"...Something from the mists of memory about the Radetzky March - Isn't there some link between this piece of music and Mountbatten and the Royal Marines..."


Teribus,

I think you may be confusing the Radetsky March with the Preberjenski (sp?) March, which Mountbatten used as a 'personal' march (permission to do this came from his Uncle Nicky<1>) - The Preberjenski was the 'theme tune' for the TV series on Mountbatten in the 1960s.
I'm not sure what the Royal Marine link might be, although both tune are undoubtedly in the RM Band repetoire

Best Wishes

Walrus


<1> Tsar Nicolas II