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    Oil Safe - Protecting Britains Oil from Terrorist Attack
    Si Biggs
    • May 12
    • 2 min

    Oil Safe - Protecting Britains Oil from Terrorist Attack

    The threat of terrorist both home grown and international against the North Sea Oil Instillations was brought to the attention of the...
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    British, US & French Marines Storm the 'Askold' in Murmansk
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 21
    • 2 min

    British, US & French Marines Storm the 'Askold' in Murmansk

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Murmansk, Kola Bay Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 12 July 1918 In Murmansk...
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    Private Gerrighty RMLI Albert Medal
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Private Gerrighty RMLI Albert Medal

    Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Western Mediterranean Sea Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1878 Date/s: 27th July 1878 Private...
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    Advance to Eshowe - Battle of Ginghilovo
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    Advance to Eshowe - Battle of Ginghilovo

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines (RMA/RMLI) Location: Ginghilovo - South Africa Period/ Conflict: Zulu Wars Year: 1879 Date/s: 2nd April...
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    Major Thomas Oldfield - Consulted by Nelson; His Gallantry spoken of by Napoleon
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    Major Thomas Oldfield - Consulted by Nelson; His Gallantry spoken of by Napoleon

    On the night before the landings at Tenerife on 21 July 1797 Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson held his war council where Captain Thomas...
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    Napoleon Buonaparte Inspects the Royal Marine Guard
    Simon Biggs
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Napoleon Buonaparte Inspects the Royal Marine Guard

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1815 Date/s: 16th July 1815 From the Memoirs of...
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    Second Voyage of James Cook
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    Second Voyage of James Cook

    Unit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: Plymouth Sound Period/ Conflict: Year: 1772 Date/s: 13 July 1772 HMS Resolution...
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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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    Royal Marines WWII Landing Craft Crews - Europe
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 10, 2021
    • 6 min

    Royal Marines WWII Landing Craft Crews - Europe

    Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: July 1943 Of the hundreds...
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    HMS Vanguard Explosion
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    HMS Vanguard Explosion

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Scapa Flow Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 9 July 1917 Shortly before midnight...
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    Independence of the New Hebrides “Coconut War” with France
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 9, 2021
    • 2 min

    Independence of the New Hebrides “Coconut War” with France

    Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: South Pacific Ocean Period/ Conflict: 20th Century Year: 1980 Date/s: July 1980 The Coconut War...
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    Capture of the Battery at Cruxhaven
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    Capture of the Battery at Cruxhaven

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Cruxhaven Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1809 Date/s: 8 July 1809 A small force...
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    Normandy - A successful Recce Patrol
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    Normandy - A successful Recce Patrol

    Unit/ Formation: 46 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 8 July 1944 Task To answer the following...
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    Major Reginald Ingleton Executed by Beheading - 7 July 1945 - Operation Rimau
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    Major Reginald Ingleton Executed by Beheading - 7 July 1945 - Operation Rimau

    Operation Rimau was an attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, carried out by an Allied commando unit Z Special Unit, during...
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    Landing & Infiltration in Somaliland
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    Landing & Infiltration in Somaliland

    Unit/ Formation: 539 ASRM Location: Somaliland Period/ Conflict: 21st Century Year: 2011 Date/s: July 2011 In July 2011 a landing craft...
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    Supporting the Rangers at Pointe Du Hoc
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    Supporting the Rangers at Pointe Du Hoc

    Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Pointe Du Hoc Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 6th June 1944 East of Utah...
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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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    Our House Fire - Please check your Alarms TODAY
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 31, 2020
    • 2 min

    Our House Fire - Please check your Alarms TODAY

    I'am sorry that this months blog is a little light on content, this month we had a fire in our kitchen, caused by a fitted dishwasher...
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    Landings in Sadani - East Africa 1916
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 1 min

    Landings in Sadani - East Africa 1916

    During Juky 1916 in East Africa the Germans from Tanga and Pangani made an advance on Sadani. Seamen and Royal Marines from HMS Talbot...
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    Capture of Gibraltar 24th July 1704
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Capture of Gibraltar 24th July 1704

    On July 24, the allied fleet arrived outside Gibraltar. In all, Rooke commanded 16 English ships under Byng and six Dutch ships under...
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