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Si Biggs
Jul 18, 20204 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20205 min read
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, 20203 min read
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 10, 20202 min read
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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Si Biggs
Jul 6, 20191 min read
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, 20194 min read
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 1, 20195 min read
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, 20182 min read
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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