• 30 June 2018 promoted Lieutenant Colonel [2].

Served with 'B' Troop in Malaya circa 1951-1953.
 
Source
Reunion article with photo in the Globe and Laurel magazine Nov/Dec. 2000 edition.

• 2nd September 2012 to retired list [2].

• 30 June 2011 promoted Lieutenant Colonel, 42 Commando, RM [2].

Marine Paul Collins died following the crash of a Lynx helicopter in Basra City on Saturday 6 May 2006.

13 March 1943, 410 Kings Squad passed for duty at Chatham. Awarded the King's Badge. Operation Vantage 1961, Officer Commanding 'C' Troop.

Sources
RM Historical timeline online royal-marines.net
G&L Jul/Aug 1992 edition.
[Image] V.B. (42&45 Cdo).

Corporal Michael Davies died in service, cause unknown to this archive [Source: AFM ROH].

Sergeant Donald Dennis, 'C' Troop, from Plymouth, was shot and killed by a sniper during Operation Musketeer, the Anglo-French Invasion of Port Said, Egypt.  

Marine Bryan Eatough from Lancashire died of wounds after being shot by a bandit sentry in Malaya.

Marine Tony Evans died during operations in Afghanistan. He and Marine Georgie Sparks, both of J Company, had been conducting a foot patrol to the north-west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province.

Marine Ronald Formoy, Lima Company, was one of five commandos who died during an action which resulted in the rescue of hostages taken and held at Limbang, Sarwak.

Marine Roger Fowke died at the 28th Imperial General Hospital, Hong Kong, of head injuries sutained as the result of a car accident.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/130.

Marine Alan Goulden died in service, cause unknown to this archive [Source: AFM ROH].

Marine Paul Jeremy Harries served in 3 Commando Brigade RM for 14 years from March 1968 until medically discharged in March 1982. His service was primarily with 42 Commando RM. Also served 40 Commando RM and 45 Commando RM. Succumbed to lung cancer November 2024. 

Served with 'B' Troop in Malaya circa 1951-1953.
 
Source
Reunion article with photo in the Globe and Laurel magazine Nov/Dec. 2000 edition.

• 17 August 1979 promoted Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2].

Colour Sergeant Ian Jackson died during an exercise in the Swiss Alps when he fell during abseiling on the Wyssifrau (White Lady) mountain in the Bernese Oberland. 

Marine Richard Jennings, Lima Company, was one of five commandos who died during an action which resulted in the rescue of hostages taken and held at Limbang, Sarwak.

Captain Leslie Jole, Officer Commanding 'Y' Troop since September 1950,  was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished services in Malaya during the period June 1951 to 31st December, 1951.

Marine James Jones was awarded the Military Medal for gallant and distinguished service in 3 Commando Brigade operations at Perak, Malaya during the period 1st January to 30th June, 1952.

Sergeant Malcolm Kennedy died from injuries received in a road traffic accident whilst he was walking from Exeter St David's Station back to the training centre.

Colour Sergeant Colin Kite died in a road traffic accident in Scotland whilst travelling home to Arbroath.

Sergeant Walter Macfarlane, Lima Coy., from Middlesborough, was one of five commandos who died during an action which resulted in the rescue of hostages taken and held at Limbang, Sarwak.

Extract from the Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 29 March 1974

• 1951 (Lieutenant Colonel) (42 Commando RM) appointed O.B.E. for gallant and distinguished services in Malaya [2].

Marine Alan Middleton received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the Operations in the Near East at Suez, October to December, 1956.

Source
London Gazette 41092, page 3419.

Extract from the Dundee Courier - Monday 25 January 1954

Marine Fred Powell, Lima Company, was one of five commandos who died during an action which resulted in the rescue of hostages taken and held at Limbang, Sarwak.

Marine Stewart Rhyce-Rees died on a 9 mile cross country march carrying full kit during his Commando training.  An inquest heard evidence from pathologist Dr. G.A.C. Lynch that he died from a liver infection. Coroner Mr. W.E.J.

• 1956 (Captain) (42 Commando RM) Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished services in operations at Suez between October and December [2].

Extract from the Aberdeen Evening Express - Monday 14 April 1952

Lieutenant Ian Smith died in service, cause unknown to this archive [Source: AFM ROH].

Marine Georgie Sparks died during operations in Afghanistan. He and Marine Tony Evans, both of J Company, had been conducting a foot patrol to the north-west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province.

• 2009 promoted Lieutenant Colonel commanding 42 Commando RM.
• 2022 Deputy Commandant General, RM.

• December 1942 (Acting Temporary Captain) Adjutant of 41RM Commando [2].

Colour Sergeant Richard Walton was serving at RMDIV Leconfield at the time of his death.

Lieutenant Peter Waters, second in command Lima Company, was wounded in the hostage rescue at Limbang, Malaysia, on 12 December 1962. 

Corporal Brian Wemyss died in service, cause unknown to this archive  [Source: AFM ROH].

• 1 January 1970 appointed M.B.E. (Military Division).

Corporal Peter Young received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the Operations in the Near East at Suez, November 1956.

Source
London Gazette 41092, page 3419.