Lewis Halliday
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General Sir Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday, was an English Royal Marine officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded
Sir Lewis Halliday, dated 1913.
History of the Royal Marines
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The history of the Royal Marines began on 28 October 1664 with the formation of the Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot soon becoming known as the Admiral's Regiment. During the War of
Lewis Halliday
…was born in Medstead, Hampshire on 14 May 1870. He was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1889. Halliday was 30 years old, and a captain in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, during the Boxer Rebellion in China when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 24 June 1900 at Peking, China, an attack…
Royal Marine uniforms from 1664 to 1896
Illustration of two 17th-century English marines
c. 1780 portrait of a marine lieutenant
1780 portrait of marine major general John Tupper