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Si Biggs
- Jul 23
- 4 min
A Royal Marines Sniper Pair Normandy
Royal Marines have been wearing a crossed rifles badge to show competence as a marksman since at least 1893! Royal Marine Snipers during...
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Si Biggs
- Mar 27
- 2 min
Defense at Hauger and Medal Investiture held by General Montgomery
6th July 1944 Commitment of GRANDE FERME DU BUISSON was discontinued. 7th July 1944 Place: Hauger 1130 - Commando relieved 4 Commando in...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 26, 2023
- 2 min
Operation Hopper - Air Raid in the Anchorage
After taking part in the successful landings on Sicily during Operation Husky and being moved into reserve both 40 and 41 Commandos were...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 5, 2023
- 6 min
Trevor Philpott - Junior Marine to King’s Badge to Lt Col OBE, RM, FRSA
Trevor Philpott - died unexpectedly but peacefully at home in South Shields on Saturday 8th July 2023. Trevor grew up in the Tavistock...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 29, 2023
- 3 min
Lt Colonel Drysdale, Royal Marines, Commanding Officer 41 Independent Commando
Colonel Douglas Burns Drysdale was born in Hampstead, a suburb of London, on 2 October 1916. He spent the majority of his youth in...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 27, 2023
- 1 min
70th Anniversary of the end of the Korean War - 27 July 2023
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...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 21, 2023
- 4 min
Loss of 601st LCM Flotilla
21st July 1944 Normandy HM LCM, 601st Flotilla. Attempting to cross the Channel from the Normandy Beaches the flotilla of small Mark 1...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 11, 2023
- 1 min
The Bombardment and Landing in Alexandria
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Alexandria Period/ Conflict: Year: 1882 Date/s: 11 July 1882 Bombardment of Alexandria. Egyptian...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 9, 2023
- 2 min
The Battle of Calabria
The Battle of Calabria Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Mediterranean Sea Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 9th July...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 9, 2023
- 1 min
Loss of HMS Redbreast - WW1 Q Ship
Redbreast, Q-ship, ex-fleet messenger, torpedoed and sunk by UC.38 in Mediterranean HMS Redbreast was a passenger/cargo ship...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 3, 2023
- 7 min
Operation Catapult - Attack on the French Fleet - Mers-el-Kébir
The attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on neutral...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 3, 2023
- 3 min
Seizure of the Surcouf - Operation Grasp
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 3 July 1940 In 1940, Surcouf was...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 6, 2022
- 12 min
RM People - Sgt John Joseph 'Ian' Coombes
Sgt Coombes survived the sinking of the Royal Oak on 14 October 1939, the first major blow to the Royal Navy. After training the UK he...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 7, 2022
- 8 min
Royal Marines in Peking - Boxer Rebellion - July - September 1900
In the year 1900 sectarian rebels assisted by the Chinese government sought to rid China of foreign influence. The German Head of...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 20, 2022
- 1 min
Shimonoseki Campaign- Japan
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Japan Period/ Conflict: Shimonoseki Campaign Year: 1863 Date/s: 20 July – 14 August 1863, 5–6...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 8, 2022
- 6 min
46 CDO Recce Patrol - & Milking Cows!
Unit/ Formation: 46 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 8 July 1944 8th July 1944 Place:...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 1, 2022
- 5 min
Operation Corporate Roll of Honour
Operation Corporate Roll of Honour A total of 255 British servicemen and 3 Falkland Island civilians were killed during the Falklands...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 1, 2022
- 7 min
Woson Forward Operating Base
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1951 Date/s: 1st July 1951 Following the success of raids...
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Si Biggs
- May 12, 2022
- 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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