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    Belgrade War Cemetery, Serbia
    Si Biggs
    • Mar 30
    • 6 min

    Belgrade War Cemetery, Serbia

    Belgrade War Cemetery was created to receive the remains of British and Commonwealth casualties brought in from more than sixty small...
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    Operation Endowment - 43 Commando Royal Marines
    Si Biggs
    • Mar 23
    • 5 min

    Operation Endowment - 43 Commando Royal Marines

    Unit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Yugoslavia Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 22 March 1944 On the 22nd – 23rd March...
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    Operation Shingle - Anzio Landings
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 22
    • 2 min

    Operation Shingle - Anzio Landings

    Unit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 22 January 1944 The Battle of Anzio was a...
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    43 Commando - Landing at Dubrovnik
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 2 min

    43 Commando - Landing at Dubrovnik

    Unit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Yugoslavia Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 29th October 1944 Floydforce was the...
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    Formation of 43 Cdo Royal Marines
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 31, 2021
    • 1 min

    Formation of 43 Cdo Royal Marines

    nit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 1st August 1943 43 Commando was formed on 1st...
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    Operation Flounced - Yugoslavia
    Si Biggs
    • May 17, 2021
    • 5 min

    Operation Flounced - Yugoslavia

    This was a British Commando and Yugoslav partisan attack on Brac island in the Adriatic Sea off the Dalmatian coast of German-occupied...
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    Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter RM - Victoria Cross
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter RM - Victoria Cross

    Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 9 April 1945 Hunter was 21 years old,...
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    Operation Farrier - Yugoslavia
    Si Biggs
    • May 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Operation Farrier - Yugoslavia

    Operation Farrier was a British special forces raid on Mljet island off the coast of German-occupied Yugoslavia (22/24 May 1944). After...
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    Operation Roast - Lake Commachio
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    Operation Roast - Lake Commachio

    Unit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 2 - 18th April 1944 It was shortly...
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    The Battle of Monte Ornito and it peaks - 43 Cdo RM - 9 Cdo
    Simon Biggs
    • Feb 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Battle of Monte Ornito and it peaks - 43 Cdo RM - 9 Cdo

    After the Anzio landings the Commandos of 2 SS Brigade were placed in reserve before returning to Naples on an LST (Landing Ship Tank),...
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