D Day Royal Marines Live Stream
Earlier this month in teh 80th Year of DDay I was delighted to be asked to conduct a live stream with Paul Woodage who runs the very...
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Si Biggs
Jul 234 min read
A Royal Marines Sniper Pair Normandy
Royal Marines have been wearing a crossed rifles badge to show competence as a marksman since at least 1893! Royal Marine Snipers during...
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Si Biggs
Jul 74 min read
45 Cdo Recce of Merville
The securing the bridges the Brigade's objectives were to hold the high ground in the area of Hauger, Le Plein and Amfreville, providing...
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Si Biggs
Jun 62 min read
45 CDO D Day Sword Beach
Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 6 June 1944 On 5th June, 1944, 45 Commando...
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Si Biggs
Nov 20, 20232 min read
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
Jun 6, 20234 min read
45 Cdo Royal Marines - D Day
Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 6 June 1944 On the afternoon of the 5th...
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Si Biggs
Jun 6, 20232 min read
Linking up with the Paras on the Orne Bridgehead
News was now received that the Brigade was to come under command of the Sixth Airborne Division, and that the 5th Parachute Brigade had...
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Si Biggs
Jun 6, 20232 min read
D DAY Royal Marines
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 6 June 1944 D Day was the largest...
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Si Biggs
Mar 23, 20237 min read
Operation Widgeon - 'Never in the history of human warfare have so many guns supported so few men'
Battle Prep The sun blazed down on the seemingly placid waters of the ever-present smoke-screen Lieutenant-General Ritchie, the Rhine on...
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Si Biggs
Mar 20, 20233 min read
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
Dec 13, 20222 min read
Royal Marines - Operations in Ukraine
Royal Marines Commandos supported "discreet operations" when deployed to Ukraine earlier this year, a former head of the Marines has...
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Si Biggs
Jun 30, 20225 min read
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
Jan 14, 20227 min read
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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Si Biggs
Dec 4, 20212 min read
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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Si Biggs
Nov 29, 20213 min read
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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Si Biggs
Aug 1, 20212 min read
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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Si Biggs
Mar 22, 20211 min read
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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Si Biggs
Jan 28, 20211 min read
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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Si Biggs
Jan 25, 20211 min read
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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Si Biggs
Jun 20, 20202 min read
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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