Si Biggs
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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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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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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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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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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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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Si Biggs
- Jul 22, 2020
- 1 min
Scaling the Walls at Chin-Kiang-Fu
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: China Period/ Conflict: Opium Wars Year: 1842 Date/s: 21 July 1842 3rd brigade was assisted by a...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 17, 2020
- 4 min
John Field - RM People "We thought we were immortal.” Operation Husky
Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Sicily Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: July 1943 John Field crouched in the...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 13, 2020
- 3 min
Lieutenant George Dare Dowell RMA VC - Viborg, Baltic Sea
Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Russia Period/ Conflict: Crimean War Year: 1855 Date/s: 13 July 1855 Dowell was 24 years...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 11, 2020
- 5 min
Canberra returns from the Falklands
Unit/ Formation: 3 Cdo Brigade RM Location: Southampton Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 11th July 1982 At the...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 11, 2020
- 3 min
Royal Marines in Borneo - 1962 - 1966
Indonesian Confrontation Between 1963 and 1966, British Commonwealth forces fought against Indonesia in a conflict that focused on the...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Operation Husky - Invasion of Sicily
Operation Husky, the Invasion of Sicily, was the first major Allied assault on German occupied Europe. Churchill described Sicily and...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 24, 2019
- 2 min
Capture of Gibraltar 24th July 1704 #RoyalMarines #MilitaryHistory
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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Si Biggs
- Jul 6, 2019
- 1 min
The Battle of Belleisle - 7 June 1761
The Marines played a major role in the capture of this island, from the first amphibious landing, and through all subsequent fighting....
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 4, 2019
- 4 min
Amphibious Lessons Learned - Operation Husky 10 July 1943
Lessons Learned (Operation Husky) The beach organisation was better than 'Torch' but there were still problems caused, mainly by human...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 4, 2019
- 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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Simon Biggs
- Jul 1, 2019
- 5 min
40 Cdo RM Dieppe 1942 - Major-General 'Titch' Houghton (1912 - 2011)
Major-General 'Titch' Houghton, who died January 2011 aged 98, was second-in-command of Royal Marine 40 Commando during the Second World...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 30, 2018
- 2 min
The Royal Marines Projecting Power since 1664 - a Geo History
The Royal Marines - A Geo History 1664 to Present The Globe & Laurel March/April 2018 by Simon Biggs Even before I was a young Marine in...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 25, 2018
- 2 min
Capture of Gibraltar 24th July 1704 #RoyalMarines #MilitaryHistory
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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