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    British, US & French Marines Storm the 'Askold' in Murmansk
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 21
    • 2 min

    British, US & French Marines Storm the 'Askold' in Murmansk

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Murmansk, Kola Bay Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 12 July 1918 In Murmansk...
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    Lancashire Landing Cemetery
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 10
    • 1 min

    Lancashire Landing Cemetery

    Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Gallipoli peninsula Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: April 1915 - January 1916 84...
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    Major Frederick William Lumsden RMA - VC
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 3
    • 3 min

    Major Frederick William Lumsden RMA - VC

    Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 4 April 1917 Brigadier General...
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    Royal Marines Stopping the Fins in Russia
    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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    Captain James Maynard - 50 years of Service
    Si Biggs
    • Mar 30
    • 2 min

    Captain James Maynard - 50 years of Service

    Captain James Maynard This information and life time achievements were found by chance during a house sale and are an astonishing...
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    Operations on the River Ancre
    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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    Sinking of HMS Viknor
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 13
    • 3 min

    Sinking of HMS Viknor

    RMS Atrato was a UK steamship that was built in 1888 as a Royal Mail Ship and ocean liner for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. In...
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    Royal Marines Light Infantry - The Battle of the Ancre (Battles of the Somme 1916)
    Si Biggs
    • Nov 13, 2021
    • 6 min

    Royal Marines Light Infantry - The Battle of the Ancre (Battles of the Somme 1916)

    Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1916 Date/s: 13th to 15th November 1916 (1RM: 127 killed; 2RM...
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    The Unknown Warrior Story - The Bands of HM Royal Marines
    Si Biggs
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Unknown Warrior Story - The Bands of HM Royal Marines

    The Unknown Warrior, performed in the Royal Albert Hall for the Mountbatten Festival of Music 2021 by the Massed Bands of Her Majesty's...
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    Storming of the Ottoman Fort Fao - Al Faw Peninsula
    Si Biggs
    • Nov 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    Storming of the Ottoman Fort Fao - Al Faw Peninsula

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Iraq Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 6 November 1914 The Fao Landing occurred...
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    The Trenches of Colincamps
    Si Biggs
    • Oct 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Trenches of Colincamps

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1916 Date/s: 12th October 1916 On the night of the...
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    First British Air-raid of WW1
    Si Biggs
    • Sep 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    First British Air-raid of WW1

    Unit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: Düsseldorf Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 22 September 1914 Flight Lieutenant...
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    Battle & Breaching of the Drocourt-Queant Line
    Si Biggs
    • Sep 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Battle & Breaching of the Drocourt-Queant Line

    Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 2nd to 3rd September 1918 Battle of...
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    Royal Marines Light Infantry - RMLI Action's in North Russia
    Si Biggs
    • Aug 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Royal Marines Light Infantry - RMLI Action's in North Russia

    Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: Medvezhjya Gora Period/ Conflict: Year: 1919 Date/s: 17th August 1919 The 6th Battalion RM in action...
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    HMS Vanguard Explosion
    Si Biggs
    • Jul 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    HMS Vanguard Explosion

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Scapa Flow Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 9 July 1917 Shortly before midnight...
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    Disarming Russian Bolsheviks at Vladivostok - Preparing an Armoured Train
    Si Biggs
    • Jun 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    Disarming Russian Bolsheviks at Vladivostok - Preparing an Armoured Train

    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...
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    The Battle of Gavrelle Windmill
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 28, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Battle of Gavrelle Windmill

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 28th to 29th April 1917 The battle of...
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    Captain Edward Banford RMLI - Victoria Cross - Zeebrugge
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Captain Edward Banford RMLI - Victoria Cross - Zeebrugge

    Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 23 April 1918 Bamford was 30 years...
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    Sergeant Norman Finch RMA - Victoria Cross - Zeebrugge
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Sergeant Norman Finch RMA - Victoria Cross - Zeebrugge

    Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 23 April 1918 Finch was 27 years...
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    Formation and Timeline of the RMLI
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    Formation and Timeline of the RMLI

    On 30 January 1855, Her Majesty Queen Victoria approved an Admiralty Minute designating the infantry of the Royal Marines a 'Light Corps'...
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