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Lt H.M. Day RMLI - Albert Medal
On 9th November 1918 H.M.S. Britannia which had been patrolling on the routes west of Gibraltar when passing Cape Trafalgar was torpedoed...
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- Nov 2
- 1 min
Battle of Tanga
Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: Tanga Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 3 November 1914 The Battle of Tanga, sometimes...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 1
- 2 min
The Battle of Coronel - All hands Lost
1st November 1914 The Battle of Coronel was fought off the Chilean coast with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth with all hands....
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Si Biggs
- Oct 8
- 1 min
Battle of Cambrai & Capture of Niergnies
Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 8th to 9th October 1918 The Battle of Cambrai,...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 16
- 2 min
Action on the Vaga - Archangel River Expedition
In February, 1919, it was decided that the situation on the Archangel front necessitated the provision of a strong Naval flotilla, more...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 4
- 2 min
Loss of HMS Pathfinder 1914 - First Torpedo Fired in Wartime from a Submarine
5th September 1914 1914 HMS Pathfinder, light cruiser, torpedoed and sunk by U.21 in North Sea a month after the declaration of war with...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 26
- 2 min
Royal Marines Land in Ostend 1914
Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 27 August 1914 27th August - 31 September 1914...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 13
- 4 min
6th Bn. Royal Marines Light Infantry in North Russia
1919 Russian Intervention: The Royal Marine Field Force was withdrawn from Northern Russia in July 1919 & replaced by the 6th Battalion...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 8
- 1 min
Loss of HMS Redbreast - WW1 Q Ship
Redbreast, Q-ship, ex-fleet messenger, torpedoed and sunk by UC.38 in Mediterranean HMS Redbreast was a passenger/cargo ship...
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Si Biggs
- May 27
- 6 min
The Destruction of HMS Princess Irene
HMS Princess Irene was requisitioned by the Royal Navy and converted to an auxiliary minelayer. On 27 May 1915, she exploded and sank off...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 29
- 7 min
Battle of Gavrelle Windmill - highest number of Royal Marine causalities in a single day
Battle of Gavrelle Windmill Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 28th to 29th April...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 25
- 3 min
Y Beach Gallipoli - Cliff Assault
Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: Gallipolli Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 25 April 1915 Y Beach was one of three...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 15
- 4 min
Lt Col Richard N. Bendyshe - Shot by a 'Spy' or sentry?
Richard (DIck) Nelson Bendyshe was born on 18th January 1866 in Ontario, Canada. His parents were Charlotte Brodrick and Nelson Bendyshe...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 14
- 1 min
1000'th Royal Marine killed in WW1
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Light Infantry Location: United Kingdom Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 14th April 1915...
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Si Biggs
- Mar 5
- 5 min
Amphibious Raids against the Turkish Guns
Royal Marines acted as landing parties in the Naval campaign against the Turkish fortifications in the Dardanelles before the Gallipoli...
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Si Biggs
- Mar 1
- 2 min
The Battle of Jutland - 574 Royal Marines Lost
The Battle of Jutland (31 May - 1 June 1916) was the largest naval battle of the First World War. It was the only time that the British...
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- Feb 26
- 4 min
Col. Harold Ozanne DSO RMLI
Harold Ozanne was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry in 1897 1897 to 1914 - Mediterranean, Pacific, West Indies Harold...
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Si Biggs
- Feb 18
- 2 min
SS Motagua Collision
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Irish Coast Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 19th March 1918 SS Motagua armed...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 31, 2022
- 6 min
Sinking of HMS Formidable - 86 RMs lost
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: English Channel Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 1st January 1915 HMS Formidable was...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 31, 2022
- 1 min
Landing in Akabah
HMS Minerva log 31 December 1914 Akabah Lat 29.5, Long 35.0 5.00am: Course & speed as requisite approaching Akaba & anchoring at head of...
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