In My Own Words - In Our Own Words In the first section of this podcast In My Own Words Tony Sicklemore tells of his experiences with 42...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: North Atlantic Period/ Conflict: 1970's Year: 1972 Date/s: 18 May 1972 On 17 May 1972, while traveling...

17th May 1953 During Active Service deployment to the Canal Zone the plane carrying S Troop of 40 Commando RM crashed on take-off from...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Hook of Holland Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1939 Date/s: 13 May 1939 Before evening on...

The threat of terrorist both home grown and international against the North Sea Oil Instillations was brought to the attention of the...

The siege of Bastia was a combined British and Corsican military operation during the early stages of the French Revolutionary Wars. The...

Unit/ Formation: Barracks/ Camps Location: Great Britian Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1861 Date/s: 4th May 1861 The South barracks of...

Come and search April on the Royal Marines Geo Map and explore 57 Pins...at present the first from 1775, click the map to open and search...

The quick march 'Soldiers of the Sea' was composed by Vivian Dunn and written for HMS Bulwark, the Royal Navy's first Commando Carrier in...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Murmansk, Kola Bay Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 12 July 1918 In Murmansk...

On Easter Sunday 1943 (25 April), gale force winds and wild seas were lashing at the coast. Close to land, among the giant breakers and...

April-July 1949 HMS Amethyst sailed from Shanghai on 19th April to relieve HMS Consort at Nanking. Fired at on 20th at around 0900, 60...

Unit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: North America Period/ Conflict: American Revolutionary War (1775–83) Year: Date/s:...

Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: San Juan Period/ Conflict: Year: 1797 Date/s: 17th April 1797 The Battle of San Juan was an...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Faroe Islands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 13th April 1940 Occupation of...

Unit/ Formation: RM Band Service Location: Falkland Islands Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 12th May 1982 Royal...

Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Gallipoli peninsula Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: April 1915 - January 1916 84...

After the raid on Colombo by the Japanese aircraft carriers on 5 April, known as the Easter Sunday Raid, Hermes and Vampire were sent to...

On 2 April, Cornwall and her half sister, Dorsetshire, were detached from the fleet, Dorsetshire to resume an interrupted refit and...

Seafire Mk.IIC, MB218/S-A, pilot Major AJ. Wright, RM, No. 809 NAS, HMS Unicorn, September 1943. MB218 was produced by Supermarine. It...