Si Biggs
Destruction under gunfire of Pegasus in Zanzibar Harbour
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Zanzibar Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 20th September 1914 H.M.S. Pegasus was...
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Si Biggs
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
Operation Menace - Battle of Dakar
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Dakar Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 23–25 September 1940 Operation Menace,...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 22
- 3 min
Loss of the 'Live Bait' Squadron
Tuesday, 22 September 1914 SINKING OF CRUISERS ABOUKIR, HOGUE, CRESSY OF DUTCH COAST by U.9 They were known as the “Live Bait” Squadron,...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 3
- 2 min
Evacuation of Refugees in Vietnam
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Haiphong Period/ Conflict: Year: 1954 Date/s: 4th September 1954 As a part of Operation Pasage...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 13
- 3 min
Operation Dragoon - Royal Marines
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Mediterranean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 15 August – 14 September 1944...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 11
- 4 min
Operation Pedestal - Royal Marines
“Many of these fine men and their ships were lost but the memory of their conduct will remain an inspiration to all who were privileged...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 6
- 6 min
Raid on Begu
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Begu Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1807 Date/s: 7th August The Spanish port of Begu...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 19
- 1 min
Shimonoseki Campaign- Japan
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Japan Period/ Conflict: Shimonoseki Campaign Year: 1863 Date/s: 20 July – 14 August 1863, 5–6...
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Si Biggs
- May 29
- 1 min
Raid on Brahestad
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Brahestad Period/ Conflict: Crimean War Year: 1854 Date/s: 29 May 1854 After working north through...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- May 24
- 5 min
Sinking of HMS Hood - Loss of 164 Royal Marines
The Battle of the Denmark Strait was a naval engagement on 24 May 1941 in the Second World War, between ships of the Royal Navy and the...
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Si Biggs
- May 13
- 4 min
Evacuation of Queen Wilhelmina
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Hook of Holland Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1939 Date/s: 13 May 1939 Before evening on...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 26
- 2 min
SBS sail South on HMS Conqueror
In response to the invasion the British dispatched a Taskforce to recapture them under the codename Operation CORPORATE. Visibly the...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 20
- 8 min
Easter Sunday 1943 - Loss of 2 LCG's and 70 Marines off Wales
On Easter Sunday 1943 (25 April), gale force winds and wild seas were lashing at the coast. Close to land, among the giant breakers and...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 9
- 3 min
HMS Hermes Sunk by Dive Bombers
After the raid on Colombo by the Japanese aircraft carriers on 5 April, known as the Easter Sunday Raid, Hermes and Vampire were sent to...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 4
- 6 min
Sinking of the Cornwall & Dorsetshire 45 Royal Marines Lost
On 2 April, Cornwall and her half sister, Dorsetshire, were detached from the fleet, Dorsetshire to resume an interrupted refit and...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Boarding and Capture of 7 Merchants under the Spanish Guns
Blockade duties around Cadiz were still being carried out by the Royal Navy over two years since Trafalgar. The intention was the same as...
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Si Biggs
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Royal Marines Stopping the Fins in Russia
HMS Glory was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy and a member of the Canopus class. Intended for service in Asia,...
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Si Biggs
- Feb 15
- 2 min
Raid on Deception Island
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Deception Island, Antarctica Period/ Conflict: Year: 1953 Date/s: 15th February 1953 HMS Snipe...
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Si Biggs
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Operations on the River Ancre
2nd February 1917 Operations on the River Ancre by 63rd (RN) Division The capture of Puisieux Trench. After a short spell out of the...
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Si Biggs
- Jan 29
- 2 min
Glider Bomb Attack off Anzio - Loss of HMS Spartan
1944 Loss of AA Cruiser HMS Spartan at Anzio during Italian Campaign. At sunset on 29th January, the Luftwaffe began a glide bomb attack...
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