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    Evacuation of Queen Wilhelmina
    Si Biggs
    • May 13
    • 4 min

    Evacuation of Queen Wilhelmina

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Hook of Holland Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1939 Date/s: 13 May 1939 Before evening on...
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    Liberation of Rangoon - Operation Dracula
    Si Biggs
    • May 3
    • 4 min

    Liberation of Rangoon - Operation Dracula

    Unit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Burma Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 2nd May 1945 The invasion of Rangoon was...
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    Easter Sunday 1943 - Loss of 2 LCG's and 70 Marines off Wales
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 20
    • 8 min

    Easter Sunday 1943 - Loss of 2 LCG's and 70 Marines off Wales

    On Easter Sunday 1943 (25 April), gale force winds and wild seas were lashing at the coast. Close to land, among the giant breakers and...
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    Operation Valentine - Occupation of the Faroe Islands
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 13
    • 2 min

    Operation Valentine - Occupation of the Faroe Islands

    Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Faroe Islands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 13th April 1940 Occupation of...
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    HMS Hermes Sunk by Dive Bombers
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 9
    • 3 min

    HMS Hermes Sunk by Dive Bombers

    After the raid on Colombo by the Japanese aircraft carriers on 5 April, known as the Easter Sunday Raid, Hermes and Vampire were sent to...
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    Sinking of the Cornwall & Dorsetshire 45 Royal Marines Lost
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 4
    • 6 min

    Sinking of the Cornwall & Dorsetshire 45 Royal Marines Lost

    On 2 April, Cornwall and her half sister, Dorsetshire, were detached from the fleet, Dorsetshire to resume an interrupted refit and...
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    Major AJ Wright - Flying Shark Teeth
    Si Biggs
    • Apr 4
    • 3 min

    Major AJ Wright - Flying Shark Teeth

    Seafire Mk.IIC, MB218/S-A, pilot Major AJ. Wright, RM, No. 809 NAS, HMS Unicorn, September 1943. MB218 was produced by Supermarine. It...
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    Belgrade War Cemetery, Serbia
    Si Biggs
    • Mar 30
    • 6 min

    Belgrade War Cemetery, Serbia

    Belgrade War Cemetery was created to receive the remains of British and Commonwealth casualties brought in from more than sixty small...
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    Operation Endowment - 43 Commando Royal Marines
    Si Biggs
    • Mar 23
    • 5 min

    Operation Endowment - 43 Commando Royal Marines

    Unit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Yugoslavia Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 22 March 1944 On the 22nd – 23rd March...
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    Cpl George Tandy - Gold Beach - 'The Human Rudder'
    Si Biggs
    • Mar 14
    • 6 min

    Cpl 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...
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    47 Commando - Final Operations in Holland
    Si Biggs
    • Mar 12
    • 3 min

    47 Commando - Final Operations in Holland

    Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: The Netherlands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 12 March - 7 April 1945 On the 12...
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    116th Inf Bde RM
    Si Biggs
    • Feb 14
    • 2 min

    116th Inf Bde RM

    Unit/ Formation: 116th Inf Bde RM Location: Hovington Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 14th February 1945 The closing...
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    Sinking of the Troopship Khedive Ismail
    Si Biggs
    • Feb 7
    • 6 min

    Sinking of the Troopship Khedive Ismail

    Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Indian Ocean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 12th February 1944 On 5 February 1944...
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    Glider Bomb Attack off Anzio - Loss of HMS Spartan
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 29
    • 2 min

    Glider Bomb Attack off Anzio - Loss of HMS Spartan

    1944 Loss of AA Cruiser HMS Spartan at Anzio during Italian Campaign. At sunset on 29th January, the Luftwaffe began a glide bomb attack...
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    Battle of Boulogne - Force Buttercup
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 23
    • 9 min

    Battle of Boulogne - Force Buttercup

    The 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...
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    Operation Shingle - Anzio Landings
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 22
    • 2 min

    Operation Shingle - Anzio Landings

    Unit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 22 January 1944 The Battle of Anzio was a...
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    45 RM Commando Operations around the Meuse Jan 1945
    Si Biggs
    • Jan 14
    • 7 min

    45 RM Commando Operations around the Meuse Jan 1945

    On the 14th January 1945 45 Commando under Command of Brigadier D Mills-Roberts DSO MC Irish Guards embarked at Tilbury Docks for...
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    Battle of the River Plate - Royal Marines HMS Exeter B Turret  - HMS Ajax X Turret
    Si Biggs
    • Dec 13, 2021
    • 7 min

    Battle of the River Plate - Royal Marines HMS Exeter B Turret - HMS Ajax X Turret

    During the Battle of the River Plate 15 Marines lost their lives mostly manning turrets, HMS Exeter 10 Marines killed, HMS Ajax 5 Marines...
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    Sinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales
    Si Biggs
    • Dec 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Sinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales

    Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Malaysia Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: 10 December 1941 Force Z went to sea...
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    40 CDO Recce of Pelagosa
    Si Biggs
    • Dec 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    40 CDO Recce of Pelagosa

    Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Pelagosa Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 5th December 1943 40 R.M. COMMANDO REPORT...
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