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    Major AJ Wright - Flying Shark Teeth
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 4
    • 3 min

    Major AJ Wright - Flying Shark Teeth

    Seafire Mk.IIC, MB218/S-A, pilot Major AJ. Wright, RM, No. 809 NAS, HMS Unicorn, September 1943. MB218 was produced by Supermarine. It...
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    Captain James Maynard - 50 years of Service
    Si Biggs
    • Mar 30
    • 2 min

    Captain James Maynard - 50 years of Service

    Captain James Maynard This information and life time achievements were found by chance during a house sale and are an astonishing...
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    Cpl George Tandy - Gold Beach - 'The Human Rudder'
    Si Biggs
    • Mar 14
    • 6 min

    Cpl George Tandy - Gold Beach - 'The Human Rudder'

    Corporal George Ernest Tandy Ch. X 110723 was 19 years old when as a crewman on LCA 786 he swung down from the davits of Landing Ship...
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    L/Cpl Matt Croucher GC
    Si Biggs
    • Feb 9
    • 6 min

    L/Cpl Matt Croucher GC

    Matthew Croucher, GC,VR (born 14 December 1983) is a former Royal Marine and a recipient of the George Cross, the highest British and...
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    Matthew White, OC 1 Raiding Squadron Royal Marines
    Si Biggs
    • Feb 2
    • 5 min

    Matthew White, OC 1 Raiding Squadron Royal Marines

    Matthew White 2016 In 1962, while still a blue beret Young Officer, and while “on hold” to do my Commando Course after an Appendix...
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    Colonel David Mitchell 2 SBS - Borneo
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 14
    • 3 min

    Colonel David Mitchell 2 SBS - Borneo

    Colonel David Mitchell Royal Marines commanded No 2 Special Boat Section in the Far East, and pioneered new technique of clandestine...
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    Mike Samuelson a Royal Marines Officer; 40 decades of War and Peace (Keeping) Pt1
    Si Biggs
    • Dec 31, 2021
    • 1 min

    Mike Samuelson a Royal Marines Officer; 40 decades of War and Peace (Keeping) Pt1

    Please listen to my latest podcast, and interview with Mike Samuelson. Mike Samuelson a Royal Marines Officer: Lympstone to N Iraq via...
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    Winston Churchills Flying Instructor Killed
    Si Biggs
    • Dec 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Winston Churchills Flying Instructor Killed

    Unit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: Royal Naval Air Station Eastchurch Period/ Conflict: 1900's Year: 1913 Date/s: 2nd December 1913...
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    General Sir Edward Nicolls KCB - The 'Fighting Nicolls'
    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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    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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    The Seige of Pondicherry
    Si Biggs
    • Aug 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Seige of Pondicherry

    Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: India Period/ Conflict: First Carnatic War Year: 1748 Date/s: August – October 1748 The First...
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    Private Gerrighty RMLI Albert Medal
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Private Gerrighty RMLI Albert Medal

    Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Western Mediterranean Sea Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1878 Date/s: 27th July 1878 Private...
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    Jim Wren Royal Marines at 100
    Royal Marines Association
    • Jul 14, 2021
    • 7 min

    Jim Wren Royal Marines at 100

    Article from the Royal Marines Charity; Visiting Jim Wren, 100-year-old veteran The Royal Marines Association were lucky enough to secure...
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    HMS Belfast to Victory the story of Ron Knight a Royal Marine on operations in Korea and Malaya
    Si Biggs
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    HMS Belfast to Victory the story of Ron Knight a Royal Marine on operations in Korea and Malaya

    Welcome to the Royal Marines a Geo History Podcast telling the oral histories of former Royal Marines. The aim is to provide more depth...
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    Major General Sir John Jeremy Moore
    Si Biggs
    • Sep 14, 2020
    • 4 min

    Major General Sir John Jeremy Moore

    Major General Sir John Jeremy Moore, KCB,OBE,MC & Bar (5 July 1928 – 15 September 2007) was a British senior Royal Marine officer who...
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    Guy Griffiths - Royal Marines Airman, Painter, Forger and Spy
    Si Biggs
    • Sep 12, 2020
    • 4 min

    Guy Griffiths - Royal Marines Airman, Painter, Forger and Spy

    Guy Beresford Kerr "Griff" Griffiths (6 June 1915 – 12 July 1999) was a Royal Marine pilot. He served as a pilot during the Second World...
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    Murder of Lord Mountbattten
    Si Biggs
    • Aug 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    Murder of Lord Mountbattten

    Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Mullaghmore Period/ Conflict: The Troubles Year: 1979 Date/s: 27 August 1979 Murder of the Colonel...
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    John Field - RM People "We thought we were immortal.” Operation Husky
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    John Field - RM People "We thought we were immortal.” Operation Husky

    Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Sicily Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: July 1943 John Field crouched in the...
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    Lieutenant-Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour, OBE
    Si Biggs
    • Jun 7, 2020
    • 4 min

    Lieutenant-Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour, OBE

    Lieutenant-Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour, OBE is an author, sailor, and retired Royal Marine. He served for 32 years in the Royal Marines...
    609 views0 comments
    Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Malcolm, KCB
    Si Biggs
    • May 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Malcolm, KCB

    Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Malcolm, KCB (13 January 1767 – 27 December 1849) was a Scottish officer of the British Royal Marines who...
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