28th February 1941 At Malta as part of the air defence in World War 2, the Royal Marines were given two Bofors, guns, which were mounted...

26th February 1918 SS Dalewood, Admiralty-hired collier, torpedoed and sunk by U.105 in Irish Sea off the Isle of Man whilst transfering...

16th February 1942 Heavy casualties in Singapore listed as HMS Sultan (Shore Base) during the evacuation from Singapore including 20...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Haifa Period/ Conflict: Palastine Mandate Year: 1948 Date/s: 19 In 1946, the SBS, whether of Commando or...

Remembering: WHEELER, Alfred Quartermaster Sergeant Unit/Base: '3 Commando Brigade RM' Regiment/Corps: Royal Marines Service number: PO/X...

2nd February 1917 Operations on the River Ancre by 63rd (RN) Division The capture of Puisieux Trench. After a short spell out of the...

Charles Morgan was first Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Marines on 11th Sept 1805. Promoted Lieutenant on 11th Nov 1808, he was...

The final battle of the American war of 1812 was fought at New Orleans, it took place 5 miles east-southeast of the city of New Orleans...

Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Spain Period/ Conflict: Year: 1706 Date/s: 15 January 1706 The Marines had a considerable...

On 11 January 1941, while supporting Operation Excess (several coordinated convoys), Gloucester and sister ship Southampton came under...

A detachment from HMS Shannon gave artillery support to the Highland Brigade during the Indian Mutiny at the Battle of Fatehgarh January...

Ruapekapeka (bats nest), a pā 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Kawakawa in the Northland Region of New Zealand, is one of the largest...

Location: Canton Period/ Conflict: Year: 1857 Date/s: 28 December 1857 The Battle of Canton (Chinese: 廣州城戰役) was fought by British and...

Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: 1700's Year: 1739 Date/s: 16 November 1739 In his address to...

On 9th November 1918 H.M.S. Britannia which had been patrolling on the routes west of Gibraltar when passing Cape Trafalgar was torpedoed...

Photograph of soldiers from the Royal Marine Artillery who served in the Anglo-Egyptian War. Standing in front of a mounted gun from left...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Portsmouth Period/ Conflict: Year: 1907 Date/s: November 1907 Kaiser Wilhelm II arriving at...

Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Schouwen Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: November 1944 LCS(M) of Force T, manned by Royal Marines, have been joining night patrols against midget submarines and explosive motorboat attacks from the German-held island of Schouwen. The Landing Craft Support (Medium) (LCS(M)), Mark 2 and Mark 3 manned by Royal Marines they saw action on D Day, including supporting the US Rangers at Pointe Du Hoc and later in Holla

Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: Tanga Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 3 November 1914 The Battle of Tanga, sometimes...

1st November 1914 The Battle of Coronel was fought off the Chilean coast with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth with all hands....