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    45 RM Commando Operations around the Meuse Jan 1945
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 14
    • 7 min

    45 RM Commando Operations around the Meuse Jan 1945

    On the 14th January 1945 45 Commando under Command of Brigadier D Mills-Roberts DSO MC Irish Guards embarked at Tilbury Docks for...
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    Cyprus Emergency - Operation Foxhunter
    Si Biggs
    • Dec 4, 2021
    • 2 min

    Cyprus Emergency - Operation Foxhunter

    Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Cyprus Period/ Conflict: Cyprus Emergency Year: 1956 Date/s: 10th – 12th December 1956 In the early...
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    Withdrawal from Aden
    Si Biggs
    • Nov 29, 2021
    • 3 min

    Withdrawal from Aden

    Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Aden Period/ Conflict: Aden Emergency (1964 - 67) Year: 1967 Date/s: 29th November 1967 Withdrawal...
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    45 Cdo Royal Marines Formed in Burley Hampshire
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 31, 2021
    • 2 min

    45 Cdo Royal Marines Formed in Burley Hampshire

    Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Great Britian Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 1st August 1943 45 RM Commando was...
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    HMS Belfast to Victory the story of Ron Knight a Royal Marine on operations in Korea and Malaya
    Si Biggs
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    HMS Belfast to Victory the story of Ron Knight a Royal Marine on operations in Korea and Malaya

    Welcome to the Royal Marines a Geo History Podcast telling the oral histories of former Royal Marines. The aim is to provide more depth...
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    Attack on Belle Island
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    Attack on Belle Island

    1 Cdo Bde HQ War Diary Jan-Mar 1945 27 January 1945 Brachterbeek No change in weather. More snow showers. 2215 - 45 RM Cdo sent a...
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    Revolt in Tanganyika
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    Revolt in Tanganyika

    Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Taganyika Period/ Conflict: 1960's Year: 1964 Date/s: 25 January 1964 On the night of the 19/20...
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    Battle of Crater & Rescue of Downed Sioux - Aden 1967
    Si Biggs
    • Jun 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    Battle of Crater & Rescue of Downed Sioux - Aden 1967

    Battle of Crater Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Aden Period/ Conflict: Aden Emergency (1964 - 67) Year: 1967 Date/s: 20 June 1967...
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    Operation Widgeon - 46 & 45 Cdo RM Crossing the Rhine
    Simon Biggs
    • Mar 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    Operation Widgeon - 46 & 45 Cdo RM Crossing the Rhine

    Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Wesel Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: Friday, March 23, 1945 Operation...
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    Operation Diesel - Raid on Drugs Factories
    Simon Biggs
    • Feb 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Operation Diesel - Raid on Drugs Factories

    Operation Diesel Unit/ Formation: RM ASG Location: Helmand Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan (2001-) Date/s: 9th February 2009...
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    L/Cpl HE Harden VC (RAMC) - attached to 45 (Royal Marine) Commando - 23rd January 1945 - Netherlands
    Simon Biggs
    • Jan 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    L/Cpl HE Harden VC (RAMC) - attached to 45 (Royal Marine) Commando - 23rd January 1945 - Netherlands

    Henry Eric Harden VC (23 February 1912 – 23 January 1945), 32 years old. Harden was a lance corporal in the Royal Army Medical Corps...
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