Si BiggsAug 26, 20212 minBombardment of Algiers - Fighting SlaveryUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Algiers Period/ Conflict: Slave Wars Year: 1816 Date/s: Sunday 27th August 1816 The bombardment...
Si BiggsAug 21, 20212 minLandings on Long IslandUnit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: North America Period/ Conflict: American Revolutionary War (1775–83) Year: 1776...
Si BiggsAug 19, 20214 minOperation Jubilee - Amphibious Raid on Dieppe - 19th August 1942The Dieppe Raid, Operation Jubilee, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe during the Second World War. The raid took...
Si BiggsAug 17, 20212 minRoyal Marines Light Infantry - RMLI Action's in North RussiaUnit/ Formation: RMLI Location: Medvezhjya Gora Period/ Conflict: Year: 1919 Date/s: 17th August 1919 The 6th Battalion RM in action...
Si BiggsAug 15, 20211 minVJ Day - Victory over Japan - Royal Marines in SE Asia & the PacificOn August 6 and 9, 1945, the Allies dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. On August 9, the Soviet Union declared...
Si BiggsAug 11, 20212 minHMS Nigeria TorpedoedUnit/ Formation: RM Band Service Location: Mediterranean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 12th August 1942 On 12 August...
Si BiggsAug 11, 20211 minLandings at Jounieh with 1,500 Turks and MarinesUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Lebanon Period/ Conflict: Egyptian–Ottoman War Year: 1840 Date/s: 11 August 1840 In June...
Si BiggsAug 7, 20211 minHolmes's BonfireUnit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Netherlands Period/ Conflict: Second Anglo Dutch War Year: 1666 Date/s: Sunday 8th August...
Si BiggsJul 31, 20211 minFormation of 43 Cdo Royal Marinesnit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 1st August 1943 43 Commando was formed on 1st...
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 BiggsAug 31, 202010 minA Brief History of 44 Royal Marine Commando at The Battle of Hill 170Kindly written for RoyalMarinesHistory.com by Lucy Betteridge-Dyson www.ohwhataladylikewar.com @LMBD1418 Following the Battles of Kohima...
Si BiggsAug 30, 20201 minLiberation of ToutainvilleUnit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 26 August 1944 On 24 August Y Troop...
Si BiggsAug 27, 20202 minMurder of Lord MountbatttenUnit/ Formation: RM People Location: Mullaghmore Period/ Conflict: The Troubles Year: 1979 Date/s: 27 August 1979 Murder of the Colonel...
Si BiggsAug 23, 20201 minBattle of Bladensburg, Burning of Washington, USMC Commandant's HouseUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: North America Period/ Conflict: War of 1812 Year: 1814 Date/s: 24 August 1814 A British force of...
Si BiggsAug 12, 20203 minThe Battle for Hong Kong and the Lisbon Maru Massacre - Royal Marines Roll of HonourThe Battle for Hong Kong Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Hong Kong Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: 8–25...
Si BiggsAug 6, 20202 minPortland Royal Naval Cemetery - Remembering Royal Marines who gave their lives2 Royal Marines, killed in France during WW2 and more recently Afghanistan, lay at Portland Royal Naval Cemetery; WRIGHT, James Robert...
Si BiggsAug 3, 20201 minAttacks on invasion barges at RotterdamUnit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: Calais and Rotterdam Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 04/08/1940 Timothy Armstrong...
Simon BiggsAug 27, 20193 minMurder of Lord Mountbatten, Colonel Commandant of the Royal MarinesMurder of the Colonel Commandant of the Royal Marines, Admiral of the Fleet, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG GCB OM GCSI GCIE GCVO DSO...
Simon BiggsAug 26, 20192 minThe Atlantic Memorial CampaignHRH The Princess Royal becomes Patron of Battle of the Atlantic Memorial campaign The charity behind the campaign to build the UK’s...
Simon 'Peters' BiggsAug 19, 20194 minOperation Jubilee - Amphibious Raid on Dieppe - 19th August 1942The Dieppe Raid, Operation Jubilee, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe during the Second World War. The raid took...