Si BiggsMay 134 minEvacuation of Queen WilhelminaUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Hook of Holland Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1939 Date/s: 13 May 1939 Before evening on...
Si BiggsMay 34 minLiberation of Rangoon - Operation DraculaUnit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Burma Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 2nd May 1945 The invasion of Rangoon was...
Si BiggsApr 208 minEaster Sunday 1943 - Loss of 2 LCG's and 70 Marines off WalesOn Easter Sunday 1943 (25 April), gale force winds and wild seas were lashing at the coast. Close to land, among the giant breakers and...
Si BiggsApr 132 minOperation Valentine - Occupation of the Faroe IslandsUnit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Faroe Islands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 13th April 1940 Occupation of...
Si BiggsApr 93 minHMS Hermes Sunk by Dive BombersAfter the raid on Colombo by the Japanese aircraft carriers on 5 April, known as the Easter Sunday Raid, Hermes and Vampire were sent to...
Si BiggsApr 46 minSinking of the Cornwall & Dorsetshire 45 Royal Marines LostOn 2 April, Cornwall and her half sister, Dorsetshire, were detached from the fleet, Dorsetshire to resume an interrupted refit and...
Si BiggsApr 43 minMajor AJ Wright - Flying Shark TeethSeafire Mk.IIC, MB218/S-A, pilot Major AJ. Wright, RM, No. 809 NAS, HMS Unicorn, September 1943. MB218 was produced by Supermarine. It...
Si BiggsMar 306 minBelgrade War Cemetery, SerbiaBelgrade War Cemetery was created to receive the remains of British and Commonwealth casualties brought in from more than sixty small...
Si BiggsMar 235 minOperation Endowment - 43 Commando Royal MarinesUnit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Yugoslavia Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 22 March 1944 On the 22nd – 23rd March...
Si BiggsMar 146 minCpl George Tandy - Gold Beach - 'The Human Rudder'Corporal George Ernest Tandy Ch. X 110723 was 19 years old when as a crewman on LCA 786 he swung down from the davits of Landing Ship...
Si BiggsMar 123 min47 Commando - Final Operations in HollandUnit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: The Netherlands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 12 March - 7 April 1945 On the 12...
Si BiggsFeb 142 min116th Inf Bde RMUnit/ Formation: 116th Inf Bde RM Location: Hovington Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 14th February 1945 The closing...
Si BiggsFeb 76 minSinking of the Troopship Khedive IsmailUnit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Indian Ocean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 12th February 1944 On 5 February 1944...
Si BiggsJan 292 minGlider Bomb Attack off Anzio - Loss of HMS Spartan1944 Loss of AA Cruiser HMS Spartan at Anzio during Italian Campaign. At sunset on 29th January, the Luftwaffe began a glide bomb attack...
Si BiggsJan 239 minBattle of Boulogne - Force ButtercupThe Battle of Boulogne in 1940 was the defence of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer by French, British and Belgian troops during the Battle of...
Si BiggsJan 222 minOperation Shingle - Anzio LandingsUnit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 22 January 1944 The Battle of Anzio was a...
Si BiggsJan 147 min45 RM Commando Operations around the Meuse Jan 1945On the 14th January 1945 45 Commando under Command of Brigadier D Mills-Roberts DSO MC Irish Guards embarked at Tilbury Docks for...
Si BiggsDec 13, 20217 minBattle of the River Plate - Royal Marines HMS Exeter B Turret - HMS Ajax X TurretDuring the Battle of the River Plate 15 Marines lost their lives mostly manning turrets, HMS Exeter 10 Marines killed, HMS Ajax 5 Marines...
Si BiggsDec 10, 20212 minSinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of WalesUnit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Malaysia Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: 10 December 1941 Force Z went to sea...
Si BiggsDec 6, 20213 min40 CDO Recce of PelagosaUnit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Pelagosa Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 5th December 1943 40 R.M. COMMANDO REPORT...