Loss of HMS Hawke and 78 Royal Marines Light Infantry
H.M.S. Hawke was an old armoured cruiser operating as part of the 10th Cruiser Squadron assigned to the Northern Patrol. Launched at...
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Si Biggs
- May 6
- 3 min
Action on Dead Mans Ridge/ Razor Back Hill Gallipoli
Gallant attacks had been made, but they had failed, and the losses among the men and also, perhaps, to some extent the inadequate...
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Si Biggs
- Apr 23
- 3 min
The Raid on Zeebrugge - 23 April 1918 - 'For England and St George!'
Mounted by two thousand men of the 4th Battalion Royal Marines and Royal Navy under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes. The...
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Si Biggs
- Mar 24
- 1 min
Battle of Bapaume 1918
24th -25th March 1918 First Battle of Bapaume (Second phase of First Somme 1918) involving the 63rd Division. Operation Michael (German:...
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Si Biggs
- Mar 11
- 2 min
SS Bayano 1915 - 20 RMs lost
11th March 1915 SS Bayano, armed merchant cruiser, torpedoed and sunk by U.27 in North Channel. HMS Bayano, built in 1913, was originally...
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Si Biggs
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Operations on the River Ancre - The capture of Puisieux Trench
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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Si Biggs
- Nov 9, 2023
- 1 min
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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Si Biggs
- Nov 3, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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 17, 2023
- 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 5, 2023
- 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 27, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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 9, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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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