Considered an essential piece of kit for every Marine, a wide variety of private-purchase and standard-issue knives were pressed into service in every theater of the war to tackle tasks ranging from ...

Finding an ink-free service member is infinitely more rare than the alternative, but that is a relatively new phenomenon.

The Queen has been given an engraved cling film holder as a birthday present on a visit to Devonport naval base, marking an inside joke between her and the crew of the nuclear sub HMS Astute.