Journal - 6 Sep 1783 - Refusal of minister to bury men in the 17th century * Herbert Heather (b) The Leicester Journal - 14 Jun 1783 - Capt Bailey shot in St James's Park * Herbert Heather (c) Teonge's Diary - Christmas Day on board ship 1675 14. Letters to the Editor (Ref Vol IV No 1): (a) The Millers in Military Music Marjorie Green (b) The Millers in Military Music Jimmy Green (c) The Millers in Military Music Herbert Heather (d) Two Medals to the same man Sidney Wood (e) Autobiography of a Sea Soldier - Part 2 Peter Sanford

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THE SHEET ANCHOR

(Formerly THE ROYAL MARINES HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER)

Vol V No 1 July 1976

1. 's Regiment 1685-1689 Charles Stadden 2. The Landing Craft Gun (Medium) - Part 1 John Good 3. Founding Fathers - Part 2 - RM Garrison, Ascension Island James Avenell 4. Family Traditions in the Royal Marines reprinted from The Genealogist's Magazine Gerald Hamilton-Edwards 5. Major General Frederick George Pym CB ADC RMLI Freddie Pym (Grandson) 6. Marines on Ice - The Frost Fair' of 1739 F B Hughes 7. The Pleasures of Research Margorie Green 8. Sir Muirhead Bone - Permanent Artist...... Tempy Royal Marine Tony Perrett 9. Extracts from: (a) The Leicester Journal - 16 Nov 1792 - Sudden secret embarkation of Marines * Herbert Heather (b) The Leicester Journal - 30 May 1800 - Detachment of Marines `taking up´ straggling seamen in Exeter * Herbert Heather (c) The Leicester Journal - 30 May 1800 - Rescue of drowning Marine by French officer prisoner at * Herbert Heather (d) The Derby Mercury - 7 June 1765 - An execution for desertion and theft * Herbert Heather (e) The Derby Mercury -18/25 April 1755 - Murder of a recruit by a Corpora * Herbert Heather (f) The Derby Mercury -18/25 April 1755 - Suicide of a Marine in Chatham * Herbert Heather 10. Letters to the Editor: (a) Married on the strength G A Henderson (b) Corps Songs & Poetry F B Hughes * * * * * * * * * * * *

Vol V No 2 Editor - Tony Perrett September 1977

1. A Private Sentinel of Fox's Marines Charles Stadden 2. The Order of Precedence of the Grenadier Guards in 1665 - extract from The Grenadier Guards by R H Whitworth 3. "Joe the Marine" - an 1871 song - extract from A Collection of Soldiers' Songs by A Wyatt-Edgell * Alastair Donald 4. The Landing Craft Gun (Medium) - Part 2 John Good 5. Sir Cloudesley Shovell's Regiment Alastair Donald 6. William Gregory RMLI - His Medals & The Defence of the Pekin Legations J E Granger 7. The Royal Marines Armoured Train in Siberia reprinted from the Portsmouth Evening News - 27 Aug 1965 8. The Colonel Bogey Saga Tony Perrett 9. Extracts from : (a) The Derby Mercury - 6 May 1768 - Quarrel between Shipwrights and Marines * Herbert Heather (b) The Derby Mercury - 23 May 1766 - A Duel at Gosport - Major Howorth * Herbert Heather (c) The Leeds Mercury - 1 & 8 Jan 1739 - Dress of the Marine Regiments * Herbert Heather * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Vol V No 3 November 1978 1. Officer of the Marine Corps 1755-1761 Charles Stadden 2. Antecedents of Royal Marine Commandos - the RM Battalions 3. "The Rambling Royal" reprinted from The Cruel Wars - 100 Soldiers' Songs from Agincourt to Ulster * Alastair Donald 4. Major Richard Johns RM - 1805-1851 Neale Dawe 5. The Employment of RM Generals in 1914 Donald Bittner 6. Major Aylmer Charles Pearson RMLI - 1849-1938 Sidney Wood 7. Ted Maconochie RMLI - Award winning Medal & Badge Collector 8. The Occupation of Iceland - May 1940 Freddie Pym 9. The Pleasures of Research...Practical Tony Perrett 10. The Depot Band 1890-1930 Marjorie Green 11. Extracts from: (a). The Leicester Journal - 28 June 1793 - Chatham Recruiting * Herbert Heather (b) The Globe & Laurel - May 1909 - Our Ancestors (c) The Globe & Laurel - June 1909 - Epitaph on Marine Officer in a Berwick-on-Helmet churchyard (d) The Naval Chronicle 1806 - Fire at Woolwich (e) The Church Pennant 1909 - First publication of Banns of Marriage in one of HM Ships 12. Letter to the Editor: A recording session by a Band of the Royal Marines, 1 Sept 1893 R J Noyce * * * * * * * * * * * *

Vol VI No 1 September 1979 1. Marine 1805 Charles Stadden 2. An extract from Sea Life in Nelson's Time by John Masefield published in 1905 3. The Character of Lieutenant Price RM extracts from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Bridget Spiers 4. The Zeebrugge Raid - A personal account from a letter written by P W Standbridge Mark Bailey 5. The Founder Marine Fusiliers Wilfred Davey 6. The Royal Marines - At the time of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee by Major A F Gatliff, from The Navy and Army Illustrated 25 Jun 1897 * Henry Shaw 7. Reflections on the past 25 years - Corps changes during the present reign The Editor 8. The Personal Narrative of Major General A R Chater - Part 1 - With the Royal Marines 1913-1920 - From Greenwich to Antwerp 9. A Letter from Marine John Easty (1st Fleet) to the Admiralty 1796 10. The Royal Marines Band Service - RMHS AGM Lecture by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Vivian Dunn KCVO OBE FRAM 11. Extracts from: (a) The Globe and Laurel - Jan 1909 - Visit by the King of Spain to HMS Prince of Wales (b) The Naval Chronicle 1811 - Execution of two marines aboard HMS Zealous at Lisbon in 1811 12. Letters to the Editor: (a) The Depot Band Marjorie Green (b) The Rambling Royal Marjorie Green * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Vol VI No 2 Spring 1980 1. Officer of the RMA 1844 Charles Stadden 2. Corps Marching Songs Marjorie Green 3. Corps Cartophily - Cigarette Cards Alastair Donald & Tony Perrett 4. The Personal Narrative of Major General A R Chater - Part Two - Gallipoli 5. Notes from Corps History - Uniform oddities and tailors in the 18th & 19th centuries 6. Published tributes to Lord Mountbatten 7. The Formation of 42 Commando RM Pipe Band Ted Maconochie 8. HMS Hood Roll of Honour The Editor 9. Extracts from: (a) The London Chronicle - 31 March 1768 Poor behaviour and conditions (b) The Leicester Journal - 23 Jun 1797 - Execution of a Marine mutineer * Herbert Heather (c) The Leicester Journal - 18 Aug 1797 - Marine officer shot by woman * Herbert Heather 10. Letter to the Editor: An Unknown Shako Plate The Director RM Museum * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol VI No 3 Winter 1980-81 1. Corporal Royal Marines 1845 Charles Stadden 2. Badges - (1) 42 Commando Pipe Band Blazer Badge The Editor (2) Star badge with POW plume & ‘RMIG 1927’ 3. "Ode To a Sea Battle" - HMS Monmouth 1758 by the Rev Mr Chicken reprinted from Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser & Mercantile Register - 5 May 1758 * Herbert Heather 4. Cigarette Cards - RM silk cigarette inserts T E Kempshall 5. The Preobrajensky March Matthew Little 6. The Corps in the Seventies The Editor 7. The Scotch Brigade Marines - 94th Foot (Connaught Rangers) by O D Cresswell reprinted from Seaby's Bulletin December 1972 8. The Personal Narrative of Major General A R Chater - Part 3 - Chatham and The Grand Fleet 9. Extract from Fortitudine, the USMC Newsletter - Notes on Foreign Marines The Editor 10. Wartime Saundersfoot an extract from The Story of Saundersfoot by Thomas G Stickings

Vol VII No 1 (New Front cover illustration) Winter 1981-82 1. Private of the RMLI, 1865 Charles Stadden 2. Badges & Belt Plates for Identification The Director RM Museum 3. The Personal Narrative of Major General A R Chater - Part Four - Zeebrugge 4. Compiling Corps History - RMHS AGM Lecture by James D Ladd 5. "Chance" - remarks that lead to unexpected information on Corps History Alan Marsh 6. 117 Infantry Brigade RM - War Diaries - Part 1 - Bde HQ, Sigs & 31 Bn The Editor 7. Extracts from: (a) The Naval Chronicle - 5 Feb 1807 - Bravery of a Serjeant of Marines (b) The Leicester Journal - 23 June 1797 - Warwickshire Militia on board the Standard * Herbert Heather (c) Notes of the Ellis's of , Scotland & Ireland, 1866 - 1811 Death of Lt William Ellis, HMS Repulse 8. Letters to the Editor: (a) Badges - Ref: Vol VI No 3 Bryn Owen (b) Badges - Ref: Vol VI No 3 R C Whittock (c) The Colonel Bogey Saga Alan Marsh

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* * * * * * * * * * * * Vol VII No 2 Autumn 1982 1. Officer of the RMLI, 1880 Charles Stadden 2. Captain John Bartleman, 1798 by C F Fairley reprinted from Stamp Collecting 17 Sep 1981 3. The Personal Narrative of Major General A R Chater - Part Five - Deal RM Depot 4. Lt Cdr Robin Eyre-Tanner RNR Goes to War - Naval Wargaming The Editor 5. The Queens Royal Surrey Regiment by Major P G Hill QRSR - extracts from The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Association Newsletter 6. The Narrative of Sergeant John Eggo RMLI - Part 1 - 6th RM Bn 1919 from Russia to Forton * James Ladd 7. Cigarette Cards - A business War The Editor 8. 117 Infantry Brigade RM - War Diaries - Part 2 - 32 & 33 Bns Tony Perrett 9. Extracts from: (a) Edinburgh Evening News - 30 May 1980 - Cpl Tom Hunter VC * Ted Maconochie (b) Chatham Division Orders - 6 Oct 1768 - Officers' Mail Arrangements - 17 Mar 1769 - Compliments paid to officers - 16 Sep 1772 - Election duty at Maidstone - 14 Oct 1779 - Method of Saluting - 17 Aug 1782 - Officers to keep proper hours - 16 Nov 1791 - All ranks ready to parade for TRH The Duke & Duchess of York - 12 Oct 1800 - Private Men's letters addressed by Sgts (c) The Leicester Journal - 9 Dec 1786 - Murder of a Marine in Portsmouth * Herbert Heather 10. Letter to the Editor: - Drake's Drum in HMS Devonshire 1928/29 Herbert Heather * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol VIII No 1 Spring 1983

1. A Modest Hero of Trafalgar by Haydn Jenkins ( refers to Lt Lewis Roteley) reprinted from Country Quest, Dec 1981 2. A Swansea Hero of Trafalgar by Bernard Lloyd (refers to Lt Lewis Roteley) reprinted from The Gower Magazine, Dec 1981 3. Cigarette Cards - Corps Uniforms The Editor 4. Hector Vaughan and his Forty Marines by George S Saussy reprinted from the US Military Collector and Historian, Fall 1980 5. Dress & Equipment - A Kit list of a Private, Portsmouth Division in 1867 * K J Noyce 6. The Personal Narrative of Major General A R Chater - Part Six - The Sudan, 1921-1930 7. Cockleshell Heroes' locations in Southsea The Editor 8. The Narrative of Sergeant John Eggo RMLI - Part 2 - Ireland, 1920 * James Ladd 9. Flying Marines - RMHS AGM lecture by Major Alan Marsh 10. Extracts from: (a) The Leicester Chronicle - 18 Jan 1812 - An action of HMS Imperieuse * Herbert Heather (b) The Leicester Chronicle - 12 Sep 1812 - A distribution of the Scriptures * Herbert Heather (c) The Leicester Chronicle - 3 July 1813 - Court Martial of Lt Delap * Herbert Heather (d) Plymouth Divisional Letter Book -1 Aug 1871 - COs' Powers of Punishment 11. Letter to the Editor: - 117 Brigade D G Drew * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Vol VIII No 2 Autumn 1983

1. The Uniform of the 6th Marines by G S Saussy reprinted from the US Military Collector and Historian, Fall 1980 2. The King's Badge 3. An Early King's Badgeman - CSgt William George Peters DSM MSM Peter Pennell 4. Royal Marines in the 1921 Coal Strike George Hawkins 5. The Narrative of Sergeant John Eggo RMLI - Part 3 - COs' Powers of Punishment 6. The Personal Narrative of Major General A R Chater - Part Seven - The Sudan Finale 7. Per Mare 1896-1898 - Pictures from The Navy & Army Illustrated- 8 Jan 1897 & 21 Jan 1898 The Editor 8. Extracts from: (a) The Globe and Laurel - March 1982 - The Roteley Papers (b) The Naval Chronicle 1813 - The American Captain Allen The Editor (c) The Naval Chronicle 1812 - Court Martial - Lt William Gibbons * Herbert Heather (d) The Leicester Chronicle - 15 Aug 1812 - attempted suicide by recruit deserter * Herbert Heather (e) The Leicester Chronicle - 26 Sep 1812 - Corporal's suicide after murder * Herbert Heather (f) The Leicester Chronicle - 16 Jan 1813 - Return of battalion from Spain * Herbert Heather * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol IX No 1 Spring 1984 1. Imbros Island Ship Watchers (WW1) Julian Thompson 2. The Song of the Grand Fleet George Hawkins 3. Simkin Prints - RMLI & RMA The Editor 4. Cigarette Cards - with RM examples Tony Perrett 5. The Narrative of Sergeant John Eggo RM - Part 4 - The China Station 1922-25 * James Ladd 6. Reminiscences of the Crimea by Francis Whatley reprinted from The Shepton Mallet Home Words Jan 1876 * Stanley Blacker 7. Royal Marines in the Coal Strike (Vol VIII No 2) - Errata 8. Reflections on a Search for a Mission - Royal Marines & US Marine Corps Donald Bittner 9. Extracts from:: (a) The Leicester Journal - 18 Aug 1797 - Four mutineers on board the San Damadso at Spithead * Herbert Heather (b) The Western Morning News - 8 Jan 1871 - No promotions from Lieut to Capt RMLI * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol IX No 2 Autumn 1984 1. Operations at Akaba in 1914 - The Capture 1 November 1914 George Hawkins 2. Royal Marine Graves at Pembroke Dock by Lawrence Phillips reprinted from The Mariners Mirror 3. An impression of D-Day by an anonymous writer reprinted from The Globe & Laurel 4. Landing Craft Flotilla - Hamble River Jack White 5. 45 RM Commando's Normandy Landing Arthur Gray 6. Extracts from: (a) The Leicester Journal - 23 June 1797 - Marine Lieut shot by woman aboard the Isis * Herbert Heather (b) The Leicester Journal -23 June 1797 - Warwickshire Militia to quell mutiny in the Standard * Herbert Heather 7. Letters to the Editor: (a) Royal Marines in the 1921 coal strike G A Viner (b) Comment on Reflections on a Search for a Mission (Ref: Vol IX No 1) Julian Thompson

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Vol X No 1 Spring 1985 1. Operations at Akaba - Part 2 George Hawkins 2. Dress Regulations for Royal Marines - 1937 3. Madeira in a Marine's Boot by Surg Cdr M E Wilson RNR reprinted from The Decanter magazine * Arthur Williams 4. Good-bye Gallipoli by W Corbett Williamson * Colin Bowden 5. The Narrative of Sergeant John Eggo RM - Part 5 - RMB Eastney & HMS Hood 1926-1931 * James Ladd 6. Extracts from: (a) The Sydney Gazette - 30 Jan 1813 - Orders for 28 discharged Marines to settle (b) The Nottingham Evening Post - 7 May 1887 - Advert for The Royal Marine Inn * Herbert Heather (c) The Leicester & Nottingham Journal - 14 Nov 1778 - HMS Ariadne arrives from Jamaica * Herbert Heather (d) Chatham Orders - 8 Oct 1781 - RM Band not to play outside Barracks 7. Letters to the Editor: (a) Offer of D-Day Sketches Brice Somers (b) Correction to 45 RM Cdo's Normandy Landing (Ref: Vol IX No 2) LeslieBridger * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol X No 2 Autumn 1985 1. Flank Companies, British Marines 1774-1776 by H C McBarron & J R Elting reprinted from the US Military Collector and Historian * ‘Billy Bob’ Crim 2. The Pistol which fired ‘the shot heard around the world’ by Merrill Lindsay reprinted from the US Man At Arms Vol 3 No 5 3. Masquerading as Royal Marines? - The Band of the Royal Australian Navy John Trendell 4. The Narrative of Sergeant John Eggo RM - Part 6 - from HMS Hood to Discharge 1932-1936 James Ladd 5. Journal of Gnr J T Wilkinson RMA 1883-1886 - HMS Alexandra * Joy Donner 6. Details of Service of John Thomas Wilkinson RMA 7. An Old Recruiting Advertisement - Birmingham - 22 Jul 1771 * Herbert Heather 8. Extracts from: (a) The Leicester & Nottingham Journal - 14 Feb 1787 - Lt Charles Bourne breach of promise case * Herbert Heather (b) The Ipswich Journal - 26 Feb 1780 - Recruiting Advertisement (c) Memoirs of a Marine by Brig Gen Sir George Aston - In the Sudan in 1884 9. Corps Museum Press Notices (a) An extract from Nelson's Order Book dated 6 Mar 1803 - Maj James Weir to command Marine Forces in Malta (b) The opening of New Medal Display and Weapon Exhibition * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XI No 1 Spring 1986

1. Old Oak - The Life of John Jervis, Earl St Vincent by Admiral Sir John James GCB - An extract relating to Royal Marines 2. Economical Marines in the 18th Century - An extract from Military Collections and Remarks by Major Donkin published New York 1777 3. The Narrative of Pte John Hopkinson RMLI - A Two Years Cruise in the Mediterranean 1848 - 1850 - Part 1 4. Forton Barracks Memories - In old photographs 5. The Marines at Bermuda - Reprinted from The Navy & Army Illustrated dated 21 Jan 1898 6. Royal Marines in This War by Lt Col W P Drury CBE RM

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- Reprinted from The Navy magazine June 1943 7. When the Marines Manned the Guns by David G Collyer - Reprinted from "Bygone Kent" Vol 3 No 9 8. Extracts from: (a) The Derby Mercury - 25 Dec 1767 & 1 Jan 1768 - Murder of Marine from the Montreal in Portsmouth * Herbert Heather (b) The Leicester & Nottingham Journal - 26 Aug 1780 - Letter from Capt Peter Williams of HMS Flora * Herbert Heather (c) Records of the Borough of Nottingham 1807 - Daniel Sulley transportation for theft * Herbert Heather (d) Notes of the Ellis Family - Death of Lt William Ellis in HMS Repulse - 24 Oct 1811 - Stephen Ellis appointed 1st Lt in the Marines, 1759 9. Letter to the Editor: - Purchase of Plymouth RM Band scarlet tunics Alderman J Patterson 10. Museum Press Notices: Memorabilia relating to Sir Boscawen Savage (c 1777) - presented by the family * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XI No 2 Autumn 1986 1. Landguard Fort Tony Perrett 2. The Narrative of Pte John Hopkinson RMLI - A Two Years Cruise in the Mediterranean 1848 - 1850 - Part 2 3. HRH The Duke of Windsor with RM Orderlies aboard HMS Renown The Editor 4. When the Marines Manned the Guns by David G Collyer - Part 2 - The Railway Guns - Reprinted from "Bygone Kent" Vol 3 No 9 & 11 5. SBS:- The History that can be told Peter Davis 6. Suez 1956 - 30th anniversary The Editor 7. Cigarette Cards - Four uniform examples 8. Extracts from: (a) The Derby Mercury - 29 Aug & 5 Sep1746 - Court Martial of Brig Gen John Jeffreys * Herbert Heather (b) The Derby Mercury - 19 & 26 Oct 1750 - Death of Capt James Goddard * Herbert Heather (c) The Derby Mercury - 2 & 9 May 1755 - Appointment of William Biggs, author as Lt of Marines * Herbert Heather (d) The Derby Mercury - 14 & 21 Jan 1757 - retirement of Paymaster of Marines - George Campbell Esq * Herbert Heather 9. Corps Museum Press Notices: (a) The first ‘Talking Head’ (Sergeant Major Bertie Leaman) installed (b) Falklands Landing Craft is delivered (c) A WW2 DUKW arrives * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XII No 1 Spring 1987

1. Lancashire Marines - Part 1 Norman Wolstencroft 2. The Battle of the Windmill - Royal Marines in Canada, 1838 Alexander Craig 3. Major George Miller MVO MusB Cantab - reprinted from The Musical Herald 4. Memories of RMB Eastney - Photographs of the visit by TRH the Prince & Princess of Wales - 16 Mar 5. A register of RM War Deaths (1939-1945) - Part 1 John Good 6. Royal Marines Transport - Formation signs & insignia 1939-1946 Chris Davies 7. Royal Marine Anti-V1 Operations 1944 Percy Barrett 8. Extracts from: (a) The Derby Mercury - 16 & 23 Jul 1756 - The cry of a subaltern from St Philip's Fort (b) The Derby Mercury - 12 Aug 1748 - The trial of Capt James Magrath for killing Lt Alexander M'Hay 9. Corps Museum Press Notice:

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Artifacts of Major George Miller presented by his grand-daughters * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XII No 2 Autumn 1987 1. Lancashire Marines - Part 2 Norman Wolstencroft 2. Limbang Landing by 42 Commando RM - 25th Anniversary Tony Perrett 3. A Register of RM War Deaths (1939-1945) - Part 2 John Good 4. Reminiscences of a Wartime Wren Jean Snowdon 5. Major George Miller MVO MusB Cantab - reprinted from The Musical Age 6. Life on the Ocean Wave by Geoffrey L Green - reprinted from the Ajex journal, 1986 [Corps members of the Jewish faith] 7. Royal Marine Provost P Goulding & D Gibson-Ford 8. Extracts from: (a) The Regiment, 1897 - Scarcity of shoemakers and tailors - Paperboy's threat to Capt Kirsch RM - Volunteers for masons at Ascension and Bermuda (b) The Derby Mercury - 11 Jun 1741 - Letter from Lt Col MacLeod from Bocca Chica 9. "The Globe and Laurel" a song by Rev J Kingston 10 . Letters to the Editor reprinted from The Globe & Laurel - (a) Early Days at Exton Camp from Eric Foulkes (b) ‘A’ RM Commando at Dieppe from Major C J Smith 11. Letter to the Editor:: RM NCOs decorated in the Egyptian campaign of 1882 H G Keown-Boyd * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XIII No 1 Spring 1988 1. The Military & New South Wales Society 1788-1791 - (a) The Marines & The Convicts (b) The Marines & the Civil Government (c) The Marines and Aborigines Lieutenant Colonel J H Moore ED MA MACE (d) The Marines & General Community Life (e) The Marines; An Evaluation 2. "The Main Parade at Eastney" - Poem William G Seeger 3. Extract from the 1941 Journal of the Senior Medical Officer of MNBDO1 - Part 1 - Haifa & Crete 4. Reminiscences of a Wartime Officer - Part 1 - Commissioned at Deal Patrick Ennor 5. Extracts from: (a) Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser & Mercantile Register - 1 Apr 1757 - Woman robbed by Marines at Gosport (b) Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser & Mercantile Register - 16 Sep 1757 - Thomas Kelly deserted from 37 Coy at Portsmouth (c) Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser & Mercantile Register - 11 Jan 1760 - from officer aboard the Magnanime commending bravery of Marines (d) Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser & Mercantile Register - 27 Jun 1761 - Lt White shelled while in tent at Belle Isle * * * * * * * * * * * *

Vol XIII No 2 Autumn 1988

1. Female Soldiers & Marines Norman Woolstencroft 2. Notes on the Colours of the British Marine Corps during the l8th century Ross Wilson 3. Captain Edward Lawes Pym RMLI - Testimonials of Service, 1860 Donald Bittner 4. Snap-shots on board a Battleship, Jan 1898 - Pictures & Text reprinted from The Navy & Army Illustrated - 21 Jan 1898

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5. Extract from the 1941 Journal of the Senior Medical Officer of MNBDO1 - Part 2 - Crete 1941 6. Reminiscences of a Wartime Officer - Part 2 - The Depot, Deal Patrick Ennor 7. A Day in the life of the RM Auxiliary Battalion - The Orkneys 1941F C Adams 8. "Sweet Polly Oliver" - English traditional song 9. RMA & RMLI Recruiting Poster c1900 * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XIV No 1 Editor - Derek Oakley (New Front Cover Illustration) Summer 1989 1. Marines & Amphibious Warfare - Part 1 Donald Bittner 2. Si Momentum Requiris - The story of the RM South Africa & China Memorial...... so far John Coleby 3. Extract from the 1941 Journal of the Senior Medical Officer of MNBDO1 - Part 3 - Crete May 1941 4. Reminiscences of a Wartime Officer - Part 3 - Bisley & Eastney Patrick Ennor 5. Major General Sir John Boscowan Savage - Reprinted from the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research Vol XXVII p140 6. RMHS 25th anniversary painting - RM Band in the Tercentenary Parade in City of London 7. Letters to the Editor: (a) Society Literary Award Winner Peter Smith (b) RM Auxiliary Bn conditions in the Orkneys F C Adams 8. Books Written by Members Reviewed: (a) Battleship Royal Sovereign and her Sister Ships by Peter Smith (b) Commandos & Rangers of WW2 by James Ladd (c) SBS - The Invisible Raiders by James Ladd * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XIV No 2 Winter 1989-90 1. Reminiscences of a Wartime Officer - Part 4 - Bisley, South Wales & Devon to Liverpool Patrick Ennor 2. Marines & Amphibious Warfare - Part 2 Donald Bittner 3. Extract from the 1941 Journal of the Senior Medical Officer of MNBDO1 - Part 4 - Crete 1941 4. HMS Robertson - RM Landing Craft Base Robert Butler & Tony Perrett 5. How the Royal Marines assaulted Tobruk by Major Wilfred Sendall - reprinted from The Navy Feb 1946 6. Report: The Commando Association Memorial Service Jean Snowdon 7. Book Written by Members Reviewed: (a) The Falklands Military Machine by Derek Oakley (b) SAS Operations by James Ladd * * * * * * * * * * * * ol XV No 1 Summer 1990 1. The Irascible Major Robert Ross, 1786 reprinted from The Sydney Daily Mirror * Cleve Whitworth 2. Fighting Marine ‘Sam’ Kerslake RMLI Roger Perkins 3. Major Lewis Rotely Recalls Trafalgar reprinted from The Navy Oct 1944 4. Westkapelle November 1944 by Major Wilfred Sendall RM reprinted from The Navy Jan 1945 5. Notes on Major General Sir James Cockburn KT KCH - Colour Print (insert) 6. Reminiscences of a Wartime Officer - Part 5 - The ill-fated Dakar Expedition Patrick Ennor 7. Recruiting was different in those days - Recruiting notices of 1771, 1796, 1831 & 1927 * James McDonald 8. HMS Robertson Officers Group photograph & notes Tony Perrett 9. Recruiting Poster for RMA Pensioners in British Columbia. 10. The longest serving detachment - furthest from home? (Australia) Frank Agass

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11. Book Review - SP No 12 - The Memoirs of Sgt Harry Wright 12. Current list of RMHS Special Publications * * * * * * * * * * * *

Vol XV No 2 Winter 1990

1. The Gallipoli Campaign 1915 - experiences of a Sergeant serving with Chatham Bn RMLI Geoffrey Wilson 2. Defence of Kuwait 1928 - Seamen & Royal Marines of HMS Emerald Bob Ridding 3. Fanning...Gone but not forgotten - Fanning Island R S Billett 4. Closing Memories of Woolwich Division by Sgt Maj T W Holdstock reprinted from Random Records of the Royal Marines 5. Reminiscences of a Wartime Officer - Part 6 ] - From Gibraltar to the Clyde & the Scottish Borders Patrick Ennor 6. The Battle of Navarino by Lieutenant (later General) Thomas Hurdle 7. Young Albert joins T'Marines - a Poem by A R P HMS Iron Duke 1937 8. Book Review: Updated and Revised edition of SP No 8 - 41 Independent Commando RM in Korea * * * * * * * * * * * *

Vol XVI No 1 Summer 1991

1. The Royal Marines and Eastney - A Pictorial History Derek Oakley 2. The Teutonic Triumverate - RMLI Divisional Bands John Trendell 3. An Historical Moment Recalled - The Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill Edgar Maybanks 4. Reminiscences of a Wartime Officer - Part 7 - In Scotland Patrick Ennor 5. Book Reviews: (a) Uniform & Insignia of the Navies of WW2 - compiled by US Naval Intelligence (b) SP13 - Fidelity Will Haunt Me Till I Die by Peter Kingswell * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XVI No 2 Winter 1991

1. Barrack Stanchions and Square Numbers - Eastney Barracks Frank Agass 2. Into Battle - Escape from Crete - transcript of BBC Broadcast in 1942 * Charles Bowden 3. Crete - 1941 Charles Bowden 4. Journal of Lt W H Palmer RMLI - Egyptian Campaign of 1882 - Part 1 5. Reminiscences of a Wartime Officer - Part 8 - Scotland to South Wales Patrick Ennor 6. Plymouth Divisional Band in Normandy 1944 Edward Bevan 7. Eastney Aftermath - Additional Notes & Errata Derek Oakley 8. Extracts from: (a) A Freemason's notice of 1799 - "Amphibious Lodge." A J S Crockett (b) Trewman's Exeter Flying Post - 6 Dec 1810 - RM embark in the Abercrombie for Portugal. * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XVII No 1 (New Front Cover illustration) Summer 1992 1. Royal Marines Provost 1944-1948 - Part 1 Les Coote 2. United States Society for Military History Donald Bittner 3. Journal of Lt W H Palmer RMLI - Egyptian Campaign of 1882 - Part 2 4. Early Use of the Word "Amphibious " & other Royal Marine Lodges Cliff Marshall & Frank Agass 5. The Brunswick Star...or is it? - Shako & Helmet Plates Alastair Donald 6. The Marine who nearly was - William Cobbett John Coleby

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7. Reminiscences of a Wartime Officer - Part 9 - South Wales to the New Forest Patrick Ennor 8. Looking in from the outside - Random Thoughts on the RM leaving Eastney Michael Powell 9. Extract from: The Globe & Laurel - 1894 - The Recruit and his Sentry Box 10. Book Review: Colonel Bogey to the fore - The biography of Kenneth J Alford by John Trendell 11. Letter to the Editor: Recruiting Poster for RMA Pensioners in British Columbia (Ref: Vol XV No 1) P A McBride * * * * * * * * * * Vol XVII No 2 Winter 1992 1. Operation Kingfisher or How Grivas got away Peter Thomas 2. Royal Marines Provost 1944-1948 - Part 2 Les Coote 3. Journal of Lt W H Palmer RMLI - Egyptian Campaign of 1882 - Part 3 4. Reminiscences of a Wartime Officer - Part 10 - Back to Deal Patrick Ennor 5. The Marine who never was - William Macawber Esquire - late RMA - as depicted in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens John Coleby 6. Royal Marines Lodges - Some Origins W02 F C Bryson-Bassett RM 7. Marine's last drop - Last hanging from the yard-arm 1860 - Pte John Dalliger 8. Book Review: From Arctic Snow to Dust of Normandy by Patrick Dalzel-Job * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XVIII No 1 Summer 1993

1. Prostitute, Pawn Shop & Parliament - The fate of a Group of RM medals K J Douglas-Morris 2. Portsmouth Gunwharf Barracks - Farewell & Return Tony Perrett 3. Diary of Marine Benjamin Knapton - DEMS - Gunner on SS Natice 1940/1 Raymond Mitchell 4. A Toast unto Her Majesty - HM Queen Mother installed as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports Con Mahoney 5. Journey to Quebec 1943 - RM Orderlies for Prime Minister's Conference William Kitchingham 6. Reminiscences of a Wartime Officer - Part 11 - Combined Operations HQ Patrick Ennor 7. Ashore or Afloat - Difference in punishments - Letter from DAG to the Commandant Plymouth Division dated 1 Aug 1871 8. What's in a Rank? - RMO Circular dated 26 Mar 1925 9. Book Review: Nothing Much To Lose - History of 2nd Bn & 43 RM Cdo by Mike McConville Vol XVIII No 2 Winter 1993

1. The Cape York Marines 1864-1867 - Northern Australia Arthur Cude 2. A Drummer Boy for Christmas - A Ghost story of 1950 Peter Shapter 3. A Legend of Forton Barracks - Other Ghost Stories of 1898 & 1948 reprinted from The Globe and Laurel of March and May 1948 4. The Origin of the Green Beret Derek Oakley 5. The Diary of Captain James Ballingall RM - Service on the Great Lakes of Canada, 1841 AIexander Craig 6. Aqaba Interlude - 42 Commando RM in 1948 John Good 7. Reminiscences of a Wartime Officer - Part 12 - From Liverpool to Ceylon Patrick Ennor 8. Video Review: Royal Marine Commandos - The Official Story

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Vol XIX No 1 Summer 1994

1. Royal Marines Major Landing Craft on D-Day Graham Perkin 2. Royal Marines Postal History Bob Swarbrick 3 . Reminiscences of a Wartime Officer - Part 13 - From Ceylon, as war ends, to demobilisation at Eastney Patrick Ennor 4. Extract from: The Illustrated London News - 6 March 1869 - The Royal Naval Club, Portsmouth * Colin Bowden 5. "The RMHS Annual General Meeting" - Poem Rosemary Sidwell * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XIX No 2 Winter 1994 1. The Battle of Gate PA - 29 April 1864 - New Zealand Maori War Arthur Cude 2. The Decca Navigator System - Sidelight on the Normandy Landings Len Bridger 3. Highland Marine Affairs - Highland Regiments 1740-1815 Arthur Lawrie 4. Last survivors of Trafalgar - Items from The Londoner, 1913 and The Times, 1915 * Stan Blacker 5. Marine Companies of Canada -1862-1878 * The Editor 6. Mystery Photographs for identification - Borneo & Hayling Island The Editor 7. Helicopter Operations - Others do it differently - an extract from a report by a Defence Attaché to a South American country c1974 8. Royal Marines in Wales - An update on SP No 14 Tony Perrett 9. Extract from: Punch,1923 - A Cartoon * Colin Bowden * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XX No 1 Summer 1995 1. The Battle for Gavrelle Windmill - 28 April 1917 - The RN Division in France Kyle Tallett 2. Colonel Sam Bassett CBE - A Biography Tony Perrett 3. The Siege of Eshowe, 1879 - Part 1 Arthur Cude 4. Provost Marshall at Naval Court Martial Frank Agass 5. Anomalies at Gate PA - Details of casualties (Ref: Vol XIX No 2) Brian Edwards 6. Memorial Register - Progress so far Jim Wilson 7. On a lighter note - "M stands for Marines" - A Poem reprinted from Army & Navy Drolleries' by Capt Seccombe, 1873 * Alastair Donald 8. A warning to the ‘Amdrammers’ [- Stonehouse Amateur Dramatic Society in 1815 by Robert Dyer * The Editor Vol XX No 2 Winter 1995 1. The loss of HMS Dorsetshire - Easter Day 1942 Geoffrey Kitchen 2. The Siege of Eshowe, 1879 - Part 2 Arthur Cude 3. In search of Major Ingleton - RM Detachment 385 in Ceylon Jon Moffatt 4. Some Marine Duels by Colonel C Field reprinted from The Globe & Laurel 5. The Official Cocktail Party - Poem Rosemary Sidwell 6. Old Comrades -Poem by Captain J S Hicks RM reprinted from Punch - 3 Sep 1941 * * * * * * * * * * *

Vol XXI No 1 Summer 1996 1. Royal Marines & The Battle of the Ancre - The RN Division in France Kyle Tallett 2. The Marine & his Arms -17th century firelocks Arthur Cude

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3. A Marine who made his mark - Lieutenant Colonel David Collins Bill Billett 4. Two Men & The Windmill - Gavrelle - April 1917 - RN Division in France Rex Harrison 5. A Marine at sea during the Napoleonic Wars (1808 - 1816) reprinted from The Awliscombe [Devon] Parish Magazine Oct, Nov & Dec 1902 and Jan, Mar Apr & Jun 1903 * Dick Sidwell 6. The Rjula Incident, 1946 - mutiny in Hong Kong ship quelled by 44 RM Commando Peter Thomas 7. RMLI coaling ship - cartoon from Punch - 30 Dec 1908 * Colin Bowden * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XXl No 2 (New Front Cover Illustration) Winter 1996 1. Suez 1956 - The background 2. 40 Commando's Amphibious Assault - Suez 1956 - A young Corporals' view Bill Billett 3. B Troop, 42 Commando's Story - Norway to Northern Ireland via Port Said Derek Oakley 4. A National Serviceman's view of Suez - B Troop, 45 Commando Brian Clark & Tex Cooper 5. The Marine & his Arms - Brown Bess - 1725-1839 Arthur Cude 6. The Plymouth Argylls - Part 1 - The Battle for Singapore 8-15 February 1942 Jon Moffatt 7. "The man who shot the man who shot Nelson" - John Pollard or Corporal of Marines P Cashman * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XXII No 1 Summer 1997

1. Daniel Cunliffe's Royal Marine Artillery Paintings - Part 1 - A Battery of RMA Practising on Southsea Common Alastair Donald 2. The Plymouth Argylls - Part 2 - Intrepid Against All Adversity Jon Moffat 3. "Invading Java - Briefly....." - 34th Amphibious Support Regiment goes to Java Russell Jones 4. The Sea Regiment - by One of its Units by Captain W P Drury reprinted from The Navy and Army Illustrated - 30 Oct 1896 5. The Republic of Texas Marine Corps by David M Sullivan reprinted from the US Military Collector & Historian ‘Billy Bob’ Crim * * * * * * * * * * * * ol XXII No 2 Winter 1997 1. Daniel Cunliffe's Royal Marine Artillery Paintings - Part 2 - The Battle of Hernani and General Sir Charles Menzies Alastair Donald 2. Drummer to Detachment Sergeant Major - First China War Medal Mark Bailey 3. Red Sunday - Ireland 1920 - Lt Col Ferguson Montgomery Brian Edwards 4. Bramble Bey - The Sudan 1916-1936 - Major J J Bramble RM Sam Richardson 5. The Constable of Kissing Point - John Small in the First Fleet Arthur Cude * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XXIII No 1 Summer 1998 1. Palestine - 1948 Peter Thomas 2. Marines in 'John Company's Last War' Brian Edwards 3. The Marine and His Arms - 3 - The Percussion Muskets and Rifles - 1839-1866 Arthur Cude 4. Sergeant J E Preston CGM DCM RMLI Tony Perrett 5. A Washington Interlude W J Kitchingham 6. 'The Royal Marine' - A song by Richard Morton reprinted from The Regiment circa 1898 * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Vol XXIII No 2 Winter 1998 1. Action at Sea – 14th September 1914 – HMS Carmania & Gunner Branske DSM RMA Brian Edwards 2. The Marine and His Arms – 4. The Snider-Enfield Rifle – 1866-1871 Arthur Cude 3. Sunk in Two Cruisers – Part 1 Col Philip Beeman DSC 4. Sad End to an Eventful Career – Captain Eric D’Oyly Walters RMA Rex Harrison 5. Troops that have been Stationed at the Barracks in Walmer * Terry Williams 6. Haifa – 1948 and 1998 John Barrett 7. Extracts from General Sir H E Blumberg’s ‘A Record of the Royal Marines 1793 – 1836: One Hundred Years Ago Two Hundred Years Ago a. Strength of the Corps. c. Strength of the Corps. b. Improved Rations. d. Promotion from the Ranks. . e. Expressions of Loyalty. f. Foreigners * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XXIV No 1 Summer 1999 1. Sunk in Two Cruisers – Part 2 Col Philip Beeman DSC 2. Anthony Smith GC Tony Perrett 3. The Motor Bandits – The Officers who served in the RNAS Armoured Car Section – 1914 Rex Harrison 4. The Marine and His Arms – 5. The Martini – 1871-1888 Arthur Cude 5. A Spy That Never Was – Major Sir Muirhead Bone – An Artist at War Robert D Ridding 6. The View from the Officers’ Mess – The RMA annual church parade in the early 1990s – Poem Rosemary Sidwell 7. Thank Heaven for Little Girls. 9. Extracts from General Sir H E Blumberg’s ‘A Record of the Royal Marines 1793–1836:

One Hundred & Fifty Years Ago: a. Royal Marines to be trained in Naval Gunnery and Seamanship. b. Cost of Provisions at Sea

* * * * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXIV No 2 Winter 1999 1. Soldier an’ Sailor Too-- West Indian Guardship 1906-1914 Mark Bailey 2. Excursion to Namsos – Spring 1940 - From the narrative of Capt (later Lt Col) Geoffrey Wilson 3. Sunk in Two Cruisers – Part 3 Col Philip Beeman DSC 4. Locations of Headquarters of the Royal Marines Compiled by Mark Bentinck 5. Extracts from General Sir H E Blumberg’s ‘A Record of the Royal Marines 1793– 1836: One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago: a. Strength of the Corps. c. Meritorious Service Medal. b. Service reckoned from age of 18. d. Long Service & Good Conduct Medal * * * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXV No 1` Summer 2000 1. Sunk in Two Cruisers – Part 4 (conclusion) Col Philip Beeman DSC 2, The Alexandria Recce Mark Bentinck 3. Warrant Officers in the Royal Marines and their Promotion Ladder Alastair Donald 4. A Changi Experience - Some Memoirs of HO Marine Leslie Hanlon 5. The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Nelson – a follow up Alex Richards 6. A Marine and his Arms – Part 6 -The Lee-Metford 1888-1902 Arthur Cude

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* * * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXV No 2 Winter 2000 1. Lower Canada Preserved – 1st Bn RM in Canada – 1812 Alexander Craig 2. The Origin of Gorget Patches Alastair Donald 3. Operation ‘Primrose’ – Norwegian Campaign – 1940 - Official Report of Lt Col H W Simpson RM 4. What’s It Like – Surface Battles at Sea in World War 1 Donald Bittner 5. A Marine and his Arms – Part 7 - The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield – 1902-1939 Arthur Cude 6. Inconveniences and Hardships, 1747- A Letter to the Right Honourable The Lords of the Admiralty. * * * * * * * * * * * *

Volume XXVI No 1 Summer 2001 1. Captain C W Robertson – The English Marine who commanded Australian Bushmen in South Africa Bill Billett 2. The Duke of York and Albany Ron Winthrop 3. Royal Marines and the ‘White Bear’ Mark Bentinck 4, Yalta Conference – 1945 William Kitchingham 5. Landing Craft Disaster at Milford Haven J G Lloyd 6. The Marine and his Arms – No 8. The No 4 Rifle – 1939-1945 Arthur Cude 7. Death Sentences in World War 1- Marines of the Royal Naval Division – Sentences not carried out Kyle Tallett 8. Lower Canada Preserved (addition to article in last issue) Alexander Craig * * * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXVI No 2 Winter 2001 1. Operation ‘Grapple’ – Christmas Island 1958 John Cullimore 2. The Capture of Kinburn Forts – 1855 Bill Billett 3. The Marine and his Arms – Part 9 - The No5 Rifle Arthur Cude 4. A Tale of Evasion in France – 1944 – Lieutenant Peter Winston RM John E Day 5. The Life and Death of a Support Landing Craft Keith Parkinson 6. A Royal Marine in a ‘Q’ Ship n World War 1 Bob Swarbrick 7. HMS ‘Royal Marine’ 8. A Wartime Recruiting Advertisement

* * * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXVII No 1 Summer 2002 1. The Baltic Experience – A Worm’s Eye View of the Campaigns of 1854 & 1855 Brian Edwards 2. The Royal Marine Siege Regiment – 1940-1944 Michael Peretz 3. Operation Jubilee – The Raid on Dieppe – 1942 Jeff Beadle 4. Marines Had a Drill for It 5. ‘Backs to the Wall’ – The Royal Naval Division in France – 1918 Kyle Tallett 6. The Marine and his Arms – Part 10 – The L1A1 SLR Arthur Cude 7. Operation Menace – The Plan to Capture Dakar Tony Perrett 8. A Rather Different View of Dakar – Extracts from ‘To War With Waugh’

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9. A Postscript to Dakar – From ‘HMS Hermes 1923 & 1959’ * * * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXVII No 2 Winter 2002 1. The Baltic Experience – Part2 – The Second Campaign Season – 1855 Brian Edwards 2. Fidelity Continues to Haunt Us John Day & Michael Pollard 3. A Marine and his Arms – Part 11 – The 85A1 Individual Weapon – (SA80) Arthur Cude 4. Exercise Mixed Grill – Artificial Acclimatisation Trial Peter Thomas 5. Memories of a Royal Marines Wren Rosemary Sidwell & Marjorie Brown 6. And Did Those Feet in Ancient Times – Crunch upon Cumberland’s Shingly Square Freddie Townsend 7. George Smith – A Bird’s Eye View of the Charge of the Light Brigade Submitted by Tony Perrett 8. A Character with a Capital ‘K’ – Colonel J M Fuller Ian Wray * * * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXVIII No 1 Summer 2003 1. Illustrated Music Covers Colin Bowden 2. Aftermath of an Officer’s Death in Cyprus 1956 Brian Tarpey 3. Artillery Odyssey by Lt Col Victor Peskett 4. The Colonel’s Birthday (Colonel Bogey is 90 years old) by Maj H D Clark, A&SH 5. The Battle of Soltau – 1944 Jeff Gordon 6. Was Justice Done ? (Zeebrugge VCs) by Brig Stuart Rider * * * * * * * * * * * *

Volume XXVIII No 2 Winter 2003 1. Portrait of a Plymouth Marine – Lieutenant George Dyer Brian Edwards 2. Corporal’s View of the Boxer Rebellion - Letter by Cpl William Gregory RMLI 3. Captain John Philip Blake MC RM Peter Thomas 4. Worthy of the Highest Award – Lieutenant Theodore Cooke DSO RMLI Dominic Walsh 5 The Sinking of HMS Repulse – A Musician’s View by Musn Laurie Thistleton 6. An Illustrated Army List 7. Artillery Odyssey – 1954-1960 Dick Sidwell 8. Book Review - ‘The Fighting Fourth (No 4 Commando at War) by James Dunning Mark Bailey 9. The New SBS Cap Badge * * * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXIX No 1 Summer 2004 1. Painting – Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry 1900 John Rawlinson 2. Eye- Witness Jutland – 1916 by Sergeant E W Weston RMA 3. The Battle of Vinegar Hill – Major George Johnston v Convict William Johnson Derek Oakley 4. The Crofters’ War – 1884 Tony Perrett 5. Royal Marines Service Documents in the Archive of the Fleet Air Museum R C Swales 6. The Company Commander’s Song by Peter Piper 7. Royal Marines in Antarctica 1953-1955 – Deception Island Incident

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by CSgt Michael E O’Brien Fred Hayhurst 8. Royal Marines Arm & Shoulder Patches of World War 2 John Atherton 9. Fred – The Trophy That Never Was John Coleby * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXIX No 2 Winter 2004 1. The “Blue Colonels of Marines Alastair Donald 2. The Life and Death of Lt Edgar Lovell Platts RM Kyle Tallett 3. The Heliportable 2CV Philip Chatfield 4. Letters to a Friend – A National Serviceman 1956 – 1958 by Paul Mann 5. The Cap Badge Mutiny – The Royal Marine Labour Corps John Rawlinson 6. David Collins Revisited – Governor of Tasmania R S Billett 7. A Rum Christmas 8. Book Review – “A Most Unlikely Marine” by Freddie Townsend 9. Specialist Qualification Badges in the Royal Marines John Atherton * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XXX No 1 Summer 2005 1. Uniforms of the Royal Marine Artillery , c 1813 Carl Franklin 2. The Royal Marine Sentry Frank Jerram 3. Six of One – The Story of YO1 John Coleby 4. Operation Belle Isle – 45 Commando North West Europe “Eddy” 5. The Royal Marine Police Anon 6. Tell it to the Marines – New Adapted Version Mike Pinchen * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XXX No 2 Winter 2005 1. Plans, Targets and Secrets – Behind the Scenes of BBC2 broadcast on Op Frankton Tom Keene 2. From Heligoland and Gallipoli to the Basements of Whitehall Derek Glen 3. Drum Majors’ Dress Belts and Staffs John Rawlinson 4. Sold Out – When RM Officers could sell their commissions in 1824 – 1834 Donald Bittner 5. A Naval View of Force Viper’s Operation in 1942 Guthrie Penman 6. Commando Logistic Regiment – Crimea Style E Turner 7. Shandur – A Vignette of Life in the Canal Zone – 58 years ago Robin Rowe * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XXX1 No 1 Summer 2006 1. John Tupper – Commandant of Marines Brian Edwards 2. The Other Side of the Coin - Suez 1956 – Formation and Development of the Joint Experimental Helicopter Unit by Francis Graham-Bell 3. The Lost History of the RMLI – 1859 in Canada 4. MNBDO 1 in the Seychelles Anthony Perrett 5. The Marine who Never Was Bob Swarbrick * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XXX1 No 2 Winter 2006 1. Sergeant King’s Story

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2. A Tragedy in Italy Mark Bentinck 3. Nostalgic Return to Holland John Cameron-Stewart 4. Madagascar 1942 Mike Pinchen 5. First into Antwerp, September 3rd 1944 Brice Somers 6. Private Robert Percy Wood and the Canopus - Veterans of the Falklands and Dardanelles Brian Edwards 7. Moody Brook Dick Sidwell 8. Special Insignia of the Zeebrugge Raid 9. Epigrams of Royal Marines History by H A Bass * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol XXXII No 1 Summer 2007 1. Band Boy to Special Operations Executive Jeff Beadle 2. An Argument in the Mess – An extract from The Times of 5th February 1818 3. Full Military Honours - 227 Years On – Remains of Marine interred in Argentina by Capt Christopher J Hylden RN 4. NP 8901- In Retrospect Tony Mendoza 5, Right or Left – Shooting Eye H T Dunsmore 6. The Yangtse Diary of Corporal Rolfe J M Rolfe 7. University Naval Short Courses Russell Jones 8. The Brass River Expedition by Lt F J F French RMA * * * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXXII Number 2 Winter 2007 1. The Field Service Cap Alastair Donald 2. Where to Begin? Personal Records of the Royal Marines A Chronological Review for the Guidance of the Family Historian 3. A Life Under the Ocean Wave The Story of a Royal Marines Diver by Bob Todd. 4. Royal Marines ‘Sweetheart Brooches’ – pre-1923. John Atherton 5. The Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines. 6. Defence of the Orkneys Tony Perrett 7. Five Bells Richard Clifford 8. A Sad Tale of the Indian Mutiny Edited Extracts from the ‘Askey Family History & Genealogy by Fred & Sheila Askey 9. Royal Marines who served in the Sultan’s Armed Forces Mark Bailey * * * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXXIII Number 1 Summer 2008 1 Trouble in the Air Close Air Support during Operation Musketeer – Ports Said 1956 Bill Billett Addendum to Trouble in the Air 2. A Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) Gunner – Mne H J Mead BEM Mike Mead 3. The RN ‘Y’ Scheme John Cantrell and Alastair Donald 4. Now You See Him – Now You Don’t – an RMLI Serial Deserter Roy Swales 5. The Re-subordination of 1st Bn The Rifles to 3 Commando Brigade 6. Why did Chatham become the Senior Division in 1763 Duncan Sutton

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7. Royal Marine Artillery Card Submitted by Bob Swarbrick * * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXXIII Number 2 Winter 2008

1. The Royal Marine Labour Corps (New Formation) Roy Swales 2. Armoured Support, 45 Commando, Malaya 1951 John Cantrell 3. Looking Back to 1952 during the Malayan Emergency Tim Slessor 4. Executions in the D Graham Jewell 5. Royal Marines Brooches Part 2 – Post 1923 and Miscellaneous John Atherton 6. A Significant Impact – The Story of John Kappey Bandmaster – Chatham Division, 1857 – 1892 John Ambler 7. The Attack on Pei-Ho0 Forts, 25th June 1859 8. Somme Visit July 2008 John McDonnell 9. First Trial of Mortars Fitted on Captain Robert’s Plan against Sebastopol Extract from “The Illustrated London News”, dated 8th September 1855 10. The News Readers’ Duet 11. The Charlotte Medal The Connection with the Founding of British Settlement in Australia, 1788 Frederick Baldwin A Tailpiece to DEMS Article in the last issue of The Sheet Anchor. (Vol XXXIII No 1 item2 above) * * * * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXXIV Number 1 Summer 2009 1. A C Green – The Man Who Created ‘Sunset’ John Ambler 2. Normandy for Breakfast – Back for Tea Frank Milton 3. Operations in the Irrawaddy – 1942 Operation VIPER James Ladd 4. The Fire in the SS War Pike – Six MSMs in One Day Roy Swales 5. World War 2 Hero with a Tragic Peacetime End Tony Perrett Lt Col Ralph Garrett DSO OBE RM 6. Early Encounter with the IRA – 1957 Derek Oakley 7. Drum Majors and their Staffs Colin Bowden * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Volume XXXIV Number 2 Editor - Brian Carter Winter 2009 1. The Sutton Role c.1740-1814 – Progress Report Duncan Sutton 2. The Royal Naval Division 3. The Battle of Jutland as seen by OCRM HMS Collingwood – Captain A S Cantrell RMA Submitted by John Cantrell 4. Colonel Alan Ferguson Warren CBE DSC – Role Model Ian Skidmore 5. Book Review – ‘Operation Mincemeat’ by Ben Macintyre Derek Oakley 6. Capture on Raid off Burmah, 1944 Aubrey Chapell 7. Royal Marines Cruiser Detachments in the Korean War Peter Thomas 8. 1972 QE II Incident Richard Clifford 9. 1809 – Extracts from Blumberg * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Volume XXXV Number 1 Summer 2010 1. The Widow’s Agony Morfydd Roberts 2. General Sir Edward (Fighting) Nicholls Royal Marine Extraordinaire Keith Wilkins 3. 1810 Extracts from Blumberg 4. The Gamla Carleby Affair Robert Wilsey 5. John Edmonds, RMLI – The First Non-Commissioned Marine to Fly Roy Swales 6. Falklands Force Royal Marines 1953/54 Fred Rayers * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Volume XXXV Number 2 Winter 2011 1. The Drum Colin Bowden

2. The ‘Corps of Coloured Marines’ in America in 1814 George Cockburn

3. Defence Review Exchange in the House of Commons – October 2010

4. Major James F Ellison DCM, MC, RMLI – 1871-1943 Brian N Tarpey

5. Blackguard Dash J M Hodges

6. The Dieppe Raid – Wednesday 19 August 1942 – Recollections W P McGrath

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Volume XXXVI Number I Summer 2011

1. Mobilized for War, Demobilized for Peace – and Permanently Retained: Britain’s Royal Marines, 1755-1914 Donald Bittner

2. Joseph Wilson, Royal Marine Artillery Glenn Fisher

3. RMA Nile Gunboat Detachments and the Battle of Omdurman Robert Wilsey

4. 1811 Extracts from Blumberg

5. POW or Internee? Bob Swarbrick

6. An RM who opted for the Army Commandos Tom Sharpley with Mike Beckett

7. Operation ‘Force Regulator’, An Account of an aborted raid before D-Day T I Scott-Bell

8. Commandant POW Camp for Japanese POWs Hong Kong 1945 Robin McGarel-Groves

9. Book Review of ‘Mendip Marine – A Passage to War – by John Wilcox Webb’ Brian Carter

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Volume XXXVI Number 2 Winter 2012

1. Letters

2. Landguard Fort – Marines Repel Dutch Invasion 1667 Tony Perret

3. Should the Battle of Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775, be a Royal Marines Corps Memorable Date? Shaun Allen MA

4. Quote from Field Marshal Montgomery

5. The Long Expedition to Fort Dundas, Melville Island, Northern Australia Terry Brookshaw

6. The RM Ordnance Company of the Royal Naval Division (1914-1916) Captain R C Swales BSc RN

7. Farewell Testimonial Letter 1919

8. Book Review of ‘Aden in Pictures – in which we served’ by Denis Sparrow John Allistone

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