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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Si Biggs
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
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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Si Biggs
- Nov 28, 2020
- 5 min
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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Si Biggs
- Nov 27, 2020
- 8 min
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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Si Biggs
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
Joint Occupation of San Juan Island with the USMC
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: British Columbia Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1856 Date/s: 24th November 1856 When Great...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
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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Si Biggs
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
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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Si Biggs
- Nov 3, 2020
- 1 min
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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Si Biggs
- Nov 2, 2020
- 3 min
Cpl John Prettyjohn - First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd November 1854 – Battle of Inkerman
John Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn) (11 June 1823 – 20 January 1887) was the first Royal Marine to win the Victoria...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 31, 2020
- 2 min
Defence of Antwerp 1914
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: October 1914 Following the fall of...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 9, 2020
- 1 min
Kamerun Campaign
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Africa Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 1914 - 1916 By the first week in...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 4, 2020
- 1 min
The Battle of Entzheim
Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: France Period/ Conflict: The Franco Dutch War Year: 1674 Date/s: Thursday 4th October 1674...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 30, 2020
- 1 min
Royal Marines in Action since 1664 - September
Thank you for following, please come and see some of what the Royal Marines have been doing in September since 1664, 47 pins so far. If...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
First British warship to be sunk in WW 2 - 23 Royal Marines lost
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Atlantic Ocean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1939 Date/s: 17 September 1939 In the early days...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 14, 2020
- 4 min
Major General Sir John Jeremy Moore
Major General Sir John Jeremy Moore, KCB,OBE,MC & Bar (5 July 1928 – 15 September 2007) was a British senior Royal Marine officer who...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 12, 2020
- 1 min
The Capture of Quebec
The Capture of Quebec Unit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: Canada Period/ Conflict: Seven Years' War Year: 1759 ...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 12, 2020
- 4 min
Guy Griffiths - Royal Marines Airman, Painter, Forger and Spy
Guy Beresford Kerr "Griff" Griffiths (6 June 1915 – 12 July 1999) was a Royal Marine pilot. He served as a pilot during the Second World...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 11, 2020
- 2 min
Attack on Gebail Castle
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Byblos Period/ Conflict: Egyptian–Ottoman War Year: 1840 Date/s: 12th September 1840 he Oriental...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 8, 2020
- 4 min
Salerno Landings - Operation Avalanche
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 9 September 1943 The Italian front opens at...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 30, 2020
- 1 min
Liberation of Toutainville
Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 26 August 1944 On 24 August Y Troop...
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