Si Biggs
RM Gun Crew Killed Christmas Day 1940 in Surface Action with Admiral Hipper
On 25 December 1940, whilst part of the escort to convoy WS-5A, a troop convoy to the Middle East, Berwick was in a surface engagement...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min
The Dubai Incident
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Dubai Period/ Conflict: 20th Century Year: 1910 Date/s: 24th December 1910 The East Indian...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 16, 2020
- 2 min
Operation Red Dagger
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Nad-e-Ali Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan (2001-) Year: 2008 Date/s: 7 - 25th December 2008...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 8, 2020
- 1 min
Policing Sevastopol - Royal Australian Navy
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Sevastopol Period/ Conflict: Russian Intervention Year: 1918 Date/s: 8th December 1918 On 8...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 3, 2020
- 5 min
DayForce - Bougainville Campaign
Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Bougainville Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: Monday 18th December 1944 A...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
Taking of Lagos - War on the Slave Trade
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: West Africa Period/ Conflict: War on the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Year: 1851 Date/s: 26th -...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 12, 2020
- 3 min
Plymouth Argyll Royal Marines - Fall of Singapore
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Singapore Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: December 1941/ February 1942 On December 10th...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 31, 2019
- 1 min
Royal Marines in Action since December 1664! Happy New Year Royal! #RoyalMarines #RoyalMarinesHistor
Royal Marines in action since December 1664! Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Cadiz Period/ Conflict: Second Anglo Dutch...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 31, 2019
- 2 min
Loss of T Company - HMS Fidelity
Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Azores Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 30th December 1942 T-Company was formed...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 31, 2019
- 2 min
Royal Marines in Action around Aqaba
HMS Minerva was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. During December 1914 Minerva was stationed...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 30, 2019
- 4 min
HMS NATAL Sunk by Internal Explosion - 63 Royal Marines Lost
HMS Natal was a Warrior class Cruiser of 13,550 tons with a complement of 704 officers and men. She was launched at Barrow-in-Furness on...
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SImon Biggs
- Dec 30, 2019
- 2 min
63rd (Royal Naval) Division - Battle of Welsh Ridge
Battle of Welsh Ridge Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Villers Plouich Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s:...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 26, 2019
- 2 min
Sinking of the Scharnhorst boxing day 1943
On 20th December 1943 Convoy JW55B, comprising 19 merchant ships screened by 10 destroyers, was bound for Russia sailed on December 20th...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 25, 2019
- 1 min
RM Gun Crew Killed Christmas Day 1940 in Surface Action with Admiral Hipper
On 25 December 1940, whilst part of the escort to convoy WS-5A, a troop convoy to the Middle East, Berwick was in a surface engagement...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 18, 2019
- 3 min
HMS Neptune mined 1 survivor from 764
18th December 1941 HMS Neptune a Leander-class light cruiser with HM Cruisers AURORA, PENELOPE, HM Destroyers: KANDAHAR, LANCE, LIVELY...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 16, 2019
- 6 min
The Battle of the Bulge - Royal Marines in the Ardennes Offensive
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 13, 2019
- 9 min
Battle of the River Plate 13th December 1939
The Battle of the River Plate took place on December 13th 1939. The battle in the South Atlantic was the first major naval battle of...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 12, 2019
- 3 min
42 Commando Raid on Limbang - Hostage Rescue - 12th December 1962 #RoyalMarines
'I assess the most important factor in the success of the operation was first class leadership by junior NCOs. Their section battle craft...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 11, 2019
- 3 min
Maurice Pink, Dunkirk, Hunt for the Bismark, Sinking of Repulse, Escape from Singapore and Anzio
Maurice Pink, Royal Marines Bandsman, 13th May 1922 - 27th October 2019 He cheated death twice during the war, when his ships were sunk...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 10, 2019
- 5 min
All hands on deck. Prepare to abandon ship.” ....“God be with you."
Sinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales Royal Marines on HMS Repulse (http://www.nicholasbest.co.uk/tag/royal-marines/) Force Z...
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