Derek Oakley Literary Award
In 1969 a proposition was made to the AGM to offer a literary award, which was approved in 1970.
In 1971 W E Davey was recommended for the first award. In 2020 it was renamed the Derek Oakley Literary Award
1972 W E Davey ‘Colour Sergeants of RMA’
1973 A J Perrett "Wager & Hermione Mutinies"
1974 J Le P Avenell "History of Ascension Island"
1975 No Award
1976 A J Perrett “Training Group - Wales"
1977 J Le P Avenell "Founding Fathers"
1978 W E Davey "Hail and Farewell" SP 1
1979 John Trendell "Operation Music Maker"
The Literary Award was re-designated The Society Award
1980 Mrs M C Green Services to the Museum
1981 James Ladd "History of the Royal Marines 1919-1980"
1982 A E Marsh "The Flying Marines"
1983 No Award
1984 D A Oakley The Globe & Laurel Falklands War Issues
1985 No Award
1986 J H A. Thompson "No Picnic"
1987 J A Good "Bid Them Rest in Peace"
1988/89 D A Oakley & P C Smith “RM Pictorial History"
1990 No Award
1991 G C Perkins Services to RMHS West Country Meetings
1992 J A Good "With Full and Grateful Hearts"
The Society Award reverted to The Literary Award
1993 J C Beadle "The Light Blue Lanyard"
1994 No Award
1995 D F Bittner Outstanding RM historical research
1996 E N Cude Many Sheet Anchor articles of quality
1997 Raymond Mitchell "They did what was asked of them"
1998 S S Richardson "The Royal Marines and Hong Kong" SP 19
1999 B L Edwards "Marines from the Medway" SP 20
2000 D A Oakley "Fiddler on the March"
2001 J H A Thompson "The Royal Marines"
2002 A J Donald "The Story of Colours in the Royal Marines" SP 23
2003 Richard Brooks “The Royal Marines – 1664 to the Present”
2004 John Ambler “Royal Marines Band Service” SP 28
2005 J Forfar “From Omaha to the Scheldt,
B Ashby “Unscathed, Escape from Sierra Leone”
2006 B J Edwards “Formative Years 1803 - 1806” SP 31
2007 Ian Gardiner “In the Service of the Sultan”
2008 Tony Lawrence “The Dar Mutiny”
2009 Richard Hutchings “Special Forces Pilot”
2010 Mark Ormrod “Man Down”
2011 Ewen Tailyour, Ian Grant “Nothing Impossible – Portrait of Royal Marines
Mark Bentinck, Ed Parks over 350 years”
2012 Ian Gardiner “Yompers – with 45 Commando in Falklands”
2013 Alexander Craig “Rockets, Bombs & Bayonets – US War of 1812”
Paddy Ashdown “A Brilliant Little Operation – Op Frankton”
2014 Eileen Chanin “Limbang Rebellion – 7 Days in December 1962”
2015 Mr and Mrs R Sheen Composition of the RM350 Beating Retreat Programme
2016 Dr Britt Zerbe “The Birth of the Royal Marines 1664 – 1802”
The Askin family “A Marine at Gallipoli and on the Western Front - Diary of Harry Askin”
2017 Mr Chipp Reid ‘The Lion in the Bay – The British invasion of the Chesapeake’
2018 Lt Col Don Bittner USMCR (ret) ‘A Soldier Gone to Sea’
Keith Taylor ‘Waist High Cornfield’
2019 John Ambler ‘World War 1 Remembered - Royal Marine Buglers & Musicians at War’
Major Mike Norman & Michael Jones ‘The Falklands War - There and Back Again’
2020 Colonel Robert Wilsey For his numerous articles for the RMHS ‘Sheet Anchor’
2021 Lt Col (retd) George Gelder RM ‘116 Infantry Brigade in NW Europe 1945’
2022 Brig Nick Pounds ‘A Small Cog - Montfortebeek Flight in the Falklands War’
Brian Short ‘The Band That Went To War’