Si BiggsOct 29, 20212 minHell Ship - Lisbon MaruUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Chinese coast Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 1 October 1942 1942 Lisbon Maru,...
Si BiggsOct 29, 20212 min43 Commando - Landing at DubrovnikUnit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Yugoslavia Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 29th October 1944 Floydforce was the...
Si BiggsOct 28, 20215 minSinking of SS AbossoUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Atlantic Ocean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 29th October 1942 SS Abosso,...
Si BiggsOct 28, 20212 minHappy 357th Birthday Royal Marines Projecting Global Power Since 1664Formed 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...
Simon BiggsOct 23, 20212 minHanna Snell Joins the Marines 1747Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: Year: 1747 Date/s: 23 October 1747 Hannah Snell was born in...
Si BiggsOct 14, 20214 minBattle of Kudjwa - Indian MutinyUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: India Period/ Conflict: Indian Mutiny Year: 1857 Date/s: 31st October 1857 After their arrival...
SImon BiggsOct 14, 20215 minBalaclava - Marine Heights and the Charge of the Heavy and Light BrigadeAfter the Battle of the Alma, the Armies marched towards Sebastopol; moving round the East side, they invested the fortress on the South...
Si BiggsOct 11, 20213 minThe Trenches of ColincampsUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1916 Date/s: 12th October 1916 On the night of the...
Si BiggsOct 8, 20212 minOperation Mercerised - Attack on Sarandë and Surrender of CorfuUnit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Albania Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 9 - 12 October 1944 No. 2 Commando...
Si BiggsOct 2, 20212 minEvacuation of Abadan Oil workersUnit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Abadan Iraq Period/ Conflict: Year: 1951 Date/s: 3 October 1951 The Abadan Crisis occurred from 1951...
Si BiggsSep 30, 20213 minAmphibious Raid from USS PerchUnit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 1 October 1950 As the American submarine USS...
Si BiggsNov 20, 20202 min30 CDO - Raid on AlgiersUnit/ Formation: 30 Cdo Location: Maghreb Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 8 November 1942 Two British warships,...
Si BiggsNov 20, 20202 minBattle of Puente ObligadoUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Puente Obligado Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1845 Date/s: 20th November 1845 Royal Marines...
Si BiggsNov 12, 20202 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 3, 20201 minCaptain Troy - The Buckingham - Attack on the FrenchUnit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: Off Sint Eustatius Period/ Conflict: Seven Years' War Year: 1758 Date/s: 3rd...
Si BiggsOct 31, 20202 minDefence of Antwerp 1914Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: October 1914 Following the fall of...
Si BiggsOct 29, 20201 minOp Granby - RM Band ServiceUnit/ Formation: RM Band Service Location: Kuwait Period/ Conflict: Operation Granby (Gulf War 1) Year: 1990 Date/s: 29th October 1990 -...
Si BiggsOct 28, 20202 minThe Second Battle of PasschendaeleUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 26th to 28th October 1917 (Both RM...
Si BiggsOct 27, 20202 min47 Cdo - The last shot fired in angerUnit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: Germany Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 27th October 1945 At ERKENSCHWICK the unit...
Si BiggsOct 24, 20202 minTanker stowaways: ‘Hijacking’ ends after SBS storm shipSeven people were detained when military forces stormed a tanker suspected to have been hijacked off the Isle of Wight. Sixteen members...