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Is this man a marine WW2?
Hi all.
My great grandfather was somewhat of a mystery. We have a photograph of him from ww2 and a story that he was in the marines under a false name. I am going to send of for his records and see what they find, but I wondered if you could help me to confirm that this is indeed a WW2 Marines uniform. |
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Yes it is.
regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges |
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Yes he's a Royal Marine WW11, wearing a later war post 1942 battledress, might help dates for you. Gerard
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Always interested in buying cap badges to the Middlesex Regt-Hertfordshire Regt-The Rifle Brigade |
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Personally, I would be very interested in what you find out ... Good Luck with your search.
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WW2 marine
Looks like he could be a Royal Marine Commando, as there is no tombstone shaped cloth backing to his beret badge (as would be worn on a sea-going ‘ships marine’ blue beret) so his beret is likely to be the commando green beret.
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Gerard
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Always interested in buying cap badges to the Middlesex Regt-Hertfordshire Regt-The Rifle Brigade |
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Many thanks to you all, that is more than I could have hoped for. Now I know for sure which form to send off when I apply, so many thanks. The family story is that he was in the Duke of Cornwall light infantry at the start of the war but deserted and later rejoined under a false name and became a marine. Then apparently later confessed who he was but was pardoned due to rejoining. Doesn't ring true to me which is why I want the records but at least I know a very small part of it is true now.
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