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1943(Aug 27) Airgraph from Stockport, Cheshire to Po X 106176 Marine Martin Nelson, R.M. 6D Force Overt, c/o F.M.O. Colombo, Ceylon…..With the rapid advance of the Japanese & the fall of Malaya & Singapore British authorities were concerned with regard to the Indian Ocean the result being that Royal Marines Force Ouvert was formed during 1942 to protect the key islands within the Indian Ocean.