Haste to  the Battle A Marine Commando at War 

 by J. L. Moulton

Major-General J. L. Moulton retired from the Royal Marines in 1961 after thirty-seven years' service, which included service at sea with the Royal Navy, five years as a pilot with the Fleet Air Arm, a wartime secondment to the Army, and the command of Commando brigades in war and peace. His last appointment was, appropriately, that of Chief of Amphibious Warfare. Of these years, the one of which he has the most vivid memories is that as Commanding Officer of 48 Royal Marine Commando in Normandy and in Holland from 1944 to 1945. He describes this period in Haste to the Battle.