Si Biggs
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 7 April 1951 On 2 April 1951, 21...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 5, 2020
- 1 min
The Battle of Basra
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Iraq Period/ Conflict: Iraq War (2003 - 2009) Year: 2003 Date/s: 6 April 2003 42 Commando...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 1, 2020
- 3 min
Operation Roast - Lake Commachio
Unit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 2 - 18th April 1944 It was shortly...
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Si Biggs
- Mar 28, 2020
- 2 min
"Operation Chariot" - St Nazaire Raid - 28th March 1942 #RoyalMarines
The St Nazaire Raid or Operation Chariot was a successful British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Normandie dry dock at St...
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Simon Biggs
- Mar 23, 2020
- 3 min
Operation Widgeon - 46 & 45 Cdo RM Crossing the Rhine
Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Wesel Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: Friday, March 23, 1945 Operation...
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Simon Biggs
- Feb 25, 2020
- 2 min
Operation Lifespan - Maritime Counterterrorism Ops
Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Loch Neagh Period/ Conflict: Northern Ireland Conflict Year: 1993 - 2002 Operation...
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Simon Biggs
- Feb 15, 2020
- 2 min
Raid on Deception Island. Antarctica
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Deception Island, Antarctica Year: 1953 Date/s: 15th February 1953 HMS Snipe lands one...
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Simon Biggs
- Feb 9, 2020
- 1 min
Tragedy on Operations in Cyprus
Thursday, February 9, 1956, Quartermaster Sergeant Alfred Wheeler and Mne. Benet Blakeway, HQ 3 Commando Brigade, died during operations...
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Simon Biggs
- Feb 9, 2020
- 2 min
Operation Diesel - Raid on Drugs Factories
Operation Diesel Unit/ Formation: RM ASG Location: Helmand Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan (2001-) Date/s: 9th February 2009...
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Simon Biggs
- Feb 2, 2020
- 3 min
The Battle of Monte Ornito and it peaks - 43 Cdo RM - 9 Cdo
After the Anzio landings the Commandos of 2 SS Brigade were placed in reserve before returning to Naples on an LST (Landing Ship Tank),...
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Simon Biggs
- Jan 16, 2020
- 1 min
Submarine Canoe Insertion against the IRA
Operation Aweless Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Northern Ireland Period/ Conflict: Northern Ireland Conflict Year: 1975 Date/s:...
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Simon Biggs
- Jan 16, 2020
- 2 min
Assault on the island of Kapelsche Veer
Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: The Netherlands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 13th January 1945 Operation Horse...
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Simon Biggs
- Jan 7, 2020
- 1 min
Royal Marines Museum - £5 Million Mission!
From the Royal Marines Museum Website: The Royal Marines are without a museum, their story hidden from view. After being deemed no longer...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 31, 2019
- 2 min
Loss of T Company - HMS Fidelity
Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Azores Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 30th December 1942 T-Company was formed...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 16, 2019
- 6 min
The Battle of the Bulge - Royal Marines in the Ardennes Offensive
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 12, 2019
- 3 min
42 Commando Raid on Limbang - Hostage Rescue - 12th December 1962 #RoyalMarines
'I assess the most important factor in the success of the operation was first class leadership by junior NCOs. Their section battle craft...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 7, 2019
- 4 min
Operation Frankton - The Cockleshell Heroes
Combined Operations commander Admiral Louis Mountbatten regarded it as “the most courageous and imaginative of all the raids ever carried...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 12, 2019
- 5 min
Major-General Patrick Kay: Royal Marine who became a pioneer of amphibious warfare
Patrick Richard Kay, Royal Marine officer: born Blakeney, Norfolk 1 August 1921; MBE 1945, CB 1972; married 1944, Muriel Austen Smith...
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Simon Biggs
- Nov 7, 2019
- 3 min
I Was There! - I Saw the Royal Marines Go In at Walcheren
The War Illustrated, Volume 8, No. 194, Page 441, November 24, 1944. Westkapelle, keypoint in the Dutch island of Walcheren blocking the...
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Simon Biggs
- Nov 6, 2019
- 2 min
1 ASRM becomes 47 Commando (Raiding Group) Royal Marines
The Royal Marines' amphibious warfare expert group has been renamed. 1 Assault Group Royal Marines now under the command of 3 Commando...
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