The Royal Marines Baghdad Cookbook | Robbie Stevenson #334

Posted on 13 April 202313 April 2023 by Chris Thrall

The Royal Marines Baghdad Cookbook, features Robbie Stevenson of 45 Commando, who helped finish a book for his colleague, Alan Boyd.

The Royal Marines Baghdad Cookbook – Food Under Fire

The Baghdad Cookbook, features Robbie Stevenson who is a veteran of 45 Commando. After serving in multiple conflicts around the world, he moved into the private security sector. The book was initially written by Alan Boyd who joined the Royal Marines in 1979 and he served with 45 Commando during the Falklands War. Alan too moved into the world of private security as a team leader. He was diagnosed with Leukaemia and passed away in 2013. His book was finished by Robbie and Scotty Greig of The Royal Highland Fusiliers.

Transcript from ‘The Royal Marines Baghdad Cookbook’ podcast

Robbie – It’s actually the brainchild of Al Boyd, who was a former senior NCO in the in the Royal Marines. We worked together in Iraq as contractors. There’s three of us, myself, Al and Scotty Greig. He had this idea for a cookbook with dits and stories about people that he’d come into contact with. From the core and working out in Iraq.

The next thing we knew, he’d written the first chapter and he’d written the first draft of this book. Then Alan, the selfish git, went and died on us, so unfortunately he didn’t get a chance to see it through. Alan passed away in 2013 with leukemia and so I picked up the batton.