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Operation Claymore
Unit/ Formation: Combined Ops Location: Lofoten Islands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: 4th March 1941 Operation...
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Si Biggs
- Mar 2, 2021
- 1 min
Hand to Hand Combat
Royal Navy and Royal Marines Close Combat training film. As Shakespeare says 'be bloody, bold and resolute' Sorry 'Jack!' Watch here:...
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Si Biggs
- Feb 27, 2021
- 7 min
Norwegian heavy water sabotage 'Heroes of Telemark'
Unit/ Formation: Combined Ops Location: Norway Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 1940 - 1943 When they learnt that the...
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Si Biggs
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
HMS Penelope Sunk off Anzio
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Naples Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 18 February 1944 HMS Penelope was an...
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Si Biggs
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
Force Viper - Burma
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Burma Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: February - March 1942 Force 'Viper' 106...
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Si Biggs
- Jan 27, 2021
- 1 min
Attack on Belle Island
1 Cdo Bde HQ War Diary Jan-Mar 1945 27 January 1945 Brachterbeek No change in weather. More snow showers. 2215 - 45 RM Cdo sent a...
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Si Biggs
- Jan 26, 2021
- 2 min
Operation Sankey - Wellington Force - Amphibious Landing by LCP(M)
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Ramree Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 26 January 1945 This was a British...
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Si Biggs
- Jan 10, 2021
- 4 min
Fight for survival - The Stuka bombing of HMS Illustrious
The Royal Navy’s first armoured carrier had been active a mere six months when her design and construction was put to the ultimate test....
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Si Biggs
- Jan 8, 2021
- 1 min
Battle of the Slim River
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Slim River Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 7th to 15th January 1942 A few days...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 26, 2020
- 2 min
Sinking of the Scharnhorst - Boxing Day 1943
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: North Cape Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 26th December 1943 Battle of the North...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 25, 2020
- 1 min
RM Gun Crew Killed Christmas Day 1940 in Surface Action with Admiral Hipper
On 25 December 1940, whilst part of the escort to convoy WS-5A, a troop convoy to the Middle East, Berwick was in a surface engagement...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 3, 2020
- 5 min
DayForce - Bougainville Campaign
Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Bougainville Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: Monday 18th December 1944 A...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 28, 2020
- 5 min
Operation Torch - A Royal Marines Story - Stanley Ogilvie
Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Algeria Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 8–16 November 1942 Our recruit training...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
30 CDO - Raid on Algiers
Unit/ Formation: 30 Cdo Location: Maghreb Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 8 November 1942 Two British warships,...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Taranto - first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history, Major Patch RM DSC
Unit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: Taranto Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 11 November 1940 The Battle of Taranto...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 13, 2020
- 4 min
Formation of 40 Cdo RM
Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 12 October 1942 Formed at Deal...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 2, 2020
- 3 min
Operation Devon - Raid on Termoli
Operation Devon - Raid on Termoli Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 3 October...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
HMS Courageous - First British warship to be sunk in WW 2 - 24 Royal Marines lost
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Atlantic Ocean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1939 Date/s: 17 September 193939 In the early...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 14, 2020
- 2 min
Battle of '41 Commando Hill' & 'Pimple Hill'
No. 2 Commando, had taken part in the capture of Sicily and then landed at Salerno with other British troops. He and his men fought for...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 12, 2020
- 4 min
Guy Griffiths - Royal Marines Airman, Painter, Forger and Spy
Guy Beresford Kerr "Griff" Griffiths (6 June 1915 – 12 July 1999) was a Royal Marine pilot. He served as a pilot during the Second World...
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