The First Shots Fired Against the Japanese - HMS Petrel - Occupied Shanghai 1941
The British serviceman who first fired on Japanese forces during World War Two. Mail Online (12 October 2009) Jim Mariner was on board...
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Simon Biggs
- Nov 25, 2019
- 3 min
The Battle of Graspan 1899
The Battle of Graspan during the Boer War. On the 25th November 1899 the Royal Marines were involved in the battle of Graspan (also known...
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Simon Biggs
- Nov 12, 2019
- 2 min
Taranto - first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history, Major Patch RM DSC
The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11–12 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under...
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Simon Biggs
- Sep 23, 2019
- 3 min
Flight Lieutenant Charles Herbert Collet DSO - RM Airmen
Flight Lieutenant Charles Herbert Collet DSO (4 February 1888 – 19 August 1915) who led the first British air raid of the war was a...
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Simon Biggs
- Sep 18, 2019
- 2 min
Annexation of Rockall
18th September 1955 Rockall was annexed by the British Crown when Lieutenant-Commander Desmond Scott RN, Sergeant Brian Peel RM, Corporal...
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Simon Biggs
- Aug 26, 2019
- 2 min
The Atlantic Memorial Campaign
HRH The Princess Royal becomes Patron of Battle of the Atlantic Memorial campaign The charity behind the campaign to build the UK’s...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- Aug 19, 2019
- 4 min
Operation Jubilee - Amphibious Raid on Dieppe - 19th August 1942
The Dieppe Raid, Operation Jubilee, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe during the Second World War. The raid took...
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Simon Biggs
- Aug 7, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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Simon Biggs
- Aug 7, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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Simon Biggs
- Apr 8, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 22, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- Dec 13, 2018
- 5 min
Battle of the River Plate - Royal Marines HMS Exeter B Turret - HMS Ajax X Turret
During the Battle of the River Plate 15 Marines lost their lives mostly manning turrets, HMS Exeter 10 Marines killed, HMS Ajax 5 Marines...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 18, 2018
- 6 min
The LCA (Landing Craft Assault) - Norway to Aden #LandingCraft #RoyalMarines
Throughout the Second World War, LCAs were used for landing Allied forces in almost every Commando operation, major and minor, in the...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 13, 2017
- 7 min
Battle of the River Plate 13th December 1939
The Battle of the River Plate took place on December 13th 1939. The battle in the South Atlantic was the first major naval battle of...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 13, 2017
- 1 min
HMS Ajax - Ajax Canada @townofajax My Grandad and The Battle of the River Plate
Ajax, Ontario, Canada was named after HMS Ajax after the Battle of the River Plate and the streets are named after every member of the...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 3, 2017
- 2 min
Troopship Queen Mary cuts HMS Curacoa in half 337 Men lost #militaryhistory #OTD
The RMS Queen Mary was used as a troopship throughout World War II and usually crossed the Atlantic without an escort, relying on her...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 21, 2017
- 2 min
Leo Gradwell DSC RNVR against orders, led three merchant ships from the disaster of Convoy PQ 17 int
Leo Gradwell DSC was a British barrister, a magistrate and a Second World War Royal Navy volunteer, who in July 1942 against orders, led...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 6, 2017
- 2 min
HMS Saracen makes her way from Britain via Gibraltar to Malta #militaryhistory
In early September 1942 Edward Young was the First Officer on HMS Saracen as she made her way from Britain via Gibraltar to Malta....
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Si Biggs
- Aug 16, 2017
- 1 min
HMS Queen Elizabeth enters Portsmouth for the First Time @HMSQnlz @RoyalNavy
Britain’s largest ever warship the HMS Queen Elizabeth has arrived at her home port for the first time. Crowds lined the seafront to...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 13, 2017
- 2 min
Operation Pedestal - Relief of Malta - August 1942
Operation Pedestal was a British operation to carry supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War. Malta...
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