Si BiggsJan 147 min45 RM Commando Operations around the Meuse Jan 1945On the 14th January 1945 45 Commando under Command of Brigadier D Mills-Roberts DSO MC Irish Guards embarked at Tilbury Docks for...
Si BiggsDec 4, 20212 minCyprus Emergency - Operation FoxhunterUnit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Cyprus Period/ Conflict: Cyprus Emergency Year: 1956 Date/s: 10th – 12th December 1956 In the early...
Si BiggsNov 29, 20213 minWithdrawal from AdenUnit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Aden Period/ Conflict: Aden Emergency (1964 - 67) Year: 1967 Date/s: 29th November 1967 Withdrawal...
Si BiggsJul 31, 20212 min45 Cdo Royal Marines Formed in Burley HampshireUnit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Great Britian Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 1st August 1943 45 RM Commando was...
Si BiggsMar 22, 20211 minHMS Belfast to Victory the story of Ron Knight a Royal Marine on operations in Korea and MalayaWelcome to the Royal Marines a Geo History Podcast telling the oral histories of former Royal Marines. The aim is to provide more depth...
Si BiggsJan 27, 20211 minAttack on Belle Island1 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...
Si BiggsJan 25, 20211 minRevolt in TanganyikaUnit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Taganyika Period/ Conflict: 1960's Year: 1964 Date/s: 25 January 1964 On the night of the 19/20...
Si BiggsJun 19, 20202 minBattle of Crater & Rescue of Downed Sioux - Aden 1967Battle of Crater Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Aden Period/ Conflict: Aden Emergency (1964 - 67) Year: 1967 Date/s: 20 June 1967...
Simon BiggsMar 23, 20203 minOperation Widgeon - 46 & 45 Cdo RM Crossing the RhineUnit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Wesel Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: Friday, March 23, 1945 Operation...
Simon BiggsFeb 9, 20202 minOperation Diesel - Raid on Drugs FactoriesOperation Diesel Unit/ Formation: RM ASG Location: Helmand Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan (2001-) Date/s: 9th February 2009...
Simon BiggsJan 23, 20202 minL/Cpl HE Harden VC (RAMC) - attached to 45 (Royal Marine) Commando - 23rd January 1945 - NetherlandsHenry Eric Harden VC (23 February 1912 – 23 January 1945), 32 years old. Harden was a lance corporal in the Royal Army Medical Corps...