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Sinking of LCT(A) 2428 5th June 1944
U nit/ Formation: RM ASG Location: Off Solent Water Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 5 June 1944 On the night of the...

Si Biggs
Jun 3, 20242 min read


48 Commando Supported by RM Tanks D Day 80
Unit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Langrune Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 6th June 1944 1820 - On returning to Cdo...

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Feb 16, 20242 min read


Captain Raymond McMahon Winter - D Day with the Royal Marines Amoured Support Group
Capt R.M. Winter commanded 4 Bty, 2nd R.M. Aroured Support Regiment. Landing on D Day in a Sherman Command Tank. A Journey Through War:...

Si Biggs
Jul 8, 20237 min read


Joseph Kelsey - 5th RM (Independent) Armoured Support Battery
1st January 2019 Key Military (Originally published in Britain At War) D-Day veteran Joseph Kelsey talks to Melody Foreman about the...

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Jul 31, 202210 min read


Crossing the Helmand - Loss of Marine Dale Gostick
Unit/ Formation: RM ASG Location: Musa Qala Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan Year: 2008 Date/s: 25th May 2008. While returning to...

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Jul 13, 20222 min read


Royal Marines Armoured Support Group D Day
Unit/ Formation: RM ASG Location: Merley House Camp Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 6th June 1944 RM Armoured Support Craft Group was formed on 14 March 1944, this Group would command the two RM Armoured Support Regiments and an RM Independent Battery of Centaur tanks. It was commanded by Brig D. C. W. Sanders, OBE, AFC, who had been CRA of the RM Division. He was killed when this HQ was in Normandy in June 1944 and succeeded by the second–in–command Col

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Jun 14, 202012 min read


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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Feb 9, 20202 min read
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