Si BiggsJan 283 minInvasion of Guadeloupe (1810)Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Guadeloupe Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1810 Date/s: 28 January and 6 February 1810...
Si BiggsJan 271 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...
Si BiggsJan 231 minOperation Maude - Cutting Iraq's Communications CableUnit/ Formation: SBS Location: S of Baghdad Period/ Conflict: Operation Granby (Gulf War 1) Year: 1991 Date/s: 23 January 1991. Led by Lt...
Si BiggsJan 222 minOperation Shingle - Anzio LandingsUnit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 22 January 1944 The Battle of Anzio was a...
Si BiggsJan 147 min45 RM Commando Operations around the Meuse Jan 1945On the 14th January 1945 45 Commando under Command of Brigadier D Mills-Roberts DSO MC Irish Guards embarked at Tilbury Docks for...
Si BiggsJan 133 minSinking of HMS ViknorRMS 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...
Si BiggsJan 71 minAmphibious Assault and Capture of Chuenpi and TaikoktowUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: China Period/ Conflict: Opium Wars Year: 1841 Date/s: 7 January 1841 Chuenpi was one of the...
Si BiggsJan 26, 20213 minThe First Fleet - Landing at Sydney CoveUnit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: Sydney Cove Period/ Conflict: 1700's Year: 1788 Date/s: 26th January 1788 Captain...
Si BiggsJan 10, 20214 minFight for survival - The Stuka bombing of HMS IllustriousThe Royal Navy’s first armoured carrier had been active a mere six months when her design and construction was put to the ultimate test....
Si BiggsJan 9, 20212 minFirst to Land - Last to Leave - Withdrawal from GallipoliUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Cape Helles Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1916 Date/s: 9th January 1916 At about 1:40pm on...
Simon BiggsJan 23, 20202 minL/Cpl HE Harden VC (RAMC) - attached to 45 (Royal Marine) Commando - 23rd January 1945 - NetherlandsHenry Eric Harden VC (23 February 1912 – 23 January 1945), 32 years old. Harden was a lance corporal in the Royal Army Medical Corps...
Si BiggsJan 17, 20202 minRoyal Marines Camel Corps - Battle of Abu KleaUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Sudan Period/ Conflict: Sudanese War Year: 1885 Date/s: 17th January 1885 Two of the...
Simon BiggsJan 16, 20201 minSubmarine Canoe Insertion against the IRAOperation Aweless Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Northern Ireland Period/ Conflict: Northern Ireland Conflict Year: 1975 Date/s:...
Simon BiggsJan 16, 20202 minAssault on the island of Kapelsche VeerUnit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: The Netherlands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 13th January 1945...
Simon BiggsJan 12, 20208 minRoyal Marines & Royal Navy capture Salif in the Yemen 1917Capture of Salif Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Salif Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 12th January...
Simon BiggsJan 8, 20202 minThe Battle of Blaauwberg - Cape Town 1806The Battle of Blaauwberg also known as the Battle of Cape Town fought near Cape Town on Wednesday 8 January 1806, was a small but...
Simon BiggsJan 7, 20202 minHMS Doris - Royal Marines in Intelligence Gathering and Demolition Raids in SyriaCommissioned in 1897, one of the nine-ship Eclipse class, Doris was a 5600-ton, 350-foot second-class protected cruiser, designed for...
Simon 'Peters' BiggsJan 31, 20181 minThe Royal Marines a Geo - History 1664 - Present - Amalgamation of the RMLI and RMA 1923RM Barracks Forton and Eastney and the amalgamation of the Royal Marines Light Infantry and Royal Marines Artillery in 1923. The Royal...