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Royal Marines King’s Badge To Kingsman | Kev Bland | Bought The T-Shirt #310

Posted on 7 January 20237 January 2023 by Chris Thrall

Royal Marines King’s Badge To Kingsman, features Kev Bland who served with the Royal Air Force before becoming a Royal Marines Commando.

Royal Marines King’s Badge To Kingsman | Kev Bland

Kev Bland served in the Royal Air Force, then became a Royal Marines Commando. He is now CEO of The Leg-Up Project. This was a direct response to the heart-breaking number of men, some good friends, taking their own lives. Kev has also acted in some major films, including Kingsman, Stratton and Criminal with Ryan Reynolds, Gary Oldman and Kevin Costner.

Transcript from ‘Royal Marines King’s Badge To Kingsman’ podcast

Kev – We got in these grots and you know there’s loads of stories that were spooky and all that. I opened up the locker and it’s like a cash bag you know, those canvas cash bags? I think they just got back from Belize so I stuff that in my car. You’re young and when you say stuff like that nowadays, it sounds horrific. I chucked it in my car and took it home. We had a few goes with this sawn-off shotgun and eventually someone says, Kev you’ll get seven years if you get caught with that! I’m only shooting bits and bobs so I ditched that. 40 commando was not for me and I didn’t have a good time. I had so much going on at that point in my life and with the injury I just hadn’t got a stress management technique.

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Tumbledown The True Story | Cpt Robert Lawrence MC Scots Guards

Posted on 27 April 202227 April 2022 by Chris Thrall

Tumbledown the true story, features Captain Robert Lawrence of the Scots Guards, who lost 43% of his brain from a sniper’s bullet.

Tumbledown The True Story | Cpt Robert Lawrence MC Scots Guards

Captain Robert Lawrence MC, is a former British Army officer with the Scot’s Guards. Whilst fighting in the battle for Mount Tumbledown, Robert was severely wounded by a bullet going through his skull. The Argentine sniper then fired shots at a Scout Helicoptor which was evacuating the wounded. Awarded the Military Cross for bravery, he spent a year in a wheelchair, being almost completely paralyzed.

Robert had lost 43% of his brain. Doctors predicted he would never walk again, but to their amazement, he eventually regained most movement. Robert retains a slight limp and a paralyzed left arm. The story was adapted into a BBC television play, starring Colin Firth.

Transcript from ‘Tumbledown The True Story’ podcast

Robert – At the time in the battle, I ran out of ammunition. I’d already taken the decision to throw my mags and I took to picking up Argentinian F.N.’s.

The trouble with that is because you never know what’s in it when you bring it. Could be completely empty so I wasn’t going to throw away my S.L.R. I had the misfortune of stupidly thinking I could change the mag on an F.N. It looks so like an S.L.R. but it has a different magazine clip. When people are shooting at you, you don’t stop and start examining the weapon you’re holding. So that’s how I ended up with the two weapons. They translated that into some sort of ‘True-Grit’ firing with both hands, which was pretty much bollocks. Myself on a ridge with my arms in the air shouting, ‘Isn’t this fun?’, well that’s bollocks as well.