By the Editor: l’m breaking my own editing rule – there is no pressing ‘so what?’ consequent of this article. It is a vignette of yesteryear in the RN – historical colour that too often we miss as we rush to our next great concern or issue. The death of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh has set my memory cells a ‘buzzin’. I have no doubt that there are several members who served with him or under him in the 1950s and there are probably a number who completed their ‘Gold Awards’ before joining the Service, and who received their award from his own hands. I had the privilege of m…
