Plumb, A.E. Mne.

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Pat Plumb began his service in the 10th Battalion Royal Marines. He made the grade at Achnacarry and became part of 47 RM Commando from the very beginning and served in B Troop right through until the unit was disbanded. On leaving the Marines, he worked as a nurseryman and then returned to farming as a herdsman in Hertfordshire. Having survived two opposed landings and the fierce fighting at Sallenelles and Kapelsche veer, he said that one of the worst times for him was in Germany with the war all but over. In freezing temperatures and with the civilian population without fuel and starving, they had to protect a trainload of coal trucks with orders to shoot anyone attempting to steal from it. Almost certainly he never fired.