Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 09:15
Royal Marines and Gibraltar: The story on their badge

With the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, it has been recalled that the Duke was Commandant of the Royal Marines - and that the Royal Marines have the word 'Gibraltar' on their cap badge, to recall their greatest battle honour, the capture of Gibraltar in 1704.


The capture was by Anglo-Dutch forces of the Grand Alliance.
Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt represented the Habsburg cause in the region. In May 1704 the Prince and Admiral George Rooke, commander of the main Grand Alliance fleet.

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