another commando grouping

[Davidh]

I just won these on ebay,i just had to have them when i saw the commandos address, he lived about 2 mins from my house,so its coming back to failsworthcheers Dave

[HJ-Collector]

wow nice group dave and history so close to home ebay strikes again

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Dave, nice group and certainly worthy of further research. Not 100% sure he was a Commando. Bear in mind not every Royal Marine was a Commando. Looking at his record a couple of the entries are:

HBL = Home Based Ledger.

MNBDO= Marine Naval Base Defence Organisation.

I would be interested to learn more about him.

Cheers, Ade.

[Davidh]

Hi Ade, i found out the phone number of the guy selling them,he has a an antiques shop who mainly sells coins, he told me he bought them from the vets daughter who told him that the vet was a commando and she now lives in skegness, so thats all i know on the history up to now, how do i go about researching further? cheers Dave

[Adrian Stevenson]

I am not really up on RM stuff. I have only ever looked in Army Command stuff. You need to find out which RM units served overseas to qualify for the Africa & Italy Stars.

It is a pity that his actual unit is not clearly given. The MNBDO got re-designated:

Sea Your History - Commandos and Raiders

Look up which one/s served in the Med.

Cheers, Ade.

[Davidh]

Thanks Ade for the help and link cheers Dave

[ChosinReservoir0341]

Very nice group, my father owns an extremely beautiful Royal Marine visor. A few years back we had a fire and mostly all the collection was destroyed.