18 Facts About Ewen Southby-Tailyour

Lieutenant Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour, was born on 18 January 1942 and is a British author, sailor, and retired Royal Marine.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour served for 32 years in the Royal Marines and, after retiring, he concentrated on his sailing and writing careers and has written a number of books on military history and the Royal Marines.

The son of General Sir Norman Tailyour, former Commandant General Royal Marines, Southby-Tailyour comes from a family with strong ties to the Royal Marines; an uncle, two cousins and a step-brother have previously served in the Corps.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour attended Stubbington House School, Nautical College Pangbourne, and the University of Grenoble in France.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour served in the United States, India, Djibouti, the West Indies, the North Sea, Cyprus, Corsica, Malta, Bahrain, the Yemen, Kuwait, and the South Atlantic from 1977 to 1979.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour was attached to the United States Marine Corps in 1977 in the eastern Mediterranean and, earlier, to the French Commando Hubert in Toulon, with which he attended their combatant nageur course and served in a submarine, a helicopter carrier and ashore in Corsica and Djibouti with the French Foreign Legion.

In 1978, Ewen Southby-Tailyour was the officer commanding a small Royal Marines detachment that was posted to the Falkland Islands.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross.

Hunt told him that he would forgive the theft if Ewen Southby-Tailyour personally put the flag back from where he had taken it, so in this manner, he obliged.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour was retained by ABS Hovercraft as their amphibious and military adviser while learning to 'fly' hovercraft.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour has published 17 books on amphibious-related subjects and is a commercial yacht skipper and amateur, high latitude explorer.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour has written an historical novel of the Falklands that has been optioned for a full-length feature film.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour was a member and chairman of the World Ship Trust and a member of the National Maritime Historical Society and the Society for Nautical Research.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour is a member of the Society of Authors.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour has been a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron since 1970 and has twice been awarded an engraved Rolex watch for exploring in high latitudes as well as winning the Camrose Trophy.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour entered for the first nine, quadrennial Two Handed Round Britain and Ireland races and navigated six Fastnet races.

Ewen Southby-Tailyour sat on the Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat committee for ten years, was the South West area governor of the Ocean Youth Club, and was the South West area member of the cruising committee of the Royal Yachting Association.