Captain Derek Oakley MBE (1926-2019) served in the Royal Marines for over 42 years, the last eighteen as Editor of the regimental journal The Globe & Laurel. He saw active service in Malaya, the Middle East, at Port Said, in Northern Ireland, Brunei and Borneo.
During the Suez crisis Oakley was B Troop commander of 42 Commando, Royal Marines in the leading wave of Buffalo LVT's they were the first to land, and suffered no casualties.
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