Si Biggs9 hours ago1 minIn My Own Words - PodcastIn My Own Words - In Our Own Words In the first section of this podcast In My Own Words Tony Sicklemore tells of his experiences with 42...
Si BiggsMay 94 minSBS - The first air-to-ship storming of a hostile vessel in military historyUnit/ Formation: SBS Location: Falkland Islands Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 9 May 1982 Her Majesty's...
Si BiggsApr 251 minIn Our Own Words - 42 Commando in the Falklands WarThirty eight former members of Lima Company Group, 42 Commando Royal Marines as well as four others having connections with Lima Company,...
Si BiggsApr 111 minRM Band Service - SS Uganda - Falklands WarUnit/ Formation: RM Band Service Location: Falkland Islands Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 12th May 1982 Royal...
Si BiggsDec 31, 20211 minMike Samuelson a Royal Marines Officer; 40 decades of War and Peace (Keeping) Pt1 Please listen to my latest podcast, and interview with Mike Samuelson. Mike Samuelson a Royal Marines Officer: Lympstone to N Iraq via...
Si BiggsJun 10, 20213 minBattle for the Falklands - The Battle for Mount Harriet - 42 Cdo RM - 11/12 June 1982Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: The Falkland Islands Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 11 - 12 June 1982...
Si BiggsJun 8, 20211 minThe Loss of Royal Marines Landing Craft - LCU F4 - Falklands 8th June 1982Image F4 conducting a work up exercise in English Bay Ascension Island With the British Army’s 5 Brigade separated from their vital...
Si BiggsJun 1, 20212 minSgt Kiwi Hunt SBS MemorialHUNT, Ian Nicholas Rank: Sergeant Regiment/Corps: Royal Marines Number: P030085W Born: Tuesday, December 1, 1953 Died : Wednesday, June...
Si BiggsMay 27, 20213 minBattle for the Falklands - Double DFC's at Goose Green - 28th May 1982On Friday 28th May 1982, the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment was engaged in fierce fighting to take enemy positions in the area...
Si BiggsMay 26, 20212 minNGS in Fox Bay - SBS and 148 Bty Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Knob Island, Fox Bay Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 26 May 1982 SBS Operations -...
Si BiggsMay 21, 20212 minBattle for the Falklands - Landing at San Carlos - 21 May 1982The British Task Force started to land at San Carlos Bay on May 21st 1982 after receiving approval from London, under command of ...
Si BiggsMay 19, 20212 minSBS Operations - East Falklands - Fanning HeadUnit/ Formation: SBS Location: Falkland Islands Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 20/ 21 May 1982 Of concern to the...
Si BiggsJun 14, 20201 min40 Cdo Accept the Surrender at Port Howard and Mine ClearanceIn 1982, following the Argentinean invasion of the Falkland Islands, 40 Commando deployed on Operation Corporate as part of 3 Cdo Bde. On...
Si BiggsMay 31, 20202 minBattle for the Falklands - The Skirmish at Top Malo House - 31 May 1982The Skirmish at Top Malo House was fought on 31 May 1982 during the Falklands War, between 1st Assault Section Argentine Special Forces...
Si BiggsMay 26, 20202 minNGS in Fox Bay - SBS and 148 Bty Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Knob Island, Fox Bay Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 26 May 1982 SBS Operations -...
Si BiggsMay 21, 20202 minLoss of 2 Gazelle and 3 crew from 3 BAS - San Carlos Water3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron Royal Marines (3 BAS) deployed six Scout and nine Gazelle helicopters to the Falklands, commanded by...
Si BiggsApr 25, 20204 minOperation Paraquet - Recapture of South GeorgiaUnit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: South Georgia Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 25 April 1982 South Georgia ...
SImon BiggsOct 23, 20197 minSAS Raid on Cortley Ridge - Supported by SBS and 1st Raiding SquadronCedric Delves commanded D Squadron, 22 SAS, in the Falklands. As the campaign to retake the islands reached its climax in June 1982, with...
Si BiggsJun 14, 20192 minArgentine surrender in the Falklands War - The Surrender DocumentAt 2100 hours on 14 June 1982, the commander of the Argentine garrison in Stanley, General Mario Menéndez, surrendered to the Major...
Simon 'Peters' BiggsJun 12, 20193 minBattle for the Falklands - The Battle for Mount Harriet - 42 Cdo RM - 11/12 June 1982Following K Coy's helicopter flight forward on to Mount Kent over the night of Sunday 30th May to join D Sqn SAS, the rest of 42 Cdo...