Si BiggsNov 29, 20213 minWithdrawal from AdenUnit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Aden Period/ Conflict: Aden Emergency (1964 - 67) Year: 1967 Date/s: 29th November 1967 Withdrawal...
Si BiggsNov 20, 20211 minBattle of Porto BelloUnit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Panama Period/ Conflict: The War of Jenkins' Ear Year: 1739 Date/s: 20 November 1739 Vernon's...
Si BiggsNov 17, 20215 minOperation Stone Age - Loss of HMS Arethusa & 31 Royal Marines17 November 1942 / 20 November 1942 On 17 November 1942 a convoy of 4 merchants (MW-13) left Alexandria for Malta. This convoy was...
SImon BiggsNov 16, 20212 minBugler CE Timmins, 14, Youngest Marine Killed in WW1TIMMINS, CHARLES ERNEST PO/19601 Bugler Age:14 (Born 7th Dec. 1902) Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S "Cardiff.". Son of Private John...
Si BiggsNov 13, 20216 minRoyal Marines Light Infantry - The Battle of the Ancre (Battles of the Somme 1916)Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1916 Date/s: 13th to 15th November 1916 (1RM: 127 killed; 2RM...
Si BiggsNov 11, 20212 minThe Unknown Warrior Story - The Bands of HM Royal MarinesThe Unknown Warrior, performed in the Royal Albert Hall for the Mountbatten Festival of Music 2021 by the Massed Bands of Her Majesty's...
Si BiggsNov 9, 20212 minCapture of the Italian Armistice Commission - 30 Commando AUUnit/ Formation: 30 Cdo Location: Cheragas Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 9th November 1942 The IAU ‘Special...
Si BiggsNov 6, 20212 minStorming of the Ottoman Fort Fao - Al Faw PeninsulaUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Iraq Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 6 November 1914 The Fao Landing occurred...
Si BiggsNov 5, 20212 minGeneral Sir Edward Nicolls KCB - The 'Fighting Nicolls'Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Monte Christe Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1803 Date/s: Saturday 5th November 1803...
Si BiggsNov 3, 20214 minJapanese Midget Submarine Crews hunted in Madagascar The Battle of Madagascar (5 May – 6 November 1942) was a British campaign to capture the Vichy French-controlled island Madagascar during...
Si BiggsNov 2, 20213 minI Was There! - I Saw the Royal Marines Go In at WalcherenThe War Illustrated, Volume 8, No. 194, Page 441, November 24, 1944. Westkapelle, keypoint in the Dutch island of Walcheren blocking the...
Si BiggsNov 1, 20214 minLanding Craft Support Squadron - Operation Infatuate1st - 8th November 1944 Operation Infatuate - The Battle of Walcheren. Support Squadron Eastern Flank left from Poole on 28th October...
Si BiggsNov 28, 20205 minOperation Torch - A Royal Marines Story - Stanley OgilvieUnit/ Formation: RM People Location: Algeria Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 8–16 November 1942 Our recruit training...
Si BiggsNov 27, 20208 min41 Commando - Chosin Reservoir Korea November/ December 1950 - Task Force DrysdaleUnit/ 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 BiggsNov 24, 20202 minJoint Occupation of San Juan Island with the USMCUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: British Columbia Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1856 Date/s: 24th November 1856 When Great...
Si BiggsNov 12, 20202 minBattle of the Windmill - OntarioUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Ontario Period/ Conflict: Patriot War Year: 1838 Date/s: 12 November 1838 The Battle of the...
Si BiggsNov 2, 20203 minCpl John Prettyjohn - First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd November 1854 – Battle of InkermanJohn Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn) (11 June 1823 – 20 January 1887) was the first Royal Marine to win the Victoria...
Simon BiggsNov 25, 20193 minThe Battle of Graspan 1899The Battle of Graspan during the Boer War. On the 25th November 1899 the Royal Marines were involved in the battle of Graspan (also known...
Simon BiggsNov 12, 20192 minTaranto - first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history, Major Patch RM DSCThe Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11–12 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under...
Si BiggsNov 12, 20195 minMajor-General Patrick Kay: Royal Marine who became a pioneer of amphibious warfarePatrick Richard Kay, Royal Marine officer: born Blakeney, Norfolk 1 August 1921; MBE 1945, CB 1972; married 1944, Muriel Austen Smith...