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    Easter Sunday 1943 - Loss of 2 LCG's and 70 Marines off Wales
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 20
    • 8 min

    Easter Sunday 1943 - Loss of 2 LCG's and 70 Marines off Wales

    On Easter Sunday 1943 (25 April), gale force winds and wild seas were lashing at the coast. Close to land, among the giant breakers and...
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    Yangtse River Incident 1949
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 20
    • 2 min

    Yangtse River Incident 1949

    April-July 1949 HMS Amethyst sailed from Shanghai on 19th April to relieve HMS Consort at Nanking. Fired at on 20th at around 0900, 60...
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    Lancashire Landing Cemetery
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 10
    • 1 min

    Lancashire Landing Cemetery

    Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Gallipoli peninsula Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: April 1915 - January 1916 84...
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    HMS Hermes Sunk by Dive Bombers
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 9
    • 3 min

    HMS Hermes Sunk by Dive Bombers

    After the raid on Colombo by the Japanese aircraft carriers on 5 April, known as the Easter Sunday Raid, Hermes and Vampire were sent to...
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    Sinking of the Cornwall & Dorsetshire 45 Royal Marines Lost
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 4
    • 6 min

    Sinking of the Cornwall & Dorsetshire 45 Royal Marines Lost

    On 2 April, Cornwall and her half sister, Dorsetshire, were detached from the fleet, Dorsetshire to resume an interrupted refit and...
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    Belgrade War Cemetery, Serbia
    Si Biggs
    • Mar 30
    • 6 min

    Belgrade War Cemetery, Serbia

    Belgrade War Cemetery was created to receive the remains of British and Commonwealth casualties brought in from more than sixty small...
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    Sinking of the Troopship Khedive Ismail
    Si Biggs
    • Feb 7
    • 6 min

    Sinking of the Troopship Khedive Ismail

    Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Indian Ocean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 12th February 1944 On 5 February 1944...
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    Glider Bomb Attack off Anzio - Loss of HMS Spartan
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 29
    • 2 min

    Glider Bomb Attack off Anzio - Loss of HMS Spartan

    1944 Loss of AA Cruiser HMS Spartan at Anzio during Italian Campaign. At sunset on 29th January, the Luftwaffe began a glide bomb attack...
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    Sinking of HMS Viknor
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 13
    • 3 min

    Sinking of HMS Viknor

    RMS Atrato was a UK steamship that was built in 1888 as a Royal Mail Ship and ocean liner for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. In...
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    Sinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales
    Si Biggs
    • Dec 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Sinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales

    Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Malaysia Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: 10 December 1941 Force Z went to sea...
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    Winston Churchills Flying Instructor Killed
    Si Biggs
    • Dec 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Winston Churchills Flying Instructor Killed

    Unit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: Royal Naval Air Station Eastchurch Period/ Conflict: 1900's Year: 1913 Date/s: 2nd December 1913...
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    HMS Barham - 126 Royal Marines Lost
    Si Biggs
    • Nov 30, 2021
    • 6 min

    HMS Barham - 126 Royal Marines Lost

    1941 Loss of Battleship HMS Barham while supporting cruisers searching for a German convoy to Benghazi. She was under constant...
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    Bugler CE Timmins, 14, Youngest Marine Killed in WW1
    SImon Biggs
    • Nov 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Bugler CE Timmins, 14, Youngest Marine Killed in WW1

    TIMMINS, CHARLES ERNEST PO/19601 Bugler Age:14 (Born 7th Dec. 1902) Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S "Cardiff.". Son of Private John...
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    The Unknown Warrior Story - The Bands of HM Royal Marines
    Si Biggs
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Unknown Warrior Story - The Bands of HM Royal Marines

    The Unknown Warrior, performed in the Royal Albert Hall for the Mountbatten Festival of Music 2021 by the Massed Bands of Her Majesty's...
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    VJ Day - Victory over Japan - Royal Marines in SE Asia & the Pacific
    Si Biggs
    • Aug 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    VJ Day - Victory over Japan - Royal Marines in SE Asia & the Pacific

    On August 6 and 9, 1945, the Allies dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. On August 9, the Soviet Union declared...
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    Withdrawal from Afghanistan
    Royal Marines Association
    • Jul 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    Withdrawal from Afghanistan

    Royal Marines Charity News | 13.07.21 A message from Commandant General Royal Marines, Lieutenant General Rob Magowan CB CBE “You will be...
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    Steph Stephens SBS - Conspicuous Gallantry Cross
    Si Biggs
    • Jun 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    Steph Stephens SBS - Conspicuous Gallantry Cross

    Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Haji Wakil village, Bahram Chah Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) Year: 2010 Date/s: 1st...
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    The Loss of Royal Marines Landing Craft - LCU F4 - Falklands 8th June 1982
    Si Biggs
    • Jun 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Loss of Royal Marines Landing Craft - LCU F4 - Falklands 8th June 1982

    Image F4 conducting a work up exercise in English Bay Ascension Island With the British Army’s 5 Brigade separated from their vital...
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    Sinking of HMS Hood - Loss of 162 Royal Marines
    Si Biggs
    • May 24, 2021
    • 6 min

    Sinking of HMS Hood - Loss of 162 Royal Marines

    The Battle of the Denmark Strait was a naval engagement on 24 May 1941 in the Second World War, between ships of the Royal Navy and the...
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    Loss of 90 RM on HMS Gloucester
    Si Biggs
    • May 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    Loss of 90 RM on HMS Gloucester

    HMS Gloucester was one of the second batch of three Town-classlight cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the late 1930s. Transferred...
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