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Commando raid on the East Coast Railway, Korea
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 5th October 1950 125 men and five officers of...

Si Biggs
Oct 5, 20242 min read


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...

Si Biggs
Jul 29, 20233 min read


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...

Si Biggs
Jul 27, 20232 min read


Opening of Chinnampo - 41 Cdo Korea
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Chinnampo Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: November 1950 After several days of...

Si Biggs
Nov 3, 20222 min read


Poundforce - Kunsun Diversonary Raid - Operation Chromite - Inchon
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 12th September 1950 POUNDFORCE comprised...

Si Biggs
Sep 12, 20221 min read


41 Cdo Form up for Korea
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 16th August 1950 41 Independent...

Si Biggs
Aug 16, 20222 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...

Si Biggs
Jul 1, 20227 min read


Amphibious Raid from USS Perch
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 1 October 1950 The Royal Marines and the USS...

Si Biggs
Oct 1, 20214 min read


Poundforce land at Inchon
Operation Chromite - Inchon Unit/ Formation: Roya Marines Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 17th...

Si Biggs
Sep 17, 20211 min read


HMS Belfast to Victory the story of Ron Knight a Royal Marine on operations in Korea and Malaya
Welcome to the Royal Marines a Geo History Podcast telling the oral histories of former Royal Marines. The aim is to provide more depth...

Si Biggs
Mar 22, 20211 min read


41 Commando - Chosin Reservoir Korea November/ December 1950 - Task Force Drysdale
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 27 November 1950 I’m not done with them yet!!...

Si Biggs
Nov 27, 20208 min read


41 CDO - North Korea - Raid on East Coast Railway
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: October 1950 125 men and five officers of C &...

Si Biggs
Oct 11, 20201 min read


Commando raid on the East Coast railway - North Korea
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1951 Date/s: On 7 April 1951 On 2 April 1951, 21...

Si Biggs
Apr 7, 20202 min read


41 Commando - Chosin Reservoir Korea November/ December 1950 - Task Force Drysdale #RoyalMarines
'As Commanding General of the First Marine Division, I desire to take this opportunity to acknowledge the high qualities of leadership,...

Si Biggs
Dec 12, 20187 min read
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