Si Biggs
Happy Birthday #Royal Marines Projecting Global Power Since 1664
Formed in the reign of King Charles II on October 28, 1664 as the Duke of York and Albany’s Maritime Regiment of Foot (or Admiral’s...
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Simon Biggs
- Oct 21, 2019
- 2 min
Captain of Marines Charles William Adair - Killed at the Battle of Trafalgar - 21st October 1805
Royal Marines Museum Collection (Unknown Artist) Charles William Adair (Captain Royal Marines) On joining HMS VICTORY Adair, Charles...
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Simon Biggs
- Oct 21, 2019
- 3 min
Royal Marines at The Battle of Trafalgar - Death of Nelson - 21st October 1805
Lord Nelson's victory over the combined fleets at Trafalgar, the most decisive sea battle in British history. Ninety-three officers and...
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Simon Biggs
- Oct 2, 2019
- 1 min
King George V inspects Royal Marine cadets and officers at Deal 1917
IWM Archive Film: IWM 201 King George V inspects Royal Marine cadets and officers at Deal, 1917 The King, in Field Marshal's uniform,...
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Simon Biggs
- Sep 23, 2019
- 3 min
Flight Lieutenant Charles Herbert Collet DSO - RM Airmen
Flight Lieutenant Charles Herbert Collet DSO (4 February 1888 – 19 August 1915) who led the first British air raid of the war was a...
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Simon Biggs
- Sep 22, 2019
- 1 min
Deal Bombing 22nd September 1989, 11 killed, 21 injured #RoyalMarines
The Deal barracks bombing was an attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on the Royal Marine Depot, Deal, England. It took...
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Simon Biggs
- Sep 21, 2019
- 1 min
Hell Ship Toyofuku Maru/ Hofuku Maru #RoyalMarines
On 20 September 1944, the Toyofuku Maru/ Hofuku Maru left Manila as part of convoy MATA-27. Of the eleven ships in the convoy she was...
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Simon Biggs
- Sep 18, 2019
- 2 min
Annexation of Rockall
18th September 1955 Rockall was annexed by the British Crown when Lieutenant-Commander Desmond Scott RN, Sergeant Brian Peel RM, Corporal...
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Simon Biggs
- Aug 27, 2019
- 3 min
Murder of Lord Mountbatten, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Marines
Murder of the Colonel Commandant of the Royal Marines, Admiral of the Fleet, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG GCB OM GCSI GCIE GCVO DSO...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- Aug 15, 2019
- 4 min
Mounted Marines and the Invasion of Java
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Java Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1811 Date/s: 4th August 1811` The invasion of Java...
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Simon Biggs
- Aug 7, 2019
- 2 min
RM Fighter Ace - Battle of Britain Pilot - Ronald Cuthbert Hay
Ronald Cuthbert Hay, DSO, DSC & Bar (4 October 1916 – 22 November 2001) was a British naval aviator and the only Royal Marine fighter...
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Simon Biggs
- Aug 7, 2019
- 2 min
Sinking of the Submarine Iride and Human Torpedoes - Captain Oliver Patch RM
22nd August 1940 Captain Oliver Patch RM flew in a flight of 3 swordfish to sink 4 Italian ships with 3 torpedoes in Bomba Bay. In July...
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Simon Biggs
- Aug 7, 2019
- 4 min
Remembering Lieutenant Colonel Mark “Foggy” Phillips MBE
Lieutenant Colonel Mark “Foggy” Phillips MBE, soldier, security consultant. Born: 24 May 1961, Gloucestershire. Died: 12 August 2017,...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 24, 2019
- 2 min
Capture of Gibraltar 24th July 1704 #RoyalMarines #MilitaryHistory
On July 24, the allied fleet arrived outside Gibraltar. In all, Rooke commanded 16 English ships under Byng and six Dutch ships under...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 4, 2019
- 4 min
Amphibious Lessons Learned - Operation Husky 10 July 1943
Lessons Learned (Operation Husky) The beach organisation was better than 'Torch' but there were still problems caused, mainly by human...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 4, 2019
- 3 min
Major Reginald Ingleton Executed by Beheading - 7 July 1945 - Operation Rimau
Operation Rimau was an attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, carried out by an Allied commando unit Z Special Unit, during...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 1, 2019
- 5 min
40 Cdo RM Dieppe 1942 - Major-General 'Titch' Houghton (1912 - 2011)
Major-General 'Titch' Houghton, who died January 2011 aged 98, was second-in-command of Royal Marine 40 Commando during the Second World...
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Simon Biggs
- Jun 24, 2019
- 2 min
Captain Lewis ST Halliday - Victoria Cross - 24th June 1900 – China
Halliday was 30 years old, and a captain in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, during the Boxer Rebellion in China when the following deed...
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Simon Biggs
- Jun 17, 2019
- 3 min
Major Pitcairn and the Battle of Bunker Hill 1775 "Now, for the glory of the Marines!"
17 June 1775: During the night of 16-17 June, the American rebels, tightening their grip on Boston, occupied and entrenched Breed’s Hill,...
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Si Biggs
- Jun 7, 2019
- 3 min
47 Cdo RM - Battle of Port-en-Bessin 7-8 June 1944 - "It is doubtful whether, in their long, di
The Battle of Port-en-Bessin also known as Operation Auberytook place from 7–8 June 1944, at a small fishing harbour west of Arromanches...
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