The Royal Marines at War: Commando - The Story of the Green Beret
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- Опубліковано 30 сер 2012
- Commando, made for the Admiralty in 1945, is a drama-documentary covering Commando training in Wrexham, Anchnacarry and St. Ives. Fascinating archive footage shows wartime Commando units on amphibious assault exercises, perfecting cliff-top assaults and practicing both armed and unarmed combat techniques.
good stuff.I did 9 yrs from 64 to 73,mostly with recce troop 42 commando...great years and incredible memories..
my gran father was from the republic of Ireland joined the guards when they had Irishmen in them. then volunteered for the commandos I never knew he was a commando or even in the war till he died. I understand why he never spoke about it with the politics in the irish republic at the time I just find it very sad that we could not recognise these brave people in Ireland been forgotten by both side its a great shame
That's such a shame. Your grandfather was a real hero.
There were a few chaps from the Republic when I joined up. I wasn't a guardsman but my first 4 weeks at basic training at pirbright was spent with recruits from many regiments. Most of the Irish guardsmen I met were from the Liverpool/Cheshire area though. I can imagine how hard it would've been for the old fella, big respect, my great grandfather was also a volunteer, he was a 35 year old sgt in the royal Scots at the time! Warry old bastards, a different breed!
The march from Spean Bridge station to Achnacarry, amazing for anyone who knows that route, it def looks like they followed todays A82, up to the Commando memorial then down to Gairlochy and on to Achnacarry. What a piece of history, what an archive Utube is, awesome.
Yes I know it
That initial march to camp would’ve finished me off. I understand if you didn’t make it in time you were sent away.
As a United States Marine, and also, as a United States Soldier ( id est, RANGER), I AM proud of, not only, The United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force and Coast Guard, but also, of You Men and Women of The United Kingdom Armed Forces, especially, the Royal Marines. GOD ( Father, Son, Holy Spirit) Save The Queen. PER MARE PER TERRAM SUPERINTENSIFIED, from Tucson, Arizona, USA 🇺🇸🦅🗽🌇🌵⚓⚔️🇬🇧
My Late Grandfather was one of the first British Army Commandos ( First Special Service Brigade SOE Commandos ) When the US Rangers finished there initial training in Northern Ireland they where then trained by the Commandos in Scotland doing the same training as the Commandos did.The Special Relationship between our two countries is as strong today as it was then #🇺🇸 #🇬🇧 Commandos and Rangers etc
Thanks for saying that. I see you guys as our cousins over the pond. The U.K. marines commandos are more similar to the u.s green berets with the length of training etc and the fusiliers are more like the u.s marines. Either way we are an amazing fighting unit when we work together. The u.s with its military might and the special tactics the sas, sbs, seals and mountain leader branch offers make an invincible fighting unit in my opinion. If you like this video go on UA-cam and watch a show called behind the lines, it has 7 parts and shows the Royal Marines commandos mountain and artic warfare commandos training. It’s a great watch. All the best to you mate.
@@thechickety1137No the royal marines are more like the navy seals since they operate on sea,air and land they're nowhere near close to being anything like the green berets.
@@JLOCC23424 yeah, u are probably right but often American compare our marines to theirs, no offence to u.s marines but they would destroy u.s marines. Thankfully we are allies and massive love to the armed service men and women.
@@thechickety1137 I hear you mate but it's facts not to shit on the yanks but our soldiers are simply the best in the world especially our SF.
My cousin, once removed, was one of the first RM Commandos he joined "A" Commando from 101st RM Battalion as soon as it was formed and fought at Dieppe where the Commando took considerable losses, soon RM A Commando was renamed RM 40 Commando.
He was an "old man" for a RM Commando at 30 where most of the force would have been late teens and early twenty including the officers. He served as a Sergeant and the training was tough.
“The highest state of physical fitness must at all times be maintained. All ranks are trained to cover at great speed any type of ground for distances of five to seven miles in fighting order.
Examples:
(a) Fighting Order (Light kit)
seven miles in one hour (march & run).
(b) F.S.M.O. Full Service Marching Order -(Full kit)
9 miles in two hours (marching)
15 miles in 4 hrs.
25 miles in 8 hrs
35 miles in 14hrs
After all these distances and times, troops must be ready, in para (a) to fight, and in para (b) to fight after two hours rest”.
My cousin once removed would have to achieve this fitness level much more besides - including the ability climb cliffs with or without ropes; cross ravines using toggle ropes; swim long distances; silent sentry killing and hand to hand combat; navigate with maps day and night; live off the land and evade capture; operate all types of boats; operate a wireless with codes; wire and use explosives against a variety of targets; and to drive a car, lorry or a steam train; and be able use captured military equipment such as artillery. The RM training is similar today (apart from perhaps training on the use of steam trains).
In 1943 in Sicily and Italy he undertook 3 (possibly 4) 1st wave beach assaults in four months. the last at Termoli in Italy turned very deadly after the successful landing and left him hospitalised a few weeks after the event with what is now termed PTSD, no one is indestructible in the face of the horrors of war and my cousin once removed had found his limit. After recovering he joined Holding Operational Commando (HOC) rising to CSM before this, along with RM 40 Commando. were disbanded at the end of WW2. He died from an illness in 1985.
my dad was in royal marine engineers ww2 did not talk much about it respect to them
Was he a RM commando or was he one of Churchills volunteers? Because the royal marines and the commando force were 2 very separate entities! My great grandfather was also a commando, having volunteered as a 35 year old Sgt in the royal Scots, with 3 bairns at the time! He missed d day as he was hospitalised with a smashed up arm, apparently that really bugged the shit of him, the warry old bastard! Lest we forget!
@@keithpringle3940 He was originally on ships as a RM gunner. At the outbreak of WW2, about 10 years into his service, he was sailing in HMS Ajax and was wounded by shrapnel at the Battle of the River Plate. after the ship returned to the UK he joined the RM regiment but they never really had enough men to operate. He was at the failed landing at Dakar. After this and much training he volunteered for RM A Commando (the first of the dedicated RM Commando Units) which would shortly become RM 40 Commando.
@@alterain691 Thanks for taking the time to reply to me! I find all of this massively fascinating. I'll be checking this new thread of info out when I'm home!
Was he a royal marine or a commando? Because during ww2 they were 2 very seperate entities! The marines were ship borne assault troops and didn't take on the commando role until after ww2 and the disbanding of the commandos. I'm not being harsh but it irritates me when people confuse the two groups! My great grandfather was a volunteer in 1940, he was a 35 year old, sgt in the royal Scots and married with 3 kids. The evacuation of Dunkirk embarrassed him so when the word went out him and his mate volunteered. If you'd called him a RM commando he would've snapped your arms off!
very good video - thanks for sharing
we will never forget
Specialists son, Specialists... good laugh and reminded me of my first haircut at Lympstone... a no.1.
Per Mare Per Terram.
my grandfather trained at gibralter camp for commando training was this before going to anchnacarry and ended up in burma i think in 44 commando shot in the head by a sniper and then was in a hospital in india until 1946 then brought back to a hospital in bristol where he made a good recovery RIP thomas maxwell pox4790 royal marines
My Dad was in the 48th and a trainer at Achnacarry. Very tough and valiant bunch.
A great documentary a tribute to the real heroes their spirit lives forever they are immortal.
My uncle was a Commando. He trained at Inveraray. I visited Inveraray Castle Commando museum a few years ago and whilst chatting to the man at the desk, I happened to mention my uncle. The guy reached below the desk and pulled out a book which he claimed, listed everyone who served in wartime commando units. My uncle's name didn't appear and the guy treated me with utter contempt as he clearly believed that I had made the story up. I discovered as few years later that they don't have a complete list of the men who trained and served with the various commando units. My father told me that there were 9 commando units when my uncle joined and he served with three separate commando units. I don't know what the guy in the museum was trying to prove but I have seen photographs of my uncle in his wartime commando uniform in the camp. People are strange about stuff like that, even when they are wrong.
No they didn't always keep records
Let them say what they want in my eyes your uncle was a legend
my mums unc was a the smallest of the brothers he was any mutt n jeff stupid to volunteer from any reg COMMANDO
You can get a copy of your uncle's Royal Marines service record free of charge using this linkwww.apply-deceased-military-record.service.gov.uk/
Muppet.
My dad was 43 Commando in Yugoslavia and the battle of Lake Commachio where one of his mates won the VC. Great film of the time, stirring stuff. Per Mer Per Terram.
Tom Hunter from Edinburgh.
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Hunter Troop (Lympstone) named after him, I suppose?
My dad was in those places,40 cdo,comma chio was their last operation of the war.
bonsoir , est il possible qu a l epoque, il y avait des commandos d origines belge au 43 e commando ?en 1987 j etais commando a FLAWINNE en belgique au 2e cdo companie ATK et plusieurs des batiment portait le non d une bataille dont BEOGRAD merci a vous tous
Fascinating time-piece. Thanks very much for posting it!
the old granda was a Marine 1938 to 46 served in the commando brigade in burma end of the war great story teller lol always hope to get a glimpse of him in these old films RIP Thomas Maxwell
Thank you, every one, for your service and sacrifice for our freedom.
Love and respect to great Britain from pakistan
Thank you my friend, and lets not forget the massive contribution that your country played in helping us. The largest volunteer army in the world, i believe. And has never received the gratitude it deserves.
@@billt1954 thanks pal! Same to you and yours!
Respect back. X
Love and respect to Pakistan from Britain!
Real tough men,honourable,confident and with a purpose.Just think about St Nazaire and other raids of course.Respect is just a word for those men.
so proud to have an uncle in the commandos during ww2
Really enjoyed this. Went though Lympstone in 98. Only difference I can see is 9mile speed match over 7. B
However these guys are legends.
Anyone interested. Look up books on Anders lasen, a man both sas, SB, and commados all fight over as a founder.
He had a company named after him. Or rather his resting place
A time when Great Britain was proud to be itself. What happened to us all?
my great-uncle was a 45th royal marine commando, killed in action in 1945
My great grandad was a commando in WW2 as well. He was M.I.A. They still haven't found him.
SGT Sandwich PLAYS In my eyes mate they were all Heros mate, God bless your Granda, wherever he lays,he's probably with his mates in Heaven waiting for his beloved family and friends, God bless him.
Nice tribute to him Ray Maxwell. I Did 12years with 40 Commando 3-Troop Alpha Company. 8 yrs SBS.
yeah
How old are you?
Very interesting. Thank you.
Joined in Jan/64 with 804 sq., later served with Recce troop 42 in Borneo…etc etc…now happily retired in Spain..ps left after my 9 years to be a copper & stationed at Exeter ,later emigrated to be a cop there.Lived in Canada for over 40 years!
If I could turn back time, I would fight alongside those braves!
The best of the best real men they fought against tyranny.
Love this video used some of the footage in a video I don’t about the commando memorial
How sad these wonderful men have now all gone, I really do not think that we shall see their like again.
Yes you're right, my dad was in 40 cdo 1942/46. He died in 2016 age 92 a Marine to the end.
what you see is the fairbairn sykes dagger, its has been used and still is in use by special forces
This is really interesting. My grandfather was in 41 Commando for D-Day. Fought in France and helped liberate Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Makes me proud. My Dad was with 41 Commando and a Bren gunner on armoured cars.
Bugle Boy up to a Colour Sergeant and beyond..still have all his medals and badges.
Interesting and informative & entertaining. Excellent photography reenactment scenes. Perhaps some embellishments for entertainment purposes. Pertaining to actual training methods that better prepared. The Royal Marine's for real life style fierce fighting/perishing/surviving combat operations. Special thanks to the genuine Royal Marines for making this documentary more authentic and possible!!!
Someone ought to make a series about this...
A very impressive film about the Commandos. You can see from the training why they were successful and legendary. I think the CO in the film at Achnacarry was Lt Col Vaughan. He trained the Commando recruits to a high standard. Physically fit, young sharp and full of stamina.
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My school friend, Sandy Wilson, was the fittest of us all. He went into the Commandos. I was a Sapper, in Aden, when we were being 'pushed out'. There's an Aden tie, black with a yellow diagonal stripes and a dhow between each, if you've been in Aden. If you've been "under fire" at least twice, the stripes and dhow are red. Mine is red! I lost touch with Sandy after he returned from Singapore. "Sandy, if you see this comment, get in touch. Enter Ronald McGill in Google search!"
My mate was in the Marines, he played a trumpet.
Respect waardering perfect in in uitvoering
My uncle Marine Robert Casson 46 Royal Marine Commando Killed On D Day 6 June 1944 From Whitehaven Cumbria
My dad was also 46 Commando
When I was in the MN in the late fifties one of the crew was an ex commando . He never said much about it , but he did mention the training. Two things stand out , firstly accidents , hard to imagine such stupidity , A Mortar team set themselves up under a tree , fired a shell , hit a branch and killed the lot of them , 3 or 4 .? The point less serious but more interesting . When climbing a rope hanging near vertical , use short pulls . one hand clasps the rope nose level pulls down 5/6 inches and repeat the process with the other hand and so on. They done this with a full pack , and one other point the legs were angled out like an L .
Stiffy’s barber looks like Sgt Weston from Bad Lads Army.
very nice and rare
just love the dialect
That barber seems to know an awful lot about the specifics of the Commando role doesnt he?
Ha ha. excellent comment my friend. i love the way he's giving it some and then says... "that'll be 1/s please! LOL!
Un beau témoignage de ces hommes au Béret Vert.
live fire, train for real, casualties are a fact of war. get used to it, no 'Safety stand downs"
As a kid a army cadet I saw historical pictures of these guys and they looked ancient lol.In reality they where 20 something in the prime of their life regarding physical fitness preparing to go into the valley of death.War is glamorised but in reality it’s a awful thing basically about killing about death that’s the bottom line.Having stood in the commando training camp in Scotland 30 years ago it was a strange feeling I wondered how many men left this place to face death for my freedom.
Love the bit at 58:35, priceless!
So many things in the Tarzan course, still there at lympstone! Tradition!
There is so much more that went missing. Most of the unconventional warfare aspect has been lost and is now only present in the SBS,SRS and SAS. Which is really sad to be honest.
@@bighands69 what stuff you on about?
It's a real shame it's full of safety nets today. In the 90s I knew a lad they fell on one of the transitions, shattered both forearms. That's not great but that was the difference than concerning the tazen or not. A proper lung buster.
@@StephenButlerOne All it means, is fewer people get sent to hunter. It's not a mad idea, and doesn't make it any easier.
@@emilyscloset2648 takes the fear out of the equation.
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At 46:04 that pattern on the boot sole has been used ever since.
I wish people still talked like that ha
Some things just don't change.
Happy Birthday! 1664-2020!
Corr blimey, chaps, blooming heck, jolly good. ruddy hell, Chum, Language that is practically extinct today.
"doolally"
Hello everybody.My father was at Dieppe with A Commando/RM40Commando.He was18 at the time and possible the youngest marine/commando.Of course he would not talk about his experiences.I believe the way he acted in later life were partly due to these experiences.Not knowing about his past and the detail of his Dieppe efforts is leaving a big hole for me.I have no idea of his subsequent duties.It seems only the nitty gritty will do.So can anybody help?Please get in touch if you know anything or where I can find out. Many thanks.
My grandfather never talked at all to my brother and I about his time in no.4 commandos. Found out most of it from my great uncles and dad after grandfather passed away. The commando veterans archive has a wealth of photos and data.
My dad was in 40 cdo,Walter Cropper.What was your dads name, I know a few names.
Don Jones. ‘42 till being demobbed probably ‘46@@geoffcropper1410
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Didn’t know the British fought at Agincourt.The usual Britain is England and England is Britain.
As fun and cool as the Tarzan Assault course looks, does anyone know if that type of training as ever been used in combat: rope regains etc?
Yes the jungle for one and on many occasions and in many theatres
Whilst I've never needed to do a regain outside of CTCRM I've climbed countless cargo nets on/off ships, hundreds of ropes on cliff assaults and far too many caving ladders to remember so I'm going to say yes to the skills being used in the real world.
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These men you see today fighting wars and in these video's are part of the Royal Navy, I understand the Royal Marines came under command of the Army hundreds of years ago and the origin of our Commando's in WW2. But history doesn't change the fact that these soldiers are part of the Royal Navy right now.
There was Army Commando's, Air Commando's and Marine Commando's. The other branches were dropped and only Marine Commando's exist.
Taken from foot guards,and named the Duke of York and Albany maritime regiment of foot. Officially formed October 1664
No they are different. i think you meant army commandos they are seperate to the royal marines
Who are the people who gave the two thumbs down, Dirty Stinkers, I'll bet.
Michael Ridley I bet the paras
Rotten to the corps,haw haw haw haw haw (0;
the royal marines were orignally in the saling days they were made to take out people from close range. eg. axes swords and hand to hand combat.
lee easton the birth of the corps was in 28 of October 1664, King Charles sanctioned the formation of the duke of albany's maritime regiment of foot the First to be formed for service afloat. The regiment was mainly raised from trained bands of city of London from which the RM derive the privilege of marching through the city of London with colours flying, drums beating and bayonets fixed. THe yellow stripe in the royal marine present day of lash commemorates the yellow uniforms of the duke of York and albany's regiment.
My dad was 46 Commando
Actually in the 1700's Royal Marines were used as ship protection and once on land came under Army control, you can see it on UA-cam. Churchill demanded the creation of a commando unit in WW2 not to be affiliated with the Royal Marine Commando's we have now but the Royal Marines as naval soldiers I believe have been around since 1603-1604 but not officially until the early 1660's from what I have read. Not that you should be mad at all as not all History is written true anyway.
Original name was the Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot.
Royal marines 1664
Army commandos the originals
20:41 ahh the spoils of war.....
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can anyone help? I'm trying to find a clip of the boat that brought some Royal Marines back from Malta in 1954 to England. the 45 commando i believe? TIA
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Why you go copy video UK
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Some good tabbing speeds there and all together. One of my regrets that i never tried the Commando course. Did pass P Coy and tried SAS selection (total failure) should have had a second go but women got in the way of things.
Interesting that this documentary features a huge amount of wartime footage of Army Commandos in training, it's a shame the Army couldn't maintain it's Commando strength alongside the Royals post-WW2.
Rifleman Moore they are Royal Marines not army commandos
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Royal Marines while Commando's do not have all the capabilities of WW2 Commando's.
Unfortunately Modern Royal Marine Commandos are getting used as standard infantry and at their current rate they will just be a normal marine infantry unit in 20 years time.
@@bighands69 nope they getting changed to be more like this they getting new kit and will be trained and used more as a commandos
My grandad was an army commando armorer attached to 42 marine in Burma ... offered an officers post after WW2 in Lympstone but turned it down.. told me it was worst decision he ever made..
@@samknight9876 No pal they are 1940s army commando volunteers. They show a RM beret and fairbairn Sykes dagger at the start of the film but look at all the other cap badges on parade! There might be been a sprinkling of RM in there but I can assure you the majority will be highly motivated young steely eyed dealers of death from army regiments!!
LEST WE FORGET.
Yep as it should be. Arrive at boot camp, gear, rifle, carry it for duration of service
Can’t even stop dinghies nowadays.
Lol, this starts at D+10🤣😂 War was over before these noobs got back in with their new hats. My Grandfather went to Dieppe with 40 Commando RM.
I know that English guys now freestyle
Probably paras giving thumbs down jealous as green as the beret
Para training like Royal Marines is very close to the training of WW2 Commando's. They both are lacking in certain areas though.
the marines have definately been under army control at one point, this might have been before they were given royal standing so maybe not royal marines
I think this is true, way back when they still served as marksmen on board, once they were on land became under control of the Army and back to the navy once back onboard
Nope.
The Royal Marines have been Royal since 1755 when they were first formed. The Commando part was introduced in the second world war and was a new branch of the military. People could apply from any of the other forces. After the war the most Commando Brigades were disbanded leaving only the Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade. There are Army Commandos e.g. 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery and 24 Commando Engineer Regiment. Both of these regiments are support the Royal Marines while they are on operations.
All of the Commandos wear the coveted Green Beret and have all completed the 9 week 'All Arms Commando Course' (this is built into the Royal Marines 32 week basic training).
Hope this helped and sorry for almost writing a book :)
the lion and crown on the royal marines has been on there insignia since 1802 when they were given royal standing by george the third, birthdate of marines is 28th of october 1664, pretty sure 1755 is when they came under command of the navy
andrew gordon It is true that soldiers fought on board ships from 1664, but as far as I'm aware they weren't called Royal Marines before 1755. You are correct about the birthday though. Since they celebrated their 350th anniversary recently.
i know they didnt get the lion and crown on cap badge till 1802 but did they still have royal standing in 1755 then? got my prmc on tuesday need a few facts for interview!
31:17 how in the heck did you steal "Shenandoah" for the Commandos? that's about as American as it can get. I can understand using Holst Suites, but poaching an American chantey : wrong side of the pond. Next up, Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copeland.
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21:59 "... man-licker... what language!" haha 1945 for you
How the hell can the US green Berets etc copy and call themselves "Green Berets" when they haven't even accomplished the Commando course etc? Disgrace.
Wonder how they managed without "equality & diversity" or an LBGQT champion???
THEY ARE PART OF THE NAVY SO NO.
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Royal Marine Commando's and be the very best...165 I.Q.
Thank you the President, Joe Biden & vice - President Kamila Harris. Salute to you.
Lead live bullets and very accurate for intelligent Barry Proffitt. 22:30
my uncle Tom was one of those captures at Dieppe, and marched all away to Austria prison .camp were he spent 2-1/2 yrs, finally being released by the Americans, he said as he was talking to me, that the Germans treating well, he eventually was farmed out to a family of austrians to work full time on there farm..l saw a photo of him with his beautiful new Austrian girlfriend, he said he was not allowed to stay there, was shipped out up to British sector in northern Germany Bielefeld, were his night mare truly started, he was asked why he didn't try to escape, and what was he do with German documents and papers on him...he said that the aus wiss (his pas) with his photo was required for every person in the German 3rd Reich, but no that didn't fucking suit them..he was sent on a charge of general field court martial, which I found guilty the penalty firing squad, the the charge was collaborating with the enemy, he said how could l escape through all occupied Europe and get away you didn't arrive till D-day , were you lot as l Sat in a prison camp for 2 1/2 years, also other mitigating circumstances in his favour, he was given 1 and a half years in prison at Shepton Mallet, and was called that dirty German collaborators by British prison guards, and said there wasn't one day that went by in the whole of the one and a half years that he didn't get a beating, he said l just couldn't believe this nightmare was happening to me, a Royal Marines Commando....So this propaganda video for hi was a load of bull shit , for he went to war were they told him to
Dieppe ,!
God rest your soul Tommy, you were my jolly favourite uncle.
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