In the interests only of bringing research findings to your notice, I have today published on my website the history of Royal Marines formations and units which served in the Indian Ocean theatre - a description I'm using to include Ceylon, India and the Indian Ocean Bases. While researching another project, it became apparent that a better understanding was needed of the role played by Royal Marines gunners in the defence of India, Ceylon and various islands in the Indian Ocean. The main interest was the anti-aircraft artillery which soon spread to include the coastal defence artillery. There have been several published works which touch on this subject but none which provide the detail needed. The result was many trips to The National Archives to consult unit war diaries and other files; a research project disrupted at times, and for the time-being put on hold, by closures in response to Covid 19. This sideways step from the main research resulted in a project all of its own. This work has advanced sufficiently, as of January 2021, for the histories of many of the Royal Marines units which served in this theatre to be published. The outstanding ones will be added when visiting restrictions are lifted. Access to this new section of the web site can be found via this link: Royal Marines in the Indian Ocean I hope that you may find something of interest in these pages. Steve
An update on the website which has been relocated. Now with its own unique site and address. Please see: rmindianoceanww2.co.uk
