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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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Si Biggs
- Apr 13, 2022
- 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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Si Biggs
- Apr 9, 2022
- 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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Si Biggs
- Apr 4, 2022
- 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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Si Biggs
- Apr 4, 2022
- 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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Si Biggs
- Mar 30, 2022
- 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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Si Biggs
- Mar 23, 2022
- 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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Si Biggs
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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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Si Biggs
- Mar 12, 2022
- 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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Si Biggs
- Feb 14, 2022
- 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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Si Biggs
- Feb 7, 2022
- 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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Si Biggs
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
Glider Bomb Attack off Anzio - Loss of HMS Spartan
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Off Anzio Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 29th January 1944 Loss of AA Cruiser HMS...
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Si Biggs
- Jan 23, 2022
- 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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Si Biggs
- Jan 22, 2022
- 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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Si Biggs
- Jan 14, 2022
- 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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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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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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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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Si Biggs
- Nov 30, 2021
- 6 min
HMS Barham - 126 Royal Marines Lost
1941 Loss of Battleship HMS Barham while supporting cruisers searching for a German convoy to Benghazi. She was under constant...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 17, 2021
- 5 min
Operation Stone Age - Loss of HMS Arethusa & 31 Royal Marines
17 November 1942 / 20 November 1942 On 17 November 1942 a convoy of 4 merchants (MW-13) left Alexandria for Malta. This convoy was...
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