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Revolt in Tanganyika
Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Taganyika Period/ Conflict: 1960's Year: 1964 Date/s: 25 January 1964 On the night of the 19/20...
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Jan 25, 20211 min read
Battle of Corruna
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Corruna Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1809 Date/s: 16th January 1809 Royal Marines...
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Jan 16, 20212 min read
Fight for survival - The Stuka bombing of HMS Illustrious
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Mediterranean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: 10th January 1941 The Royal Navy’s...
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Jan 11, 20214 min read
First to Land - Last to Leave - Withdrawal from Gallipoli
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Cape Helles Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1916 Date/s: 9th January 1916 At about 1:40pm on...
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Jan 9, 20212 min read
Battle of the Slim River
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Slim River Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 7th to 15th January 1942 A few days...
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Jan 8, 20211 min read
The Battle of Blaauwberg - Cape Town 1806
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: South Africa Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1806 Date/s: 8 January 1806 The Battle of...
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Jan 7, 20212 min read
Invasion of Guadeloupe - 1759
The British expedition against Guadeloupe was a military action from January to May 1759, as part of the Seven Years' War. A large...
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Jan 3, 20213 min read
Sinking of the Scharnhorst - Boxing Day 1943
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: North Cape Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 26th December 1943 Battle of the North...
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Dec 26, 20202 min read
RM Gun Crew Killed Christmas Day 1940 in Surface Action with Admiral Hipper
On 25 December 1940, whilst part of the escort to convoy WS-5A, a troop convoy to the Middle East, Berwick was in a surface engagement...
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Dec 25, 20201 min read
Policing Sevastopol - Royal Australian Navy
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Sevastopol Period/ Conflict: Russian Intervention Year: 1918 Date/s: 8th December 1918 On 8...
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Dec 8, 20201 min read
DayForce - Bougainville Campaign
Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Bougainville Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: Monday 18th December 1944 A...
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Dec 4, 20205 min read
Taking of Lagos - War on the Slave Trade
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: West Africa Period/ Conflict: War on the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Year: 1851 Date/s: 26th -...
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Dec 2, 20204 min read
Operation Torch - A Royal Marines Story - Stanley Ogilvie
Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Algeria Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 8–16 November 1942 Our recruit training...
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Nov 28, 20205 min read
41 Commando - Chosin Reservoir Korea November/ December 1950 - Task Force Drysdale
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 27 November 1950 I’m not done with them yet!!...
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Nov 27, 20208 min read
Joint Occupation of San Juan Island with the USMC
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: British Columbia now Washington State Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1860 Date/s: 21st March...
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Nov 24, 20206 min read
Battle of Puente Obligado
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Puente Obligado Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1845 Date/s: 20th November 1845 Royal Marines...
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Nov 20, 20202 min read
Taranto - first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history, Major Patch RM DSC
Unit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: Taranto Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 11 November 1940 The Battle of Taranto...
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Nov 12, 20202 min read
Battle of the Windmill - Ontario
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Ontario Period/ Conflict: Patriot War Year: 1838 Date/s: 12 November 1838 The Battle of the...
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Nov 12, 20202 min read
Captain Troy - The Buckingham - Attack on the French
Unit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: Off Sint Eustatius Period/ Conflict: Seven Years' War Year: 1758 Date/s: 3rd...
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Nov 3, 20201 min read
Corporal John Prettyjohns (Pethyjohns) - First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd Nov 1854 – Battle of Inkerman
John Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn, baptised 9 December 1827 John Pethyjohns) (died 20 January 1 887 aged approx. 62)...
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Nov 2, 20203 min read
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