Per Mare Per Terram
What's all this, then?
For many years I have had an interest in military uniforms at various times in history, particularly British history, and over the years I’ve acquired a fair number of sources and information on a wide array of things that are very useful when building historically accurate minis for war games. Obviously, the minute details such as the engravings on buttons are not relevant for most scales of wargaming, but the general look and colours are so I thought I’d start creating some reference guides for others using my knowledge.
I decided to start with the Royal Marines due to family connections to the organisation which includes, notably, my great grandfather, G. H. Gill, GM. While I still haven’t managed to get a copy of his medal citation, I do know that he was awarded the George Medal for saving people from an ammunition laden ship that was ablaze at the time. Sadly, I never knew him myself but I was very pleased to learn that his medals were given to the Royal Marine Museum which, at the time, were based in Eastney near Portsmouth. Importantly, I am going to make sure that I cover all of the branches of the Marines when and where they crop up, so I will not be focusing purely on the line that leads to the famous Royal Marine Commando units that are often best known.
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