Today in 1944 - Sergeant Grant lands on Sword Beach, accompanying troops of No.45 Royal Marine Commando. Panning his camera, he captures a burning Sherman Crab flail hit by fire from a bunker glimpsed top of frame at around 32s. #DDay #filmcataloguing

Film: A70 31-2 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

High Spirits. (#OTD in 1944. Men from 45 (RM) Commando 1 Special Service Brigade. #WW2 #HISTORY)

A recording of our BLACK REDCOATS Webinar from 26 March 2025 with author Matt Taylor is linked below, on our Youtube channel. Matt is an amateur historian who has researched a unique period in Royal Marines history & the black emancipation from slavery.

youtu.be/z0aHYkGX8vE?...

In a ceremony at Windsor Castle, the new Corps Colours were entrusted to 40, 42, 43 and 45 Commando.
First Sea Lord and Commandant General Royal Marines, General Sir Gwyn Jenkins said, 'it is a powerful reminder of the enduring bond between the Corps, the Sovereign, and the country we serve.'

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