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Sharpe and Harper then enlist in the South Essex Regiment under assumed names in order to find the 2nd Battalion. They and other recruits are taken to a secret, brutal training camp in Foulness Island , run by the 2nd Battalion's commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Bartholomew Girdwood .
2nd Battalion 5th Marines (2/5 or "Two Five") is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps consisting of approximately 800 marines and sailors. They are based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and fall under the command of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.
Sharpe forms up the recruits of the Second Battalion and takes them to London, where they march in on the Prince Regent's party, with Sharpe bearing the eagle he took at Talavera. The Prince gleefully claims them as his own, making the regiment the Prince of Wales' Own Volunteers, instead of the South Essex.
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (2/4) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. The battalion, nicknamed the Magnificent Bastards from the Vietnam War, is based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton , California and is a part of the 4th Marine Regiment and 1st Marine Division .
Sharpe installs the Second battalion's nominal commander, Colonel Bartholomew Girdwood, in overall command of the Regiment, while making it clear that the rank-and-file's loyalty is to Sharpe alone. Girdwood suffers a nervous breakdown during the Battle of Nivelle , as the South Essex Regiment joins the British Army's invasion of French territory.
When 2/4 and 3/11 left in September and October, they handed their sector of Ramadi over to the 2nd Battalion 5th Marines (2/5)2nd Battalion 11th marines were also deployed during this time to Ar Ramadi, who completed their tour in April 2005, then 1st Battalion 5th Marines (1/5) took over. The spring of 2004 was particularly bloody in Ramadi.
Lt. Col Harold S. Roise, in command of 2nd Battalion 5th Marines, was awarded a (second) Navy Cross; Captain William E. Barber, in command of Fox Company 2nd Battalion 7th Marines, awarded the Medal of Honor. Captain John H. Chafee, company commander 7th Marines, later became Governor of Rhode Island, Secretary of the Navy and a United States ...
In October 1952, Dailey joined the 1st Marine Division in Korea, where he earned the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while serving as platoon leader with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division on February 25, 1953; the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" and the Purple Heart for wounds received on March 26, 1953, while ...