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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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Nov 6, 202212 min read
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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Aug 7, 20228 min read
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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Jul 20, 20221 min read
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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Jul 8, 20226 min read
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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Jul 1, 20225 min read
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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Jul 1, 20227 min read
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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May 12, 20222 min read
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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Apr 21, 20222 min read
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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Jul 27, 20212 min read
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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Jul 21, 20212 min read
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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Jul 19, 20215 min read
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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Jul 16, 20212 min read
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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Jul 13, 20212 min read
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...
Royal Marines Association
Jul 13, 20211 min read
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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Jul 10, 20216 min read
HMS Vanguard Explosion - 92 Marines Killed
Unit/ Formation : Royal Marines Location : Scapa Flow Period/ Conflict : World War I Year : 1917 Date/s : 9 July 1917 Shortly before...
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Jul 9, 20212 min read
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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Jul 9, 20212 min read
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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Jul 8, 20211 min read
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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Jul 8, 20213 min read
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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Jul 7, 20211 min read
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