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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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Apr 20, 20222 min read


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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Apr 10, 20221 min read


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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Apr 9, 20223 min read


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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Apr 5, 20226 min read


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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Mar 30, 20226 min read


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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Feb 7, 20226 min read


Glider Bomb Attack off Anzio - Loss of HMS Spartan
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Off Anzio Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 29th January 1944 Loss of AA Cruiser HMS...

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Jan 29, 20222 min read


Sinking of HMS Viknor
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: West Coast of Ireland Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 13th January 1915 RMS Atrato...

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Jan 13, 20223 min read


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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Dec 10, 20212 min read


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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Dec 2, 20212 min read


HMS Barham - 126 Royal Marines Lost
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Mediterranean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: 25th November 1941 1941 Loss of...

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Dec 1, 20216 min read


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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Nov 16, 20212 min read


The Unknown Warrior Story - The Bands of HM Royal Marines
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Westminster Abbey Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1920 Date/s: 11 November 1920 In 1920, as part...

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Nov 11, 20213 min read


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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Jul 13, 20211 min read


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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Jul 1, 20213 min read


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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Jun 8, 20211 min read


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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May 22, 20212 min read


Trincomalee War Cemetery
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Trincomalee Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1948 Date/s: April 1948 Trincomalee is a seaport on...

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Apr 29, 20212 min read


Loss of HM Submarine Affray & 4 Man SBS team
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: 1950's Year: 1951 Date/s: 16 April 1951 HMS Affray a British Amphion-class...

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Apr 16, 20213 min read


HMS Doris Boer War Field Gun Memorial
Boer War memorial. Erected on 27th February 1904; by Harry Hems, inscribed with the words 'Ready-Aye-Ready'. Erected as a memorial to the...

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Feb 27, 20203 min read
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