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Si Biggs
- Nov 23
- 2 min
Loss of HMS Dunedin - 55 Royal Marines Lost
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: South Atlantic Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: 24 November 1941 Light cruiser HMS...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 20
- 2 min
40 CDO - Capture of Navy House - Musketeer
Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Port Said Period/ Conflict: Suez Crisis Year: 1956 Date/s: 6th November 1956 At dawn on 6 November...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 20
- 2 min
45 CDO - The world's first heli-borne assault - Musketeer
Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Egypt Period/ Conflict: Suez Crisis Year: 1956 Date/s: 5 November 1956 Operation Musketeer (French:...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 16
- 1 min
King George II - Proclamation to raise 6 Marine Regiments
Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: 1700's Year: 1739 Date/s: 16 November 1739 In his address to...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 16
- 2 min
Formation of 41 CDO RM
No 41 CDO Royal Marines was brought into being at Llanion Barracks, Pembroke Dock on 7th October 1942. Formed of volunteers primarily...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 15
- 4 min
Attack on Milos Freya Radar Station
Haddock Troop, was a contingent of Royal Marines on 'special assignment', led by Captain Arnold Bell it consisted of two sergeants, four...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 14
- 1 min
SBS seize Bagram Air Base
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Bagram Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan (2001-) Year: 2001 Date/s: 15 November 2001 During the US-led...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 8
- 1 min
Lt H.M. Day RMLI - Albert Medal
On 9th November 1918 H.M.S. Britannia which had been patrolling on the routes west of Gibraltar when passing Cape Trafalgar was torpedoed...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 8
- 2 min
Royal Marine Artillery who served in the Anglo-Egyptian War
Photograph of soldiers from the Royal Marine Artillery who served in the Anglo-Egyptian War. Standing in front of a mounted gun from left...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 8
- 1 min
Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Bergen-op-Zoom Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 1 - 8th November 1944 ...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 7
- 2 min
LVT 'Conquerer' Destroyed by Booby Trap in Serooskerke
Unit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Serooskerke Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 8 November 1944 A patrol from 48RM...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 7
- 1 min
Honour Guard for Kaiser Wilhelm II
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Portsmouth Period/ Conflict: Year: 1907 Date/s: November 1907 Kaiser Wilhelm II arriving at...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 7
- 2 min
41 CDO Mortared in the Dunes
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 7 November 1944 Two Nebelwerfer north of...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 5
- 2 min
41CDO RM - Attack on W18 - Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 5 November 1944 W18 was situated in the...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 4
- 1 min
Hunting midget submarines and explosive motorboats
Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Schouwen Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: November 1944 LCS(M) of Force...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 4
- 7 min
SSEF - Landing Craft Support Squadron - Op Infatuate - Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 01 November 1944 LCH 269 now...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 4
- 2 min
Sinking of LCF 37 - Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 01 November 1944 Landing Craft...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 2
- 1 min
Battle of Tanga
Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: Tanga Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 3 November 1914 The Battle of Tanga, sometimes...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 2
- 1 min
Neutralizing W17 battery - Operation Infatuate
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Westkapelle Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 1 November 1944 In the mid-afternoon,...
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