Si BiggsApr 281 minRoyal Marines History in April Come and search April on the Royal Marines Geo Map and explore 57 Pins...at present the first from 1775, click the map to open and search...
Si BiggsApr 262 minSBS sail South on HMS ConquerorIn response to the invasion the British dispatched a Taskforce to recapture them under the codename Operation CORPORATE. Visibly the...
Si BiggsApr 251 minSoldiers of the SeaThe quick march 'Soldiers of the Sea' was composed by Vivian Dunn and written for HMS Bulwark, the Royal Navy's first Commando Carrier in...
Si BiggsApr 251 minIn Our Own Words - 42 Commando in the Falklands WarThirty eight former members of Lima Company Group, 42 Commando Royal Marines as well as four others having connections with Lima Company,...
Si BiggsApr 208 minEaster Sunday 1943 - Loss of 2 LCG's and 70 Marines off WalesOn Easter Sunday 1943 (25 April), gale force winds and wild seas were lashing at the coast. Close to land, among the giant breakers and...
Si BiggsApr 202 minYangtse River Incident 1949April-July 1949 HMS Amethyst sailed from Shanghai on 19th April to relieve HMS Consort at Nanking. Fired at on 20th at around 0900, 60...
Si BiggsApr 183 minThe first Shots of the Revolutionary War - Lexington GreenUnit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: North America Period/ Conflict: American Revolutionary War (1775–83) Year: Date/s:...
Si BiggsApr 162 minThe Battle of San JuanUnit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: San Juan Period/ Conflict: Year: 1797 Date/s: 17th April 1797 The Battle of San Juan was an...
Si BiggsApr 132 minOperation Valentine - Occupation of the Faroe IslandsUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Faroe Islands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 13th April 1940 Occupation of...
Si BiggsApr 101 minLancashire Landing CemeteryUnit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Gallipoli peninsula Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: April 1915 - January 1916 84...
Si BiggsApr 93 minHMS Hermes Sunk by Dive BombersAfter the raid on Colombo by the Japanese aircraft carriers on 5 April, known as the Easter Sunday Raid, Hermes and Vampire were sent to...
Si BiggsApr 46 minSinking of the Cornwall & Dorsetshire 45 Royal Marines LostOn 2 April, Cornwall and her half sister, Dorsetshire, were detached from the fleet, Dorsetshire to resume an interrupted refit and...
Si BiggsApr 43 minMajor AJ Wright - Flying Shark TeethSeafire Mk.IIC, MB218/S-A, pilot Major AJ. Wright, RM, No. 809 NAS, HMS Unicorn, September 1943. MB218 was produced by Supermarine. It...
Si BiggsApr 32 minBoarding and Capture of 7 Merchants under the Spanish Guns Blockade duties around Cadiz were still being carried out by the Royal Navy over two years since Trafalgar. The intention was the same as...
Si BiggsApr 33 minMajor Frederick William Lumsden RMA - VCUnit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 4 April 1917 Brigadier General...
Si BiggsMar 1418 min539 ASRM - A Genesis539 ASRM (Assault Squadron Royal Marines) now 539 Raiding Squadron is a unique unit, for those of us that were privileged to have served...
Si BiggsMar 123 min47 Commando - Final Operations in HollandUnit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: The Netherlands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 12 March - 7 April 1945 On the 12...
Si BiggsApr 23, 20211 minCaptain Edward Banford RMLI - Victoria Cross - ZeebruggeUnit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 23 April 1918 Bamford was 30 years...
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 BiggsApr 30, 20202 min42 Cdo run 2 COVID Testing Centres Royal Marines have helped key workers in the South-West test for coronavirus as they ran two mobile centres. Personnel from 42 Commando...