HMS Glory was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy and a member of the Canopus class. Intended for service in Asia,...

Belgrade War Cemetery was created to receive the remains of British and Commonwealth casualties brought in from more than sixty small...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: China Period/ Conflict: 1900's Year: 1927 Date/s: March 1927 27th January 1927. Portsmouth gave...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Light Infantry Location: Africa Period/ Conflict: Sudanese War Year: 1885 Date/s: 22 March 1885 The...

Another of the survivors of the Six Hundred who took part in the famous Balaclava charge has passed away in the person of William Henry...

539 ASRM (Assault Squadron Royal Marines) now 539 Raiding Squadron is a unique unit, for those of us that were privileged to have served...

Corporal George Ernest Tandy Ch. X 110723 was 19 years old when as a crewman on LCA 786 he swung down from the davits of Landing Ship...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Tamai Period/ Conflict: Sudanese War Year: 1884 Date/s: 13 March 1884 The Battle of Tamai...

Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: The Netherlands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 12 March - 7 April 1945 On the 12...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Spain Period/ Conflict: Carlist Wars Year: 1836 - 1837 When King Ferdinand died in 1833 there...

Come and see what other actions and events have happened to the Royal Marines in February. Or check out February on the history wall

Unit/ Formation: Barracks/ Camps Location: Tasmania Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1804 Date/s: 21 February 1804 The plaque in the image...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Deception Island, Antarctica Period/ Conflict: Year: 1953 Date/s: 15th February 1953 HMS Snipe...

On 11th February 1927, Admiralty Fleet Order 626/27 officially recognised 'A Life On The Ocean Wave' as the Regimental March of Her...

Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Indian Ocean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 12th February 1944 On 5 February 1944...

5th February 1793 The Battle of Martinique was a successful British invasion of the French colony of Martinique in the West Indies during...

Matthew White 2016 In 1962, while still a blue beret Young Officer, and while “on hold” to do my Commando Course after an Appendix...

Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Off Anzio Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 29th January 1944 Loss of AA Cruiser HMS...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Guadeloupe Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1810 Date/s: 28 January and 6 February 1810...

The Battle of Boulogne in 1940 was the defence of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer by French, British and Belgian troops during the Battle of...