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Crossing the Helmand - Loss of Marine Dale Gostick
Unit/ Formation: RM ASG Location: Musa Qala Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan Year: 2008 Date/s: 25th May 2008. While returning to...
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Si Biggs
- May 30, 2022
- 2 min
Mine Sweeping from LCVPs - Teal Inlet
Without sufficient helicopter availability following the Exocet attack on and loss of the MV Atlantic Conveyor, 3 Commando Brigade had...
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Si Biggs
- May 30, 2022
- 3 min
Mount Kent is captured by SAS and 42 Cdo RM
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Falkland Islands Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 30 May 1982 The job of...
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Si Biggs
- May 29, 2022
- 1 min
Raid on Brahestad
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Brahestad Period/ Conflict: Crimean War Year: 1854 Date/s: 29 May 1854 After working north through...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- May 24, 2022
- 5 min
Sinking of HMS Hood - Loss of 164 Royal Marines
The Battle of the Denmark Strait was a naval engagement on 24 May 1941 in the Second World War, between ships of the Royal Navy and the...
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Si Biggs
- May 23, 2022
- 1 min
In My Own Words - Podcast
In My Own Words - In Our Own Words In the first section of this podcast In My Own Words Tony Sicklemore tells of his experiences with 42...
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Si Biggs
- May 18, 2022
- 1 min
Bomb Threat on the QE II - Parachuted into the Atlantic
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: North Atlantic Period/ Conflict: 1970's Year: 1972 Date/s: 18 May 1972 On 17 May 1972, while traveling...
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Si Biggs
- May 16, 2022
- 5 min
Crash in Malta - 40 Cdo Royal Marines
17th May 1953 During Active Service deployment to the Canal Zone the plane carrying S Troop of 40 Commando RM crashed on take-off from...
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Si Biggs
- May 13, 2022
- 4 min
Evacuation of Queen Wilhelmina
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Hook of Holland Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1939 Date/s: 13 May 1939 Before evening on...
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Si Biggs
- May 10, 2022
- 3 min
Capture of Bastia - Nelson Looses his Eye
The siege of Bastia was a combined British and Corsican military operation during the early stages of the French Revolutionary Wars. The...
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Si Biggs
- May 9, 2022
- 4 min
SBS - The first air-to-ship storming of a hostile vessel in military history
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Falkland Islands Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 9 May 1982 Her Majesty's...
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Si Biggs
- May 4, 2022
- 2 min
The Royal Marines Depot Deal
Unit/ Formation: Barracks/ Camps Location: Great Britian Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1861 Date/s: 4th May 1861 The South barracks of...
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Si Biggs
- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
Liberation of Rangoon - Operation Dracula
Unit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Burma Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 2nd May 1945 The invasion of Rangoon was...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 11, 2022
- 1 min
RM Band Service - SS Uganda - Falklands War
Unit/ Formation: RM Band Service Location: Falkland Islands Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 12th May 1982 Royal...
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Si Biggs
- Jan 23, 2022
- 9 min
Battle of Boulogne - Force Buttercup
The Battle of Boulogne in 1940 was the defence of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer by French, British and Belgian troops during the Battle of...
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Si Biggs
- May 28, 2021
- 2 min
First Firing of a Torpedo in Action
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Pacocha Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1877 Date/s: 29 May 1877 The first HMS Shah was a 19th-century...
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Si Biggs
- May 27, 2021
- 3 min
Battle for the Falklands - Double DFC's at Goose Green - 28th May 1982
On Friday 28th May 1982, the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment was engaged in fierce fighting to take enemy positions in the area...
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Si Biggs
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
NGS in Fox Bay - SBS and 148 Bty
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Knob Island, Fox Bay Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 26 May 1982 SBS Operations -...
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Si Biggs
- May 23, 2021
- 2 min
The Second Battle of Canton
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: China Period/ Conflict: Opium Wars Year: 1841 Date/s: 24 May 1841 On May 21 Chinese forces...
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Si Biggs
- May 23, 2021
- 2 min
75 years of the RMA-The Royal Marines Charity
RMA-The Royal Marines Charity celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2021, marking the foundation of one of its predecessor organisations,...
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