Si BiggsMar 306 minBelgrade War Cemetery, SerbiaBelgrade War Cemetery was created to receive the remains of British and Commonwealth casualties brought in from more than sixty small...
Si BiggsMar 235 minOperation Endowment - 43 Commando Royal MarinesUnit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Yugoslavia Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 22 March 1944 On the 22nd – 23rd March...
Si BiggsJan 222 minOperation Shingle - Anzio LandingsUnit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 22 January 1944 The Battle of Anzio was a...
Si BiggsOct 29, 20212 min43 Commando - Landing at DubrovnikUnit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Yugoslavia Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 29th October 1944 Floydforce was the...
Si BiggsJul 31, 20211 minFormation of 43 Cdo Royal Marinesnit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 1st August 1943 43 Commando was formed on 1st...
Si BiggsMay 17, 20215 minOperation Flounced - YugoslaviaThis was a British Commando and Yugoslav partisan attack on Brac island in the Adriatic Sea off the Dalmatian coast of German-occupied...
Si BiggsApr 1, 20213 minCorporal Thomas Peck Hunter RM - Victoria CrossUnit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 9 April 1945 Hunter was 21 years old,...
Si BiggsMay 30, 20202 minOperation Farrier - YugoslaviaOperation Farrier was a British special forces raid on Mljet island off the coast of German-occupied Yugoslavia (22/24 May 1944). After...
Si BiggsApr 1, 20203 minOperation Roast - Lake CommachioUnit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 2 - 18th April 1944 It was shortly...
Simon BiggsFeb 2, 20203 minThe Battle of Monte Ornito and it peaks - 43 Cdo RM - 9 CdoAfter the Anzio landings the Commandos of 2 SS Brigade were placed in reserve before returning to Naples on an LST (Landing Ship Tank),...