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Senior Royal Marines officers swap general staff Army cap badges for new woven version
bfbs Forces News Commandant General @RoyalMarines , Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins KCB OBE RM, visits members of the Surveillance Reconnaissance...

Si Biggs
Feb 272 min read
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Brass River Expedition - 1895
1895 - The Royal Marines were 15,005 ranks. Brass River and M'Weli There was more fighting on the West Coast of Africa in which the Royal...

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Feb 272 min read
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116th Infantry Brigade 27th Battalion Royal Marines Awards and Medals NW Europe 1945
Award Distinguished Service Order Capt. (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Hastings Tailyour, 27 Royal Marines Lt-Col. TAILYOUR took over...

Si Biggs
Feb 226 min read
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British Marines Recruitment Poster 1780
Saturday 26th February 1780. The following appeared in the Ipswich Journal, this newspaper had a wide circulation in Suffolk and Essex. A...

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Feb 151 min read
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116th Infantry Brigade Royal Marines NW Europe WW2
Unit/ Formation: 116th Inf Bde RM Location: Hovington Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 14th February 1945 Patch 116th...

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Feb 142 min read
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SS Dalewood torpedoed - loss of 2 RMLI crew
26th February 1918 SS Dalewood, Admiralty-hired collier, torpedoed and sunk by U.105 in Irish Sea off the Isle of Man whilst transfering...

Si Biggs
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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Cpl Reginald Campbell - KIA Sarawak
1964 Corporal Reginald CHAPPELL: Service Number RM 15686 of 42 Commando RM. He was killed in action during the Confrontation with...

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Feb 26, 20241 min read
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Evacuation from Singapore
16th February 1942 Heavy casualties in Singapore listed as HMS Sultan (Shore Base) during the evacuation from Singapore including 20...

Si Biggs
Feb 16, 20242 min read
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SBS - Limpit Mine Removal - Palastine
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Haifa Period/ Conflict: Palastine Mandate Year: 1948 Date/s: 19 In 1946, the SBS, whether of Commando or...

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Feb 15, 20241 min read
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Tragedy on Operations in the Cyprus Mountains
Remembering: WHEELER, Alfred Quartermaster Sergeant Unit/Base: '3 Commando Brigade RM' Regiment/Corps: Royal Marines Service number: PO/X...

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Feb 9, 20241 min read
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Operations on the River Ancre - The capture of Puisieux Trench
2nd February 1917 Operations on the River Ancre by 63rd (RN) Division The capture of Puisieux Trench. After a short spell out of the...

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Feb 2, 20242 min read
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Bombing of HMS Royal Arthur
Unit/ Formation: Barracks/ Camps Location: Skegness Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 21 February 1942 HMS Royal Arthur ...

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May 17, 20232 min read
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February Marines
This month I have been concentrating on the Royal Marines Roll of Honour data base, so many entries are just names with no details, and...

Si Biggs
Feb 28, 20231 min read
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Battle of El Teb
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Sudan Period/ Conflict: Sudanese War Year: 1884 Date/s: 29 February 1884 On the 21st, the force...

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Feb 28, 20232 min read
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By Sea by Land
By Land and Sea (1941) This march was modeled on Alford's entry into a competition in 1934 for an official slow march for the Royal...

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Feb 27, 20231 min read
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'the Birkenead drill is a damn tough bullet to chew'
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: South Africa Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1852 Date/s: 26 February 1852 Royal Marines were...

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Feb 26, 20238 min read
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Col. Harold Ozanne DSO RMLI
Harold Ozanne was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry in 1897 1897 to 1914 - Mediterranean, Pacific, West Indies Harold...

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Feb 26, 20234 min read
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5th R.M. A.A. (Anti-Aircraft) Brigade - NW Europe
North West Europe: August 1944 – May 1945 At the end of August, the move to the Continent began when on 28th August the Regiment went to...

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Feb 23, 20234 min read
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Raid on Deception Island
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Deception Island, Antarctica Period/ Conflict: Year: 1953 Date/s: 15th February 1953 HMS Snipe...

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Feb 15, 20232 min read
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His Majesty King George V Colonel in Chief of the Royal Marines
On 2nd January, HRH the Duke of York, now His Majesty King George V, was made Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Marine Forces, in 1901 the...

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Feb 12, 20232 min read
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