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Originally Posted by Guzzman
In the 1960s Royal Marines serving in Ship Detachment's routinely wore their green Commando beret with Royal Navy No. 8 working rig of a blue coton drill shirt and dark blue trousers. On the No. 8 shirt rank chevrons were worn in red on black, on the right sleeve only. I'm not sure when this started or finished but by the time I joined the RN in 1978 it was no longer worn. Do any of our former Royal Marine members remember wearing this rig?
Pete
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You didn't miss it by much. I was on Danae from1975 to 1977 when we paid off after the Review. Originally we were to be W.I. Guard Ship so carried a Bootie detachment. The plans changed but the detachment stayed.
They wore No.8s as working rig the whole time.