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30-05-17, 06:15 PM
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Beret,Ronald Maitland-Flanagan
© IWM (UNI 13124)
Ronald Maitland-Flanagan served in the Royal Navy, attached to the SBS and other Special Forces for operations in the Aegean and Adriatic Seas. During his career Ronald Maitland-Flanagan was involved in raiding operations with the Commandos, Long Range Desert Group, SAS and SBS. He was also engaged in bomb disposal and minehunter duties working with live booby-trapped explosive devices. Mr. Maitland-Flanagan also worked with many experimental teams, in particular, one that perfected ejector seat systems for underwater escape from jet aircraft. In 1956 he was selected as a member of a Royal Navy team that established the World Deep Diving record at 600 feet that year. 
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30-05-17, 11:11 PM
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Interesting use of the Combined Ops sign. Appears to embroidered. Would this have been cut down from a size normally worn on the sleeve? Or is it sized specifically for beret use?
Thanks Jack
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31-05-17, 06:27 AM
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I have a similarly cut down patch, given to me many years ago by a girl who said that it was worn by one of her parents, who were both RN during WWII.
It never occurred to me that it may have been worn as a beret badge (of course, it could've been cut down for a different purpose).
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