The Battle of the Falklands 8th December 1914
The Royal Navy’s spectacular retribution on 8th December 1914 in the First World War, for the sinking of Admiral Cradock’s two ships, HMS...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 7, 2019
- 4 min
Operation Frankton - The Cockleshell Heroes
Combined Operations commander Admiral Louis Mountbatten regarded it as “the most courageous and imaginative of all the raids ever carried...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 7, 2019
- 2 min
Attack on Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, using bombers, torpedo bombers...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- Dec 7, 2019
- 4 min
The First Shots Fired Against the Japanese - HMS Petrel - Occupied Shanghai 1941
The British serviceman who first fired on Japanese forces during World War Two. Mail Online (12 October 2009) Jim Mariner was on board...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 4, 2019
- 2 min
24 Royal Marine Cadets Killed - Gillingham/ Chatham Bus Tragedy
Marching at the side of the road in full uniform were 52 members of the Chatham Royal Marine Cadet Corps, aged between 9 and 13 a bus...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 1, 2019
- 3 min
First attack by Long Range Desert Group 1st December 1940
The Long Range Desert Group were formed in the autumn of 1940, successors to the much smaller Long Range Patrol. They were intended as a...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 22, 2018
- 2 min
Royal Marines Search for Survivors of the Lakonia Disaster 1963
Royal Marines Bandsman from HMS Centaur search for survivors from the Lakonia Disater which caught fire and sank north of Madeira on 22...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- Dec 13, 2018
- 5 min
Battle of the River Plate - Royal Marines HMS Exeter B Turret - HMS Ajax X Turret
During the Battle of the River Plate 15 Marines lost their lives mostly manning turrets, HMS Exeter 10 Marines killed, HMS Ajax 5 Marines...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 12, 2018
- 7 min
41 Commando - Chosin Reservoir Korea November/ December 1950 - Task Force Drysdale #RoyalMarines
'As Commanding General of the First Marine Division, I desire to take this opportunity to acknowledge the high qualities of leadership,...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 12, 2018
- 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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