Royal Marines


3 Commando Brigade

   HQ, 3 Commando Brigade, Kuching police compound.
   3 Commando Brigade Intelligence Platoon (Mid-West Brigade & SBS). Capt Oakley commanded the Intelligance Section.
   HQ 3rd Commando Band, 1965-67. Rowcroft lines barracks Singapore.
   Commando Workshops HQ 3rd CDO BDE R.M, Served 1963/4 billeted at Kuching Water Board REME ranks attached from 10 INF. WKSPS OC CAPT CROOKS REME. Ranks detached for various duties.
   3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines Aircraft Detachment, Simanggang, 1st Division, Sarawak. Lt Ben Waldron RM Detachment CO Between late '64 and early '65.


40 RM Commando
Based in
Burma Camp, Ulu Tiram, Jahore, Malaya/Malaysia on the opposite side of a small shallow valley to the Jungle Warfare School.  6 deployments to Borneo:
5th Division: December 62
1st Division: December 62-Jan 63, May-Jul 63, Oct 63-Feb 64, late 64 in Sabah, Jul 65- Nov 65
2nd Division: May - September 66
40 Cdo RM were deployed in Sabah July-October'64 and in Sarawak, 2nd Division from July-November '65. In Sabah the Cdo HQ was located at Kalabakan with three Troop locations along the Serudong River. In Sarawak the Cdo HQ was at Serian with Company locations at Pang Amo, Plaman Mapu and Kujang Sain(?). Lt Col John Taplin was CO in Sarawak. He had been the Corp's youngest Lt Col in WWII while serving in NW Europe. Major Richard (Dickie) Grant MC(?) was A Coy Cmdr (The Saints).
Recce Troop, 40 Commando RM, In July 1964 the newly formed Recce Troop,40 Commando RM ,under the command of Lt Guy Sheriden RM,(made up mainly from the ex-heavy Weapons troop personnel) formed the Tawau Assault Group boat section, alongside 2 SBS. Patrolling on the mangrove swamp waterways was mainly done on converted leisure craft (manned by Malaysian Navy crew, and with the RMs under a corporal). These craft were called "Limas". There were several brushes with Indonesian Naval and Marine units.


No 42 RM Commando
With 621 Signals Troop (Air Support Signals Unit) attached in Limbang day after the Limbang raid then on to Kalabakan.
Based in Singapore. 5 deployments to Borneo:
5th Division: December 62- April 63
1st Division: Aug 63-October 63, feb-June 64, Dec 65- May 66 , Sabah: Dec 64- May 65

No. 2 & No. 6 SBS RM