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Formation of 41 CDO RM
No 41 CDO Royal Marines was brought into being at Llanion Barracks, Pembroke Dock on 7th October 1942. Formed of volunteers primarily...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 15
- 4 min
Attack on Milos Freya Radar Station
Haddock Troop, was a contingent of Royal Marines on 'special assignment', led by Captain Arnold Bell it consisted of two sergeants, four...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 7
- 2 min
LVT 'Conquerer' Destroyed by Booby Trap in Serooskerke
Unit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Serooskerke Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 8 November 1944 A patrol from 48RM...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 7
- 2 min
41 CDO Mortared in the Dunes
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 7 November 1944 Two Nebelwerfer north of...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 5
- 2 min
41CDO RM - Attack on W18 - Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 5 November 1944 W18 was situated in the...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 4
- 1 min
Hunting midget submarines and explosive motorboats
Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Schouwen Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: November 1944 LCS(M) of Force...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 2
- 2 min
47 CDO RM - Attack on Battery W11 Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: Dishoek, Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 2 - 3 November 1944 The...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 31
- 2 min
41 CDO RM - Landings at Westkapelle - Operation Infatuate
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Westkapelle Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 1 November 1944 The three RM...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 31
- 2 min
48 CDO - Operation Infatuate - Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Westkapelle Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 1 November 1944 On 1 November No 48...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 26
- 2 min
Operation Hopper - Air Raid in the Anchorage
After taking part in the successful landings on Sicily during Operation Husky and being moved into reserve both 40 and 41 Commandos were...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 25
- 4 min
HMS Phoebe Torpedoed off Congo - Many Killed by Poisonous Fumes
23rd October 1942 HMS Phoebe was torpedoed by U-161 off the Congo Estuary, while on passage to French Equatorial Africa. Her route was...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 22
- 3 min
Loss of cruiser HMS Charybdis - 38 Royal Marines killed
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: English Channel Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 23 October 1943 HMS Charybdis...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 17
- 2 min
First Royal Marines Killed in Action in WW2
In 1939 within days of the outbreak of war two Royal Marines had died ashore; Sergeant (Pens) Ebenezer Luff, PO/ 15068, was killed in a...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 8
- 2 min
11th RM Battalion - Operation Agreement - Raid on Tobruk
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Libya Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 13–15 September 1942 The Battalion’s...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 3
- 2 min
47 Cdo - Training for Operation Infatuate
Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 27 September 1944 After relief by 7...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 16
- 2 min
Lake Commachio - Kangaroo Charge by C Troop
Unit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Lake Commachio Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 02 April 1945 It was shortly before...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 16
- 6 min
Force Primrose - Holding on at Åndalsnes
A force of Marines, some 700 strong, with an anti-aircraft battery, was given notice on the 13th April to embark for Norway, with the...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Royal Marines Burnout Gloster Gladiators on Frozen Lake Airstrip Norway
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Norway Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 30 April 1940 Westcott and ourselves...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 16
- 1 min
Last to Leave - Namsos Norway
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Namsos Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 4 May 1940 Among the last of the...
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Si Biggs
- Aug 8
- 3 min
Royal Marines Man Island Sea Forts
The Maunsell Forts are armed towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United...
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