The Marines played a major role in the capture of this island, from the first amphibious landing, and through all subsequent fighting....

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1802 Date/s: 29th April 1802 In 1802, largely at...

Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 23 April 1918 Finch was 27 years...

1st - 8th November 1944 Operation Infatuate - The Battle of Walcheren. Support Squadron Eastern Flank left from Poole on 28th October...

1st - 8th November 1944 Operation Infatuate - The Battle of Walcheren. The operation was part of the wider Battle of the Scheldt and...

Formed in the reign of King Charles II on October 28, 1664 as the Duke of York and Albany’s Maritime Regiment of Foot (or Admiral’s...

Royal Marines Museum Collection (Unknown Artist) Charles William Adair (Captain Royal Marines) On joining HMS VICTORY Adair, Charles...

Lord Nelson's victory over the combined fleets at Trafalgar, the most decisive sea battle in British history. Ninety-three officers and...

On July 24, the allied fleet arrived outside Gibraltar. In all, Rooke commanded 16 English ships under Byng and six Dutch ships under...

The Marines played a major role in the capture of this island, from the first amphibious landing, and through all subsequent fighting....

17 June 1775: During the night of 16-17 June, the American rebels, tightening their grip on Boston, occupied and entrenched Breed’s Hill,...

The British Task Force started to land at San Carlos Bay on May 21st 1982 after receiving approval from London, under command of ...

Gallipoli - 28 April 1915 Marines were involved in both the initial, unopposed, landings on the peninsula and the subsequent amphibious...

Mounted by two thousand men of the 4th Battalion Royal Marines and Royal Navy under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes. The...

Lord Nelson's victory over the combined fleets at Trafalgar, the most decisive sea battle in British history. Ninety-three officers and...

On July 24, the allied fleet arrived outside Gibraltar. In all, Rooke commanded 16 English ships under Byng and six Dutch ships under...

Mounted by two thousand men of the 4th Battalion Royal Marines and Royal Navy under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes. The...

'I never knew an appeal made to them for honor, courage, or loyalty that they did not more than realize my highest expectations. If ever...

1st - 8th November 1944 Operation Infatuate - The Battle of Walcheren. Operation Infatuate was the code name given to an Anglo-Canadian...

On the 28th October 2014, the Royal Marines celebrated their 350th birthday year. From fighting on the decks and in the mastheads at the...