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Murder of Lord Mountbatten, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Marines
Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Mullaghmore Period/ Conflict: The Troubles Year: 1979 Date/s: 27 August 1979 Murder of the Colonel...
Si Biggs
Aug 27, 20194 min read
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...
Si Biggs
Aug 15, 20194 min read
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...
Si Biggs
Aug 7, 20192 min read
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...
Si Biggs
Aug 7, 20192 min read
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,...
Si Biggs
Aug 7, 20194 min read
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...
Si Biggs
Jul 4, 20194 min read
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...
Si Biggs
Jul 1, 20195 min read
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,...
Si Biggs
Jun 17, 20193 min read
47 Cdo RM - Battle of Port-en-Bessin 7-8 June 1944
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...
Si Biggs
Jun 7, 20194 min read
The Sacrifice Army - Royal Marines in the Rearguard Action At Calais
The Bill Balmer Story (Royal Marine 1939-1953) My Second Battle Calais – Friday 24 to Sunday 26 May 1940 After the Boulogne...
Si Biggs
May 24, 20198 min read
Rescue of the Russian Royal Family - April 1919 #RoyalMarines
HMS Marlborough to the rescue HMS Marlborough was a veteran of Jutland was an Iron Duke-class battleship, she had a crew of 995 officers...
Si Biggs
Apr 8, 20193 min read
Royal Marines Search for Survivors of the Lakonia Disaster 1963
Royal Marines Bandsman from HMS Centaur search for survivors from the Lakonia Disater which caught fire and sank north of Madeira on 22...
Si Biggs
Dec 22, 20182 min read
The Royal Marines in World War One - RM a Geo History
Major Actions & Engagements of Royal Marines in the RND 1914-18 4th to 9th October 1914: Defence of Antwerp: (Portsmouth, Plymouth,...
Si Biggs
Nov 4, 20182 min read
Lieutenant-Colonel 'Pug' Davis - founding father of the Special Boat Service, and won a DSC
Lieutenant-Colonel "Pug" Davis (1923 - 2011 aged 87), was the founding father of the Special Boat Service, and won a DSC for a daring...
Si Biggs
Oct 1, 20184 min read
The Royal Marines Projecting Power since 1664 - a Geo History
The Royal Marines - A Geo History 1664 to Present The Globe & Laurel March/April 2018 by Simon Biggs Even before I was a young Marine in...
Si Biggs
Jul 30, 20182 min read
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,...
Si Biggs
Jul 12, 20183 min read
Remembering Major Richard Clifford - Marine officer who parachuted into the sea with the SBS
Major Richard Clifford of the Royal Marines, May 19 1946 - November 15 2015 (69), was a Special Boats Service officer who parachuted into...
Si Biggs
Apr 1, 20182 min read
The Forgotten Army - One Million Men Under Arms in Burma
Burma Star Association The Circumstances of the War in Burma The war in the Far East started in December 1941, simultaneously with the...
Si Biggs
Feb 1, 20182 min read
The Royal Marines a Geo - History 1664 - Present - Amalgamation of the RMLI and RMA 1923
RM Barracks Forton and Eastney and the amalgamation of the Royal Marines Light Infantry and Royal Marines Artillery in 1923. The Royal...
Si Biggs
Jan 31, 20181 min read
The Royal Marines a Geo - History 1664 - Present
The Royal Marines A Geo History 1664 to Present This page is a work in progress as I try to code it, please check back regularly. In the...
Si Biggs
Jan 24, 20181 min read
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