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Royal Marine Commando Fairbairn Sykes's Knife

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posted on 2024-06-05, 16:39 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

This was part of my father's collection, we know his older brother Raymond Bradley was a Royal Marine Commando who was fighting in Burma during World War II, and this was his knife. I can recall I was told he was injured and shot in the leg in an ambush where most of his unit lost their lives.

History

Item list and details

Fairbairn Sykes' Commando knife

Person the story/items relate to

Raymond Bradley

Person who shared the story/items

Anon

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

Uncle

Type of submission

Shared at RGS Worcester Perrins Hall, Worcestershire on 16 June 2023.

Record ID

98214 | WOR033-01