Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Pointe Du Hoc Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 6th June 1944 East of Utah...

HMS Suffolk Lat 43.1, Long 131.88 On the 9th April 1918 the cruiser HMS Suffolk landed a Marine Detachment to act as Consular Guard at...

Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Pacocha Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1877 Date/s: 29 May 1877 The first HMS Shah was a 19th-century...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Knob Island, Fox Bay Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 26 May 1982 SBS Operations -...

HMS Gloucester was one of the second batch of three Town-classlight cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the late 1930s. Transferred...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: 1950's Year: 1951 Date/s: 16 April 1951 HMS Affray a British Amphion-class...

Welcome to the Royal Marines a Geo History Podcast telling the oral histories of former Royal Marines. The aim is to provide more depth...

Royal Navy and Royal Marines Close Combat training film. As Shakespeare says 'be bloody, bold and resolute' Sorry 'Jack!' Watch here:...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Benghazi Period/ Conflict: Arab Spring Year: 2011 Date/s: 24th February 2011 Royal Marines Force Protection teams enabled a non-combatant evacuation operation with HMS Cumberland and HMS York as a part of Op Deference. On the morning of the 24th February, with gunfire ashore audible, the situation in Benghazi appeared to have stabilised. HMS CUMBERLAND went alongside at Action Stations at 13:41 local time, HMS York was to follow a few

Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Naples Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 18 February 1944 HMS Penelope was an...

Unit/ Form ation: Memorial Location: North Atlantic Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 3 February 1915 HMS Clan MacNaughton...

Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Karachi Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1839 Date/s: 2nd February 1839 On 17th January 1839, HMS...

Unit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: Sydney Cove Period/ Conflict: 1700's Year: 1788 Date/s: 26th January 1788 Captain...

Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Mediterranean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: 10th January 1941 The Royal Navy’s...

Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: North Cape Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 26th December 1943 Battle of the North...

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...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: West Africa Period/ Conflict: War on the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Year: 1851 Date/s: 26th -...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Puente Obligado Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1845 Date/s: 20th November 1845 Royal Marines...

Lord Nelson's victory over the combined fleets at Trafalgar, the most decisive sea battle in British history. Around 3,700 Royal Marines took part in the Battle of Trafalgar. Ninety-three officers and 2610 other ranks of the Royal Marines were at their traditional stations on the upper decks of the British ships, Nelsons Flagship HMS Victory carried 165 Marines, led by Captain Charles Adair, and it was a Marine Sergeant who carried Nelson below after being shot. At 11:45, Ne

Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Atlantic Ocean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1939 Date/s: 17 September 193939 In the early...