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Battle of Lowestoft - Leading to the formation of the Dutch Marines
Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: Second Anglo Dutch War Year: 1665 Date/s: 3rd June 1665 ...
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Jun 3, 20211 min read
Sgt Kiwi Hunt SBS Memorial
Sgt Kiwi Hunt SBS HUNT, Ian Nicholas Rank: Sergeant Regiment/Corps: Royal Marines Number: P030085W Born: Tuesday, December 1, 1953 Died :...
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Jun 2, 20213 min read
First Firing of a Torpedo in Action
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Pacocha Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1877 Date/s: 29 May 1877 The first HMS Shah was a 19th-century...
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May 29, 20212 min read
Battle for the Falklands - Double DFC's at Goose Green - 28th May 1982
On Friday 28th May 1982, the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment was engaged in fierce fighting to take enemy positions in the area...
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May 28, 20213 min read
The Second Battle of Canton
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: China Period/ Conflict: Opium Wars Year: 1841 Date/s: 24 May 1841 On May 21 Chinese forces...
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May 24, 20212 min read
75 years of the RMA-The Royal Marines Charity
RMA-The Royal Marines Charity celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2021, marking the foundation of one of its predecessor organisations,...
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May 24, 20212 min read
Loss of 90 RM on HMS Gloucester
HMS Gloucester was one of the second batch of three Town-classlight cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the late 1930s. Transferred...
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May 22, 20212 min read
SBS Operations - East Falklands - Fanning Head
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Falkland Islands Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 20/ 21 May 1982 Of concern to the...
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May 20, 20212 min read
The Capture of Fort Louis in Senegal
Unit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: Africa Period/ Conflict: Seven Years' War Year: 1758 Date/s: Tuesday 2nd May 1758...
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May 2, 20211 min read
The Corps of Marines titled the Royal Marines by King George III
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1802 Date/s: 29th April 1802 In 1802, largely at...
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Apr 30, 20211 min read
RM Fortress Unit - Bardufoss - Norway 1940
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Bardufoss Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: April - June 1940 During World War...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
The Battle of Gavrelle Windmill
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 28th to 29th April 1917 The battle of...
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Apr 28, 20214 min read
Captain Edward Banford RMLI - Victoria Cross - Zeebrugge
Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 23 April 1918 Bamford was 30 years...
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Apr 23, 20211 min read
Sergeant Norman Finch RMA - Victoria Cross - Zeebrugge
Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 23 April 1918 Finch was 27 years...
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Apr 23, 20212 min read
Operation Bograt - 48RM Cdo
Unit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Beisbosch Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: April 1945 Major 'Pat' Wall 48RM Cdo and...
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Apr 22, 20211 min read
Charles Henry Bowden BEM - Corps Drum Major
By Colin E Bowden Charles Henry Bowden or as he was better known - 'Charlie' Bowden, not that the rank and file would have addressed him...
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Apr 21, 20216 min read
HRH Prince Philip - Captain General Royal Marines
The Duke of Edinburgh (1921 - 2021) was laid to rest on 17th April 2021 at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. Prince Philip held the...
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Apr 17, 20212 min read
Formation and Timeline of the RMLI
On 30 January 1855, Her Majesty Queen Victoria approved an Admiralty Minute designating the infantry of the Royal Marines a 'Light Corps'...
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Apr 13, 20212 min read
Battle of Aveluy Wood - Royal Marines Light Infantry
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 5th to 7th April 1918 2nd Battalion RMLI...
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Apr 5, 20213 min read
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 2 April 1951 On 2 April 1951, 21 Officers...
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Apr 2, 20212 min read
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