Norman Tailyour

General Sir Norman Tailyour, K.C.B., D.S.O. was an officer in the Royal Marines. He was twice mentioned in despatches (NW Europe 1945 and Suez 1956) and was awarded his first DSO when in command of 27 Battalion Royal Marines in 1945 and a bar to the DSO when commanding 45 Commando in Cyprus in 1956. As Lieutenant-Colonel, he was the commanding officer of 45 Commando RM, flown off HMS Theseus by helicopter to land at the Port Said during the Suez Crisis in 1956 when he was also wounded by a Fleet Air Arm Wyvern - friendly fire. This was the first helicopter-borne, opposed assault from the sea in history. From 1965 to 1968 he was Commandant General Royal Marines, and from 1972 to 1980 Captain of Deal Castle. He was an Honorary Admiral in the Texan Navy and an Honorary Lance Corporal in the French Zuaves. He was the Commodore of the Royal Marines Sailing Club and the first Honorary Flag Officer. He was also a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, the Royal Naval Sailing Association (Rear Commodore) and the Royal Cruising Club. His son Ewen Southby-Tailyour was also a Royal Marines officer, who served with distinction in Dhofar and the Falklands War: he is also a yachtsman. His brother-in-law was a Royal Marines Major, one nephew was a Royal Marines Brigadier and another nephew was a Captain in the Royal Marines Reserve. +

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