The final battle of the American war of 1812 was fought at New Orleans, it took place 5 miles east-southeast of the city of New Orleans...

Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Spain Period/ Conflict: Year: 1706 Date/s: 15 January 1706 The Marines had a considerable...

James Louis Moulton was born on 3 June 1906, the son of J. D. Moulton. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Barnet, and...

Once again many thanks for your continued support and interest in this monthly blog and the Royal Marines History Website. Visitor...

On the evening of 22nd January HM Queen Victoria died at Osborne, Isle of Wight, and for a time the world seemed to stand still; it was...

Force 2. (A.P. and X troops). [40 CDO RM War Diary] The day of 17th January was spent in the lying up area until 2015 hrs when the area...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: UK Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 15th January - July 1945 The 117th Infantry...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Transkei Period/ Conflict: The Frontier Wars Year: 1878 Date/s: 13th January 1878 “After...

Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Burma Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 12 January 1945 On 12th January 1945, the...

Unit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: Sri Lanka Period/ Conflict: Fourth Anglo Dutch War Year: 1782 Date/s: 5 January...

Extract from ADM 202/30 re No 1 (RM) Engineer Commando 3 Troop RM Engineer Commando Report on Operations at AKYAB, MYEBON & KANGAW Period...

Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: English Channel Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 1st January 1915 HMS Formidable was...

Royal Marines Commandos supported "discreet operations" when deployed to Ukraine earlier this year, a former head of the Marines has...

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

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Guadeloupe Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1810 Date/s: 28 January and 6 February 1810...

'Sarie Marais' was an old South African folk song often used by the Boer Commandos and quickly spread at home by soldiers coming back...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: S of Baghdad Period/ Conflict: Operation Granby (Gulf War 1) Year: 1991 Date/s: 23 January 1991. Led by Lt...

Unit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 22 January 1944 The Battle of Anzio was a...

On the 14th January 1945 45 Commando under Command of Brigadier D Mills-Roberts DSO MC Irish Guards embarked at Tilbury Docks for...

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