Royal Marines Commando

Operation Mercerised - Attack on Sarandë and Surrender of Corfu

Oct 8
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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Si Biggs

Sep 30
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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Si Biggs

Sep 17
1 min

Poundforce land at Inchon

Operation Chromite - Inchon Unit/ Formation: Roya Marines Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 17th...

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Operation Sunbeam A - Limpet Attack in the Agean

Si Biggs

Sep 13
4 min

Operation Sunbeam A - Limpet Attack in the Agean

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Portolago Bay Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 18th June 1944 Leros island’s Portolago...

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47 CDO RM - Cutting off the Germans at Fecamp

Si Biggs

Sep 1
2 min

47 CDO RM - Cutting off the Germans at Fecamp

Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 2 September 1944 On the morning of 31 Aug...

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Operation Jubilee - Amphibious Raid on Dieppe - 19th August 1942

Si Biggs

Aug 19
4 min

Operation Jubilee - Amphibious Raid on Dieppe - 19th August 1942

The Dieppe Raid, Operation Jubilee, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe during the Second World War. The raid took...

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VJ Day - Victory over Japan - Royal Marines in SE Asia & the Pacific

Si Biggs

Aug 15
1 min

VJ Day - Victory over Japan - Royal Marines in SE Asia & the Pacific

On August 6 and 9, 1945, the Allies dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. On August 9, the Soviet Union declared...

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45 Cdo Royal Marines Formed in Burley Hampshire

Si Biggs

Jul 31
2 min

45 Cdo Royal Marines Formed in Burley Hampshire

Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Great Britian Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 1st August 1943 45 RM Commando was...

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Si Biggs

Jul 31
1 min

Formation of 43 Cdo Royal Marines

nit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 1st August 1943 43 Commando was formed on 1st...

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Royal Marines Association

Jul 12
1 min

Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Royal Marines Charity News | 13.07.21 A message from Commandant General Royal Marines, Lieutenant General Rob Magowan CB CBE “You will be...

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Independence of the New Hebrides “Coconut War” with France

Si Biggs

Jul 9
2 min

Independence of the New Hebrides “Coconut War” with France

Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: South Pacific Ocean Period/ Conflict: 20th Century Year: 1980 Date/s: July 1980 The Coconut War...

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Si Biggs

Jul 7
1 min

Normandy - A successful Recce Patrol

Unit/ Formation: 46 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 8 July 1944 Task To answer the following...

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Si Biggs

Jul 7
1 min

Landing & Infiltration in Somaliland

Unit/ Formation: 539 ASRM Location: Somaliland Period/ Conflict: 21st Century Year: 2011 Date/s: July 2011 In July 2011 a landing craft...

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Battle for the Falklands - The Battle for Mount Harriet - 42 Cdo RM - 11/12 June 1982

Si Biggs

Jun 10
3 min

Battle for the Falklands - The Battle for Mount Harriet - 42 Cdo RM - 11/12 June 1982

Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: The Falkland Islands Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 11 - 12 June 1982...

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The Loss of Royal Marines Landing Craft - LCU F4 - Falklands 8th June 1982

Si Biggs

Jun 8
1 min

The Loss of Royal Marines Landing Craft - LCU F4 - Falklands 8th June 1982

Image F4 conducting a work up excercise in English Bay Ascension Island With the British Army’s 5 Brigade separated from their vital...

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Battle for the Falklands - Double DFC's at Goose Green - 28th May 1982

Si Biggs

May 27
3 min

Battle for the Falklands - Double DFC's at Goose Green - 28th May 1982

On Friday 28th May 1982, the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment was engaged in fierce fighting to take enemy positions in the area...

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SBS Operations - East Falklands - Fanning Head

Si Biggs

May 19
2 min

SBS Operations - East Falklands - Fanning Head

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Falkland Islands Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 20/ 21 May 1982 Of concern to the...

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Si Biggs

Apr 22
1 min

Operation Bograt - 48RM Cdo

Unit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Beisbosch Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: April 1945 Major 'Pat' Wall 48RM Cdo and...

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Loss of HM Submarine Affray & 4 Man SBS team

Si Biggs

Apr 15
3 min

Loss of HM Submarine Affray & 4 Man SBS team

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: 1950's Year: 1951 Date/s: 16 April 1951 HMS Affray a British Amphion-class...

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Commando Raid on the East Coast Railway - North Korea

Si Biggs

Apr 2
2 min

Commando Raid on the East Coast Railway - North Korea

Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1951 Date/s: On 2 April 1951 On 2 April 1951, 21 Officers...

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ROYAL MARINES HISTORY.com

Operation Mercerised - Attack on Sarandë and Surrender of Corfu

Amphibious Raid from USS Perch

Poundforce land at Inchon

Operation Sunbeam A - Limpet Attack in the Agean

47 CDO RM - Cutting off the Germans at Fecamp

Operation Jubilee - Amphibious Raid on Dieppe - 19th August 1942

VJ Day - Victory over Japan - Royal Marines in SE Asia & the Pacific

45 Cdo Royal Marines Formed in Burley Hampshire

Formation of 43 Cdo Royal Marines

Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Independence of the New Hebrides “Coconut War” with France

Normandy - A successful Recce Patrol

Landing & Infiltration in Somaliland

Battle for the Falklands - The Battle for Mount Harriet - 42 Cdo RM - 11/12 June 1982

The Loss of Royal Marines Landing Craft - LCU F4 - Falklands 8th June 1982

Battle for the Falklands - Double DFC's at Goose Green - 28th May 1982

SBS Operations - East Falklands - Fanning Head

Operation Bograt - 48RM Cdo

Loss of HM Submarine Affray & 4 Man SBS team

Commando Raid on the East Coast Railway - North Korea

Fiction from Fact a novel by Si Biggs

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ROYAL MARINES HISTORY.com

Operation Mercerised - Attack on Sarandë and Surrender of Corfu

Amphibious Raid from USS Perch

Poundforce land at Inchon

Operation Sunbeam A - Limpet Attack in the Agean

47 CDO RM - Cutting off the Germans at Fecamp

Operation Jubilee - Amphibious Raid on Dieppe - 19th August 1942

VJ Day - Victory over Japan - Royal Marines in SE Asia & the Pacific

45 Cdo Royal Marines Formed in Burley Hampshire

Formation of 43 Cdo Royal Marines

Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Independence of the New Hebrides “Coconut War” with France

Normandy - A successful Recce Patrol

Landing & Infiltration in Somaliland

Battle for the Falklands - The Battle for Mount Harriet - 42 Cdo RM - 11/12 June 1982

The Loss of Royal Marines Landing Craft - LCU F4 - Falklands 8th June 1982

Battle for the Falklands - Double DFC's at Goose Green - 28th May 1982

SBS Operations - East Falklands - Fanning Head

Operation Bograt - 48RM Cdo

Loss of HM Submarine Affray & 4 Man SBS team

Commando Raid on the East Coast Railway - North Korea

Fiction from Fact a novel by Si Biggs

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United Kingdom