Royal Marines Online - 1952 Colours Presentation 2

1952 Colours Presentation to the Units of 3 Cdo Bde

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Memorial Plaque in St Paul's Cathedral, Malta

Additional Information

The troops lining the parade ground for this Colours Presentation were from HMS Theseus, HMS Glasgow, HMS Euryalus, HMS Cleopatra, The 2nd Raiding Squadron RM, and HQ 3 Commando Brigade RM.

Information taken from the Event Programs

40 Cdo RM	42 Cdo RM	45 Cdo RM
Commanding Officers
Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Price, D.S.O.	Lieutenant-Colonel B. W. De Courcy-Ireland, D.S.C.	Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Eustace
Field Officers for handing the Colours to H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh
Major H. E. Johns, M.B.E. Major C. J. Terry	Major D. L. P. Jones, D.S.C. Major A. J. S. Crockett	Major C. L. Price Major Martin Pound
*Officers for the Colours*
The Queen's Colour Lieut. D. L. S. Langley, M.C. The Regimental Colour Lieut. P. P. B. Aldrich	The Queen's Colour Lieut. G. U. W. Manuel The Regimental Colour Lieut. J. P. Gardner, M.C.	The Queen's Colour Lieut. D. C. Alexander The Regimental Colour Lieut. M. V. Bull
*Second-in-Command*	*Second-in-Command*	*Second-in-Command*
Major H. E. Johns, M.B.E.	Major D. L. P. Jones, D.S.C.	Major C. L. Price
*Adjutant*	*Adjutant*	*Adjutant*
Captain P. J. F. Whiteley	Captain W. A. C. Horsfall	Captain J. I. H. Owen
*Quartermaster*	*Quartermaster*	*Quartermaster*
Lieut. (QM) Sidney Boyd, B.E.M.	Lieut. (QM) A. C. L. Calloway	Lieut. (QM) C. C. Bolton
*Regimental Sergeant-Major*	*Regimental Sergeant-Major*	*Regimental Sergeant-Major*
R.S.M. L. J. Boote	R.S.M. William Chisholm	R.S.M. Albert Rendall
Each Commando Unit had 4 guards with 72 men each.
*No. 1 Guard*	*No. 1 Guard*	*No. 1 Guard*
Captain A. T. Gardner-Brown Lieut. J. E. J. Lloyd Lieut. M. I. Webb-Owen	Captain L. H. D. MacLeod Lieut. J. J. E. Square Lieut. J. M. Stayt	Captain M. R. Nunns, M.C. Lieut. J. C. C. Richards Lieut. John Herron
*No. 2 Guard*	*No. 2 Guard*	*No. 2 Guard*
Captain A.P. Willasey-Wilsey, M.B.E. Lieut. R. H. Passmore Lieut. R. J. Leigh	Captain R. C. Miles Lieut. R. G. Ferguson Lieut. J. H. Moore	Captain R. T. Onslow Lieut. P. G. Ferguson Lieut. I. A. McDougall
*No. 3 Guard*	*No. 3 Guard*	*No. 3 Guard*
Captain B. P. Elvy Lieut. P. R. Dawson Lieut. D. A. H. Collin	Captain L. H. Jole, M.C. Lieut. J. R. J. Ephraums Lieut. J. F. Mottram	Captain H. J. Powell, D.S.C. Lieut. E. St. V. Troubridge Lieut. G. B. Allen
*No. 4 Guard*	*No. 4 Guard*	*No. 4 Guard*
Captain W. D. Waddell Lieut. J. J. Moore, M.C. Lieut. P. M. Reed	Captain P. H. Loyd Lieut. P. M. L. Mann Lieut. Brian Ashby	Captain R. G. J. Fairrie Lieut. B. A. Weldhen Lieut. C. P. Walker
*Colour Party*	*Colour Party*	*Colour Party*
Lieut. D. L. S. Langley, M.C. Lieut. P. P. B. Aldrich Q.M.S. C. H. Barratt Clr/Sgt O. B. Falconer Clr/Sgt H. L. C. Harrison	Lieut. G. U. W. Manuel Lieut. J. P. Gardner, M.C. Q.M.S. A. H. Morgan Clr/Sgt G. R. Sowden Clr/Sgt J. R. Ridley	Lieut. D. C. Alexander Lieut. M. V. Bull Q.M.S. S. T. Kemp Clr/Sgt T. F. Tanton Clr/Sgt C. U. McLennan

One of the officers with Number 4 Guard 40 Commando was a certain Lt. J. J. Moore MC, who later as a Captain made his name with 'L' Company 42 Cdo RM at the Raid on Limbang. He would also go on as a Major General to take command of the British Falklands war campaign and to finally accept the surrender of the Argentinian forces.

Also, with 40 Cdo's Colour Party was Colour Sergeant O. B. Falconer, who was to later win the George Medal for his efforts trying to save men from a plane that crashed at Luqa airport in May 1953 during a build up of troops to the Canal Zone.

The CO of 40 Commando Lt. Col. Martin Price DSO., who had won his DSO in the taking of Madagascar.
(rumour had it that he took a detatchment ashore from HMS Ramilles as a diversion and misread his map, came up behind the Vichy French and marched into the capital with bayonets fixed, whereupon the French thinking he was the main force duly surrendered the island to him. The bit about the map was scuttlebutt. In our (Ted's) mess was a bugler, whose father had been a sergeant in the HMS Ramilles party and was possibly the source of this buzz).

All 'Bootnecks' will be familiar with the old saying
"There are only 2 things a Royal Marine fears - a Sailor with a rifle and an Officer with a map"

This Article and Photographs is based on information received from Ted Sparrow ex 40 Cdo RM

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