Maurice Pink, Dunkirk, Hunt for the Bismark, Sinking of Repulse, Escape from Singapore and Anzio
Maurice Pink, Royal Marines Bandsman, 13th May 1922 - 27th October 2019 He cheated death twice during the war, when his ships were sunk...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 10, 2019
- 5 min
All hands on deck. Prepare to abandon ship.” ....“God be with you."
Sinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales Royal Marines on HMS Repulse (http://www.nicholasbest.co.uk/tag/royal-marines/) Force Z...
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Simon Biggs
- Dec 7, 2019
- 4 min
Operation Frankton - The Cockleshell Heroes
Combined Operations commander Admiral Louis Mountbatten regarded it as “the most courageous and imaginative of all the raids ever carried...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 7, 2019
- 2 min
Attack on Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, using bombers, torpedo bombers...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- Dec 7, 2019
- 4 min
The First Shots Fired Against the Japanese - HMS Petrel - Occupied Shanghai 1941
The British serviceman who first fired on Japanese forces during World War Two. Mail Online (12 October 2009) Jim Mariner was on board...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 1, 2019
- 3 min
First attack by Long Range Desert Group 1st December 1940
The Long Range Desert Group were formed in the autumn of 1940, successors to the much smaller Long Range Patrol. They were intended as a...
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Simon Biggs
- Nov 7, 2019
- 3 min
I Was There! - I Saw the Royal Marines Go In at Walcheren
The War Illustrated, Volume 8, No. 194, Page 441, November 24, 1944. Westkapelle, keypoint in the Dutch island of Walcheren blocking the...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 1, 2019
- 4 min
Landing Craft Support Squadron - Operation Infatuate
1st - 8th November 1944 Operation Infatuate - The Battle of Walcheren. Support Squadron Eastern Flank left from Poole on 28th October...
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SImon Biggs
- Nov 1, 2019
- 7 min
Operation Infatuate - The Battle of Walcheren
1st - 8th November 1944 Operation Infatuate - The Battle of Walcheren. The operation was part of the wider Battle of the Scheldt and...
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Simon Biggs
- Sep 21, 2019
- 1 min
Hell Ship Toyofuku Maru/ Hofuku Maru #RoyalMarines
On 20 September 1944, the Toyofuku Maru/ Hofuku Maru left Manila as part of convoy MATA-27. Of the eleven ships in the convoy she was...
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Simon Biggs
- Aug 26, 2019
- 2 min
The Atlantic Memorial Campaign
HRH The Princess Royal becomes Patron of Battle of the Atlantic Memorial campaign The charity behind the campaign to build the UK’s...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- Aug 19, 2019
- 4 min
Operation Jubilee - Amphibious Raid on Dieppe - 19th August 1942
The Dieppe Raid, Operation Jubilee, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe during the Second World War. The raid took...
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Simon Biggs
- Aug 7, 2019
- 2 min
RM Fighter Ace - Battle of Britain Pilot - Ronald Cuthbert Hay
Ronald Cuthbert Hay, DSO, DSC & Bar (4 October 1916 – 22 November 2001) was a British naval aviator and the only Royal Marine fighter...
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Simon Biggs
- Aug 7, 2019
- 2 min
Sinking of the Submarine Iride and Human Torpedoes - Captain Oliver Patch RM
22nd August 1940 Captain Oliver Patch RM flew in a flight of 3 swordfish to sink 4 Italian ships with 3 torpedoes in Bomba Bay. In July...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 6, 2019
- 1 min
The Battle of Belleisle - 7 June 1761
The Marines played a major role in the capture of this island, from the first amphibious landing, and through all subsequent fighting....
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 4, 2019
- 4 min
Amphibious Lessons Learned - Operation Husky 10 July 1943
Lessons Learned (Operation Husky) The beach organisation was better than 'Torch' but there were still problems caused, mainly by human...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 4, 2019
- 3 min
Major Reginald Ingleton Executed by Beheading - 7 July 1945 - Operation Rimau
Operation Rimau was an attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, carried out by an Allied commando unit Z Special Unit, during...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 1, 2019
- 5 min
40 Cdo RM Dieppe 1942 - Major-General 'Titch' Houghton (1912 - 2011)
Major-General 'Titch' Houghton, who died January 2011 aged 98, was second-in-command of Royal Marine 40 Commando during the Second World...
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Si Biggs
- Jun 7, 2019
- 3 min
47 Cdo RM - Battle of Port-en-Bessin 7-8 June 1944 - "It is doubtful whether, in their long, di
The Battle of Port-en-Bessin also known as Operation Auberytook place from 7–8 June 1944, at a small fishing harbour west of Arromanches...
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Si Biggs
- Jun 6, 2019
- 2 min
Operation Overlord - D Day 6th June 1944
The Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi...
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