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    Hell Ship - Lisbon Maru
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 2 min

    Hell Ship - Lisbon Maru

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Chinese coast Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 1 October 1942 1942 Lisbon Maru,...
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    43 Commando - Landing at Dubrovnik
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 2 min

    43 Commando - Landing at Dubrovnik

    Unit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Yugoslavia Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 29th October 1944 Floydforce was the...
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    Sinking of SS Abosso
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 28, 2021
    • 5 min

    Sinking of SS Abosso

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Atlantic Ocean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 29th October 1942 SS Abosso,...
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    Happy 357th Birthday Royal Marines Projecting Global Power Since 1664
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    Happy 357th Birthday Royal Marines Projecting Global Power Since 1664

    Formed in the reign of King Charles II on October 28, 1664 as the Duke of York and Albany’s Maritime Regiment of Foot (or Admiral’s...
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    Hanna Snell Joins the Marines 1747
    Simon Biggs
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 2 min

    Hanna Snell Joins the Marines 1747

    Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: Year: 1747 Date/s: 23 October 1747 Hannah Snell was born in...
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    Battle of Kudjwa - Indian Mutiny
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 14, 2021
    • 4 min

    Battle of Kudjwa - Indian Mutiny

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: India Period/ Conflict: Indian Mutiny Year: 1857 Date/s: 31st October 1857 After their arrival...
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    Balaclava - Marine Heights and the Charge of the Heavy and Light Brigade
    SImon Biggs
    • Oct 14, 2021
    • 5 min

    Balaclava - Marine Heights and the Charge of the Heavy and Light Brigade

    After the Battle of the Alma, the Armies marched towards Sebastopol; moving round the East side, they invested the fortress on the South...
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    The Trenches of Colincamps
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Trenches of Colincamps

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1916 Date/s: 12th October 1916 On the night of the...
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    Operation Mercerised - Attack on Sarandë and Surrender of Corfu
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Operation Mercerised - Attack on Sarandë and Surrender of Corfu

    Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Albania Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 9 - 12 October 1944 No. 2 Commando...
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    Evacuation of Abadan Oil workers
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Evacuation of Abadan Oil workers

    Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Abadan Iraq Period/ Conflict: Year: 1951 Date/s: 3 October 1951 The Abadan Crisis occurred from 1951...
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    Amphibious Raid from USS Perch
    Si Biggs
    • Sep 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    Amphibious Raid from USS Perch

    Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 1 October 1950 As the American submarine USS...
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    30 CDO - Raid on Algiers
    Si Biggs
    • Nov 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    30 CDO - Raid on Algiers

    Unit/ Formation: 30 Cdo Location: Maghreb Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 8 November 1942 Two British warships,...
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    Battle of Puente Obligado
    Si Biggs
    • Nov 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Battle of Puente Obligado

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Puente Obligado Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1845 Date/s: 20th November 1845 Royal Marines...
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    Taranto - first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history, Major Patch RM DSC
    Si Biggs
    • Nov 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Taranto - first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history, Major Patch RM DSC

    The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11–12 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under...
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    Captain Troy - The Buckingham - Attack on the French
    Si Biggs
    • Nov 3, 2020
    • 1 min

    Captain Troy - The Buckingham - Attack on the French

    Unit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: Off Sint Eustatius Period/ Conflict: Seven Years' War Year: 1758 Date/s: 3rd...
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    Defence of Antwerp 1914
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 31, 2020
    • 2 min

    Defence of Antwerp 1914

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: October 1914 Following the fall of...
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    Op Granby - RM Band Service
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Op Granby - RM Band Service

    Unit/ Formation: RM Band Service Location: Kuwait Period/ Conflict: Operation Granby (Gulf War 1) Year: 1990 Date/s: 29th October 1990 -...
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    The Second Battle of Passchendaele
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Second Battle of Passchendaele

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 26th to 28th October 1917 (Both RM...
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    47 Cdo - The last shot fired in anger
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    47 Cdo - The last shot fired in anger

    Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: Germany Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 27th October 1945 At ERKENSCHWICK the unit...
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    Tanker stowaways: ‘Hijacking’ ends after SBS storm ship
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    Tanker stowaways: ‘Hijacking’ ends after SBS storm ship

    Seven people were detained when military forces stormed a tanker suspected to have been hijacked off the Isle of Wight. Sixteen members...
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