The Royal Marine Artillery used Congreve rockets in several engagements during the War of 1812. First used during the Napoleonic Wars men from the Royal Marine Artillery had become experts in their use, and the navy had converted HMS Galgo and Erebus into rocket ships. An Illustration from the book: A Treatise on the General Principles, Powers, and Facility of Application of the Congreve Rocket Systemby Sir William Congreve, (1827). (Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, an

Sgt. SHARPLES is the senior NCO in the Assault Pioneer Platoon of 27 RM [116th Infantry Brigade]. He has invariably performed his duties in a more than exemplary manner. He has directed a large number of difficult mine clearance, with marked skill. By his leadership and unsurpassed example he has encouraged men working under him to complete seemingly impossible tasks in exposed positions, under fire. On the night 9th-10th March 1945, in the HEDIKHUIZEN area, it was necessary

Lieutenant-General Sir Robin Ross, KCB, OBE, died 29 July, 2025. He was 85. Ross was a dynamic Royal Marine who led British humanitarian...

Negro Fort / Prospect Bluff 1814-1816 Unit/ Formation: Colonial Marines Location: Prospect Bluff, Apalachicola, Florida Period/ Conflict:...

Unit/ Formation : Royal Marines Location : Sicily Period/ Conflict : World War II Year : 1943 Date/s : 20 July 1943 7th Battalion Royal...

16 July 1943 HMS Cleopatra 1941 HMS Cleopatra was hit amidships by a torpedo from an Italian submarine, she sustained major damage to...

Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM/ 41 Cdo RM Location : Augusta Harbour Period/ Conflict : World War II Year : 1943 Date/s : 17 July 1943 After...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Sicily Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 10 July 1943 The comparatively small...

Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: Second Anglo Dutch War Year: 1667 Date/s: 2 July 1667 Before...

Eight days after arriving on station, Devonshire and the rest of the Mediterranean Fleet sailed for manoeuvres in the Aegean Sea, off the...

I hope you are your families are well, and if you have time why not look at the pins for July, covering nearly 360 years of Global...

Royal Marines have been wearing a crossed rifles badge to show competence as a marksman since at least 1893! Royal Marines Marksman and Sniper Badges - Royal Marines Museum Royal Marine Snipers during WW2 In 1942 Derrick Edmund Cakebread serving with 5th Battalion Royal Marines was issued a big box by the QM, and asked to sign for it, when he opened it it contained an American P14 sniper rifle, he was not yet a sniper and had not volunteered but quickly found himself loaded o

6th July 1944 Commitment of GRANDE FERME DU BUISSON was discontinued. 7th July 1944 Place: Hauger 1130 - Commando relieved 4 Commando in the HAUGER positions by 1130 hrs. Commitments taken over included a counter mortar O.P. and standing patrol forward of the F.D.Ls. 8th to 11th July 1944 Place: Hauger No patrols were sent out. Sniping activity took place forward of the standing patrol. 9th to 10th July 1944 Place: Hauger Heavy weapons troop took part in a brigad

Trevor Philpott - died unexpectedly but peacefully at home in South Shields on Saturday 8th July 2023. Trevor grew up in the Tavistock area and joined the Corps at Deal in 1964 as a Junior Recruit. Awarded the Kings Badge he subsequently successfully applied for a Corps Commission and joined YO 32 in mid-September 1965. As evidenced by the comments received from batch members, Trevor helped us all immensely over those tough early weeks and was metaphorically the Batch ‘Right

Colonel Douglas Burns Drysdale was born in Hampstead, a suburb of London, on 2 October 1916. He spent the majority of his youth in...

The Korean War began on June 25,1950 when the Northern Korean People’s Army, backed by the Soviet Union, launched a military operation to...

21st July 1944 Normandy HM LCM, 601st Flotilla. Attempting to cross the Channel from the Normandy Beaches the flotilla of small Mark 1...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Alexandria Period/ Conflict: Year: 1882 Date/s: 11 July 1882 Bombardment of Alexandria. Egyptian...

The Battle of Calabria Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Mediterranean Sea Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 9th July...

Redbreast, Q-ship, ex-fleet messenger, torpedoed and sunk by UC.38 in Mediterranean HMS Redbreast was a passenger/cargo ship...