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Royal Marines - Operation Telic
Starting on 20th March 2003, 40 and 42 Commando moved into Southern Iraq to secure the oil fields and prevent Saddam from setting them on...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 11, 2022
- 5 min
Re-occupation of Hong Kong
Unit/ Formation: 44 Cdo RM Location: Hong Kong Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 11 September 1945 Admiral Harcourt’s...
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Si Biggs
- Jun 29, 2022
- 5 min
The Battle for the Falklands - 40 Years On (Pt 2; June 1982)
3 Commando Brigade forward base established at Teal Inlet 1st June 1982 In preparation for major engagements, 42, 45 Commandos and 3 Para...
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Si Biggs
- Jun 12, 2022
- 4 min
Tumbledown, Wireless Ridge, & Sapper Hill
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Mount Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 13–14...
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Si Biggs
- May 30, 2022
- 3 min
Mount Kent is captured by SAS and 42 Cdo RM
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Falkland Islands Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 30 May 1982 The job of...
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Si Biggs
- May 23, 2022
- 1 min
In My Own Words - Podcast
In My Own Words - In Our Own Words In the first section of this podcast In My Own Words Tony Sicklemore tells of his experiences with 42...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 25, 2022
- 1 min
In Our Own Words - 42 Commando in the Falklands War
Thirty eight former members of Lima Company Group, 42 Commando Royal Marines as well as four others having connections with Lima Company,...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 9, 2021
- 2 min
Independence of the New Hebrides “Coconut War” with France
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: South Pacific Ocean Period/ Conflict: 20th Century Year: 1980 Date/s: July 1980 The Coconut War...
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Si Biggs
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
Apache Rescue
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Jugroom Fort Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan (2001-) Year: 2007 Date/s: 15th January 2007 On...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 11, 2020
- 3 min
Royal Marines in Borneo - 1962 - 1966
Indonesian Confrontation Between 1963 and 1966, British Commonwealth forces fought against Indonesia in a conflict that focused on the...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 25, 2020
- 4 min
Operation Paraquet - Recapture of South Georgia
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: South Georgia Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 25 April 1982 South Georgia ...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 5, 2020
- 1 min
The Battle of Basra
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Iraq Period/ Conflict: Iraq War (2003 - 2009) Year: 2003 Date/s: 6 April 2003 42 Commando...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- Jun 12, 2019
- 3 min
Battle for the Falklands - The Battle for Mount Harriet - 42 Cdo RM - 11/12 June 1982
Following K Coy's helicopter flight forward on to Mount Kent over the night of Sunday 30th May to join D Sqn SAS, the rest of 42 Cdo...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 12, 2018
- 3 min
42 Commando Raid on Limbang - Hostage Rescue - 12th December 1962 #RoyalMarines
'I assess the most important factor in the success of the operation was first class leadership by junior NCOs. Their section battle craft...
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