The Marines Go In

I served in HQ 3Cdo Bde in 1956/7 and in 45 Cdo RM in Malta/Aden 1960/61. My participation, at that stage of the Suez operation, was zero. I was one of the many who were flown out as reinforcements via Malta. I later collected the photos which were going the rounds in the unit sometime afterwards as an historic reminder of the event. After all these years, I'm not certain that I've got the story behind the photos correct. The picture on the right is of myself on the 350cc Matchless we used as Dispatch Riders in HQ 3 Cdo Bde RM. A square number!

45 Cdo lands from *Ocean* & *Theseus* with AW Sqn on horizon.

Lt.Col Tailyor, CO
Lands from a Sycamore

HQ 3 Cdo Bde RM - Attack HQ
Left to right, Cpl Chegwidden, Capt Smith (BSO,) Cpl Norris, and an Egyptian Major being interrogated

40 Cdo RM
Beach landings.
(Photo given to me by ex-Mne Allan Buckley).

The Beach Huts.
Centurion tank destroys the beach huts to clear them of snipers.

Beach huts.
After the beach huts were flattened by the Centurion they were set alight.

Burning buildings.
Some shots of the oil refinery
and beach huts burning

The Billets.
Right hand picture shows arrival of UN troops.

HMS *Meon*
Commodore AWs Headquarters ship

Troopship Dunera

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