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Engagement at Pungoteague Creek - Colonial Marines
Unit/ Formation: Colonial Marines Location: North America Period/ Conflict: War of 1812 Year: 1814 Date/s: 30 May 1814 Under the Command...
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Si Biggs
- 7 days ago
- 1 min
'Ship' Redoubt at Pasajes
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: San Sebastian Period/ Conflict: Carlist Wars Year: 1836 Date/s: 28th May 1836 28 May 1836 – A...
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Si Biggs
- May 27
- 2 min
Sinking of the Bismarck
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Atlantic Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: 27th May 1941 The last battle of the...
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Si Biggs
- May 27
- 6 min
The Destruction of HMS Princess Irene
HMS Princess Irene was requisitioned by the Royal Navy and converted to an auxiliary minelayer. On 27 May 1915, she exploded and sank off...
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Si Biggs
- May 10
- 1 min
Operation Fork - Invasion of Iceland
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Iceland Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 10 May 1940 The invasion of Iceland,...
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Si Biggs
- May 5
- 2 min
Royal Marines wear the Tudor Crown
Royal Marines wore His Majesty The King’s cypher on their uniforms for the first time at the coronation parade in May. Warrant Officers...
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Si Biggs
- May 4
- 1 min
Operation Iron Clad
Unit/ Formation: Combined Ops Location: Madagascar Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 5 May 1942 Allied commanders...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 29
- 7 min
Battle of Gavrelle Windmill - highest number of Royal Marine causalities in a single day
Battle of Gavrelle Windmill Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 28th to 29th April...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 20
- 2 min
The First Battle of Canton
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: China Period/ Conflict: Opium Wars Year: 1841 Date/s: 18 March 1841 The First Battle of Canton...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Force Viper - Escape
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Burma Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: April 1943 Only 58 of the original 106...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 16
- 3 min
Attack on Emmahaven
Unit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: Padang Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 16th April 1945 An airstrike was made on...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 15
- 4 min
Lt Col Richard N. Bendyshe - Shot by a 'Spy' or sentry?
Richard (DIck) Nelson Bendyshe was born on 18th January 1866 in Ontario, Canada. His parents were Charlotte Brodrick and Nelson Bendyshe...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 14
- 1 min
Landings at Namsos - Royal Marines first ashore in Norway
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Norway Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 14 - 16th April 1940 The first Allied...
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Si Biggs
- Mar 29
- 4 min
Loss of Trinidad by own Torpedo
HMS Trinidad was a Royal Navy Fiji-class light cruiser. She was lost while serving in the Arctic on convoy duty after being damaged by...
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Si Biggs
- Mar 24
- 1 min
Rescue of the Persian Residency
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Bushehr Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1839 Date/s: 25th March 1839 After taking Karachi HMS...
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Si Biggs
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Royal Marines' Cemetery - San Juan Island National Historical Park
The Royal Marines who died during the joint occupation of San Juan Island with the USMC rest in honor here. Jim Crook was one year old...
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Si Biggs
- Mar 8
- 2 min
HMS Mount Stewart and the Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment
This secret unit specialising in irregular warfare consisted of servicemen from the Navy, Royal Marines and Army under the command of...
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Si Biggs
- Mar 5
- 5 min
Amphibious Raids against the Turkish Guns
Royal Marines acted as landing parties in the Naval campaign against the Turkish fortifications in the Dardanelles before the Gallipoli...
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Si Biggs
- Feb 28
- 1 min
February Marines
This month I have been concentrating on the Royal Marines Roll of Honour data base, so many entries are just names with no details, and...
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Si Biggs
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Battle of El Teb
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Sudan Period/ Conflict: Sudanese War Year: 1884 Date/s: 29 February 1884 On the 21st, the force...
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