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41 CDO - Raid on Douvres Radar Station
The radar at Douvres-la-Délivrande was the primary Luftwaffe radar station in the area—a fortified position of twenty acres—having been...
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Mar 27, 20247 min read
41 Cdo - Sword Beach - D Day
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 6 June 1944 The most experienced unit in...
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Mar 26, 202410 min read
Cpl Reginald Campbell - KIA Sarawak
1964 Corporal Reginald CHAPPELL: Service Number RM 15686 of 42 Commando RM. He was killed in action during the Confrontation with...
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Feb 26, 20241 min read
SBS - Limpit Mine Removal - Palastine
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Haifa Period/ Conflict: Palastine Mandate Year: 1948 Date/s: 19 In 1946, the SBS, whether of Commando or...
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Feb 15, 20241 min read
Operation Lightning at Akyab
Unit/ Formation: 44 Cdo RM Location: Akyab Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 3 January 1945 On 3 January No. 44 were...
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Jan 30, 20241 min read
40 CDO - Capture of Navy House - Musketeer
Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Port Said Period/ Conflict: Suez Crisis Year: 1956 Date/s: 6th November 1956 At dawn on 6 November...
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Nov 20, 20232 min read
45 CDO - The world's first heli-borne assault - Musketeer
Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Egypt Period/ Conflict: Suez Crisis Year: 1956 Date/s: 5 November 1956 Operation Musketeer (French:...
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Nov 20, 20232 min read
Attack on Milos Freya Radar Station
Haddock Troop, was a contingent of Royal Marines on 'special assignment', led by Captain Arnold Bell it consisted of two sergeants, four...
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Nov 15, 20234 min read
LVT 'Conquerer' Destroyed by Booby Trap in Serooskerke
Unit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Serooskerke Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 8 November 1944 A patrol from 48RM...
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Nov 8, 20232 min read
41 CDO Mortared in the Dunes
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 7 November 1944 Two Nebelwerfer north of...
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Nov 7, 20232 min read
41CDO RM - Attack on W18 - Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 5 November 1944 W18 was situated in the...
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Nov 5, 20232 min read
47 CDO RM - Attack on Battery W11 Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: Dishoek, Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 2 - 3 November 1944 The...
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Nov 2, 20232 min read
41 CDO RM - Landings at Westkapelle - Operation Infatuate
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Westkapelle Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 1 November 1944 The three RM...
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Nov 1, 20232 min read
48 CDO - Operation Infatuate - Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Westkapelle Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 1 November 1944 On 1 November No 48...
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Nov 1, 20232 min read
47 Cdo - Training for Operation Infatuate
Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 27 September 1944 After relief by 7...
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Sep 3, 20232 min read
Lake Commachio - Kangaroo Charge by C Troop
Unit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Lake Commachio Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 02 April 1945 It was shortly before...
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Aug 16, 20232 min read
Formation of 3 Brigade Air Squadron (3 BAS)
Location: Sembawang, Singapore Period/ Conflict: 1960's Year: 1968 Date/s: 12th August 1968 Almost co-inciding with the Commando Carriers...
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Aug 12, 20233 min read
Commando Training Center Royal Marines - Lympstone
Unit/ Formation: Barracks/ Camps Location: Great Britian Period/ Conflict: 1900's Year: 1960 Date/s: 1960 The training of commandos after...
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Aug 10, 20232 min read
Trevor Philpott - Junior Marine to King’s Badge to Lt Col OBE, RM, FRSA
Trevor Philpott - died unexpectedly but peacefully at home in South Shields on Saturday 8th July 2023. Trevor grew up in the Tavistock...
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Aug 5, 20236 min read
James Louis Moulton
James Louis Moulton was born on 3 June 1906, the son of J. D. Moulton. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Barnet, and...
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Aug 1, 20233 min read
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