Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Mers-el-Kébir Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 3 July 1940 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 French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, near Oran, on the coast of French Algeria. The attack was the main part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to neutralise or destroy neutral French ships to prevent them from

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 3 July 1940 In 1940, Surcouf was based in Cherbourg, but in May, when the Germans invaded, she was being refitted in Brest following a mission in the Antilles and Gulf of Guinea. Under command of Frigate Captain Martin, unable to dive and with only one engine functioning and a jammed rudder, she limped across the English Channel and sought refuge in Plymouth. French WW2 Su

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...

In the year 1900 sectarian rebels assisted by the Chinese government sought to rid China of foreign influence. The German Head of...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Japan Period/ Conflict: Shimonoseki Campaign Year: 1863 Date/s: 20 July – 14 August 1863, 5–6...

Unit/ Formation: 46 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 8 July 1944 8th July 1944 Place:...

Operation Corporate Roll of Honour The 'Yomper', Site of the former Royal Marines Museaum, Eastney Esplanade , Southsea, PO4 9PX (Photo: NMRN) A total of 255 British servicemen and 3 Falkland Island civilians were killed during the Falklands War. Royal Navy – 86 + 2 Hong Kong laundrymen Royal Marines – 27 (2 officers, 14 NCOs and 11 marines) Royal Fleet Auxiliary – 4 + 6 Hong Kong sailors Merchant Navy – 6 British Army – 123 (7 officers, 40 NCOs and 76 privates) Royal Air Fo

Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1951 Date/s: 1st July 1951 Following the success of raids...

The threat of terrorist both home grown and international against the North Sea Oil Instillations was brought to the attention of the...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Murmansk, Kola Bay Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 12 July 1918 In Murmansk...

Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Western Mediterranean Sea Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1878 Date/s: 27th July 1878 Private...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines (RMA/RMLI) Location: Ginghilovo - South Africa Period/ Conflict: Zulu Wars Year: 1879 Date/s: 2nd April...

On the night before the landings at Tenerife on 21 July 1797 Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson held his war council where Captain Thomas...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1815 Date/s: 16th July 1815 From the Memoirs of...

Unit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: Plymouth Sound Period/ Conflict: Year: 1772 Date/s: 13 July 1772 HMS Resolution...

Royal Marines Charity News | 13.07.21 A message from Commandant General Royal Marines, Lieutenant General Rob Magowan CB CBE “You will be...

Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: July 1943 Of the hundreds of landing craft sent against the beaches of Normandy on D Day, a t least two-thirds of the great fleet of L.C.A. that carried the assault waves of infantry to the beaches were manned by Marines, there were also Flotillas landing US Troops on Utah beaches, including RM crewed craft supporting the Rangers at Point de Hoc with fire support. A

Unit/ Formation : Royal Marines Location : Scapa Flow Period/ Conflict : World War I Year : 1917 Date/s : 9 July 1917 Shortly before...

Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: South Pacific Ocean Period/ Conflict: 20th Century Year: 1980 Date/s: July 1980 The Coconut War...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Cruxhaven Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1809 Date/s: 8 July 1809 A small force...