I never knew Paddy Ashdown was in the Royal Marines.
Interesting.
How did it get stolen from under his nose ?
Not the lightest thing to pick up or the easiest
to hide.
Yes, he was SBS in the 60's when we lived in Singapore - and I recall seeing him at Stonehouse, Plymouth in 1970, so he was still serving then.
How it was nicked I don't know, but it was eventually given to the RM canoe club at 45 Commando, to use on Roscobie Loch near Forfar, so as it was returned to the Corp, it strictly wasn't stolen but borrowed for several years.
It's forty plus years ago, but I'm sure from memory it had a wooden skeleton type frame and could be dismantled.