On this day in January 1945, 45 Commando advanced through Holland in an operation to push the German 15th Army across the rivers Roer and Wurm. The commandos were held up in well-defended positions by Montforterbeek Dyke. After hard fighting in bitterly cold weather, the leading marines achieved their objectives, while headquarters continued to be subjected to heavy shelling. It was in this action, Lance Corporal Harden, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, who was attached to A Troop, crawled in th

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First Day at 45 Commando… And I Got Branded for Life 😳 It was Dave Coleman’s first day at 45 Commando, and within minutes, his fate was sealed. New troop. New faces. Fresh kit. And a nickname he’d never shake. In this clip, Dave Coleman looks back on turning up as the new lad in the Royal Marines and instantly earning a name that followed him for the rest of his career. No ceremony, no mercy, just classic bootneck humour. This is the kind of banter that forges bonds for life. Brutal, funny, and

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