Si Biggs
2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Marines
United Kingdom: August 1940 Air Defence of Great Britain The 2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.M. was formed at Arborfield on 15th April 1940...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 19
- 3 min
Lt Colonel Norman Ormsby Burge
When the First World War broke out, Burge volunteered for active service. He was put in command of one of the Portsmouth Battalion...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 11
- 1 min
Formation of the USMC
The official birthday of the United States Marine Corps is on 10 November 1775. That was the day when the Second Continental Congress...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 2
- 2 min
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...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 1
- 3 min
Sgt Robert Greer LCG 1 - Walcheren
Sergeant Robert Greer (CH/X 3121) served as a Royal Marine during World War Two. Born on 12th December 1907 at 15 Dagmar Street, Belfast,...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 29, 2021
- 3 min
Withdrawal from Aden
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Aden Period/ Conflict: Aden Emergency (1964 - 67) Year: 1967 Date/s: 29th November 1967 Withdrawal...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
Battle of Porto Bello
Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Panama Period/ Conflict: The War of Jenkins' Ear Year: 1739 Date/s: 20 November 1739 Vernon's...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 17, 2021
- 5 min
Operation Stone Age - Loss of HMS Arethusa & 31 Royal Marines
17 November 1942 / 20 November 1942 On 17 November 1942 a convoy of 4 merchants (MW-13) left Alexandria for Malta. This convoy was...
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SImon Biggs
- Nov 16, 2021
- 2 min
Bugler CE Timmins, 14, Youngest Marine Killed in WW1
TIMMINS, CHARLES ERNEST PO/19601 Bugler Age:14 (Born 7th Dec. 1902) Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S "Cardiff.". Son of Private John...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 13, 2021
- 6 min
Royal 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...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
The Unknown Warrior Story - The Bands of HM Royal Marines
The Unknown Warrior, performed in the Royal Albert Hall for the Mountbatten Festival of Music 2021 by the Massed Bands of Her Majesty's...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 9, 2021
- 2 min
Capture of the Italian Armistice Commission - 30 Commando AU
Unit/ Formation: 30 Cdo Location: Cheragas Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 9th November 1942 The IAU ‘Special...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 6, 2021
- 2 min
Storming of the Ottoman Fort Fao - Al Faw Peninsula
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Iraq Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 6 November 1914 The Fao Landing occurred...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
General 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...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 3, 2021
- 4 min
Japanese 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...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 2, 2021
- 3 min
I Was There! - I Saw the Royal Marines Go In at Walcheren
The War Illustrated, Volume 8, No. 194, Page 441, November 24, 1944. Westkapelle, keypoint in the Dutch island of Walcheren blocking the...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 1, 2021
- 4 min
Landing Craft Support Squadron - Operation Infatuate
1st - 8th November 1944 Operation Infatuate - The Battle of Walcheren. Support Squadron Eastern Flank left from Poole on 28th October...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 28, 2020
- 5 min
Operation Torch - A Royal Marines Story - Stanley Ogilvie
Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Algeria Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 8–16 November 1942 Our recruit training...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 27, 2020
- 8 min
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!!...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
Joint Occupation of San Juan Island with the USMC
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: British Columbia Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1856 Date/s: 24th November 1856 When Great...
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