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

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

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 Regiment), the name Marin...

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

Lord Nelson's victory over the combined fleets at Trafalgar, the most decisive sea battle in British history. Ninety-three officers and 2610 other ranks of t...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord Nelson's victory over the combined fleets at Trafalgar, the most decisive sea battle in British history. Ninety-three officers and 2610 other ranks of t...

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

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

'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 the hour of real dan...

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

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