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    Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810)
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 28
    • 3 min

    Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810)

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Guadeloupe Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1810 Date/s: 28 January and 6 February 1810...
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    “Sarie Marais” – The March Past of the Royal Marines Commandos
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 27
    • 1 min

    “Sarie Marais” – The March Past of the Royal Marines Commandos

    'Sarie Marais' was an old South African folk song often used by the Boer Commandos and quickly spread at home by soldiers coming back...
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    Operation Maude - Cutting Iraq's Communications Cable
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 23
    • 1 min

    Operation Maude - Cutting Iraq's Communications Cable

    Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: S of Baghdad Period/ Conflict: Operation Granby (Gulf War 1) Year: 1991 Date/s: 23 January 1991. Led by Lt...
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    Operation Shingle - Anzio Landings
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 22
    • 2 min

    Operation Shingle - Anzio Landings

    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...
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    45 RM Commando Operations around the Meuse Jan 1945
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 14
    • 7 min

    45 RM Commando Operations around the Meuse Jan 1945

    On the 14th January 1945 45 Commando under Command of Brigadier D Mills-Roberts DSO MC Irish Guards embarked at Tilbury Docks for...
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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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    Amphibious Assault and Capture of Chuenpi and Taikoktow
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 7
    • 1 min

    Amphibious Assault and Capture of Chuenpi and Taikoktow

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: China Period/ Conflict: Opium Wars Year: 1841 Date/s: 7 January 1841 Chuenpi was one of the...
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    The First Fleet - Landing at Sydney Cove
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    The First Fleet - Landing at Sydney Cove

    Unit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: Sydney Cove Period/ Conflict: 1700's Year: 1788 Date/s: 26th January 1788 Captain...
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    Fight for survival - The Stuka bombing of HMS Illustrious
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 10, 2021
    • 4 min

    Fight for survival - The Stuka bombing of HMS Illustrious

    The Royal Navy’s first armoured carrier had been active a mere six months when her design and construction was put to the ultimate test....
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    First to Land - Last to Leave - Withdrawal from Gallipoli
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 9, 2021
    • 2 min

    First to Land - Last to Leave - Withdrawal from Gallipoli

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Cape Helles Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1916 Date/s: 9th January 1916 At about 1:40pm on...
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    L/Cpl HE Harden VC (RAMC) - attached to 45 (Royal Marine) Commando - 23rd January 1945 - Netherlands
    Simon Biggs
    • Jan 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    L/Cpl HE Harden VC (RAMC) - attached to 45 (Royal Marine) Commando - 23rd January 1945 - Netherlands

    Henry Eric Harden VC (23 February 1912 – 23 January 1945), 32 years old. Harden was a lance corporal in the Royal Army Medical Corps...
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    Royal Marines Camel Corps - Battle of Abu Klea
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    Royal Marines Camel Corps - Battle of Abu Klea

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Sudan Period/ Conflict: Sudanese War Year: 1885 Date/s: 17th January 1885 Two of the...
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    Submarine Canoe Insertion against the IRA
    Simon Biggs
    • Jan 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Submarine Canoe Insertion against the IRA

    Operation Aweless Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Northern Ireland Period/ Conflict: Northern Ireland Conflict Year: 1975 Date/s:...
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    Assault on the island of Kapelsche Veer
    Simon Biggs
    • Jan 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Assault on the island of Kapelsche Veer

    Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: The Netherlands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 13th January 1945...
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    Royal Marines & Royal Navy capture Salif in the Yemen 1917
    Simon Biggs
    • Jan 12, 2020
    • 8 min

    Royal Marines & Royal Navy capture Salif in the Yemen 1917

    Capture of Salif Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Salif Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 12th January...
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    The Battle of Blaauwberg - Cape Town 1806
    Simon Biggs
    • Jan 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Battle of Blaauwberg - Cape Town 1806

    The Battle of Blaauwberg also known as the Battle of Cape Town fought near Cape Town on Wednesday 8 January 1806, was a small but...
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    HMS Doris - Royal Marines in Intelligence Gathering and Demolition Raids in Syria
    Simon Biggs
    • Jan 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    HMS Doris - Royal Marines in Intelligence Gathering and Demolition Raids in Syria

    Commissioned in 1897, one of the nine-ship Eclipse class, Doris was a 5600-ton, 350-foot second-class protected cruiser, designed for...
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    The Royal Marines a Geo - History 1664 - Present - Amalgamation of the RMLI and RMA 1923
    Simon 'Peters' Biggs
    • Jan 31, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Royal Marines a Geo - History 1664 - Present - Amalgamation of the RMLI and RMA 1923

    RM Barracks Forton and Eastney and the amalgamation of the Royal Marines Light Infantry and Royal Marines Artillery in 1923. The Royal...
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