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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
- 5 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 14, 2020
- 2 min
Battle of '41 Commando Hill' & 'Pimple Hill'
No. 2 Commando, had taken part in the capture of Sicily and then landed at Salerno with other British troops. He and his men fought for...
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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
- 1 min
41 Cdo - Diversionary Raid - North Korea
Kunsun Diversonary raid - Operation Chromite - Inchon Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950...
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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
- Sep 8, 2020
- 1 min
SBS Hostage Rescue - Stephen Farrell
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Kunduz Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan (2001-) Year: 2009 Date/s: 9 September 2009 The Special Boat...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 4, 2019
- 4 min
Major FJ Ricketts Royal Marines - 'Colonel Bogey'
Frederick Joseph Ricketts (21 February 1881 – 15 May 1945) was an English composer of marches for band. Under the pen name Kenneth J....
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Si Biggs
- Sep 27, 2019
- 3 min
The Battle at the Canal du Nord - Royal Marines in Action
27 September-1 October 1918: Battle of the Canal du Nord (Third phase of Hindenburg Line Battle), Royal Marines Light Infantry and the...
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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 22, 2019
- 1 min
Deal Bombing 22nd September 1989, 11 killed, 21 injured #RoyalMarines
The Deal barracks bombing was an attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on the Royal Marine Depot, Deal, England. It took...
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Simon Biggs
- Sep 21, 2019
- 1 min
Hell Ship Toyofuku Maru/ Hofuku Maru #RoyalMarines
On 20 September 1944, the Toyofuku Maru/ Hofuku Maru left Manila as part of convoy MATA-27. Of the eleven ships in the convoy she was...
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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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