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Col. Harold Ozanne DSO RMLI
Harold Ozanne was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry in 1897 Harold Ozanne portrait 1917 From 1889 to 1916 he served at...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 30, 2018
- 2 min
The Royal Marines Projecting Power since 1664 - a Geo History
The Royal Marines - A Geo History 1664 to Present The Globe & Laurel March/April 2018 by Simon Biggs Even before I was a young Marine in...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 26, 2018
- 1 min
Please support The Royal Marines Charity #RoyalMarines @theRMcharity
The Royal Marines Charity Mission is to provide the best possible through life charitable support for Royal Marines, their families,...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 25, 2018
- 2 min
Capture of Gibraltar 24th July 1704 #RoyalMarines #MilitaryHistory
On July 24, the allied fleet arrived outside Gibraltar. In all, Rooke commanded 16 English ships under Byng and six Dutch ships under...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 18, 2018
- 6 min
The LCA (Landing Craft Assault) - Norway to Aden #LandingCraft #RoyalMarines
Throughout the Second World War, LCAs were used for landing Allied forces in almost every Commando operation, major and minor, in the...
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Simon Biggs
- Jul 12, 2018
- 3 min
Major Pitcairn and the Battle of Bunker Hill 1775 "Now, for the glory of the Marines!"
17 June 1775: During the night of 16-17 June, the American rebels, tightening their grip on Boston, occupied and entrenched Breed’s Hill,...
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Simon Biggs
- Apr 24, 2018
- 3 min
The Raid on Zeebrugge - 24 April 1918
Mounted by two thousand men of the 4th Battalion Royal Marines and Royal Navy under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes. The...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- Apr 1, 2018
- 2 min
Remembering Major Richard Clifford - Marine officer who parachuted into the sea with the SBS
Major Richard Clifford of the Royal Marines, May 19 1946 - November 15 2015 (69), was a Special Boats Service officer who parachuted into...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- Feb 5, 2018
- 2 min
Heroism of four Chaplains on U.S.A.T. Dorchester
The U boat war was now entering a critical phase. Just as more and more men and munitions were leaving America and Canada to join the...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- Feb 1, 2018
- 2 min
The Forgotten Army - One Million Men Under Arms in Burma
Burma Star Association The Circumstances of the War in Burma The war in the Far East started in December 1941, simultaneously with the...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- Jan 31, 2018
- 1 min
The Royal Marines a Geo - History 1664 - Present - Amalgamation of the RMLI and RMA 1923
RM Barracks Forton and Eastney and the amalgamation of the Royal Marines Light Infantry and Royal Marines Artillery in 1923. The Royal...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
- Jan 24, 2018
- 1 min
The Royal Marines a Geo - History 1664 - Present
The Royal Marines A Geo History 1664 to Present This page is a work in progress as I try to code it, please check back regularly. In the...
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Si Biggs
- Jan 24, 2018
- 1 min
45 Commando During Tanganyika Revolt January 1964
Royal Marines in Tanganyika. 25 January 1964, Dar-es-Salaam. Royal Marines of 45 Commando were disembarked from HMS Centaur at the...
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Si Biggs
- Jan 23, 2018
- 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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Simon Biggs
- Jan 18, 2018
- 3 min
Major Anders Lassen VC - SBS - Lake Commachio 8 - 9th April 1945
On the night of 8th – 9th April 1945 eighteen men from the Special Boat Service set out across Lake Comacchio to attack heavily defended...
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Simon Biggs
- Jan 14, 2018
- 1 min
Surgeon-Captain Richard Jolly OBE has Crossed the Bar Aged 71
Surgeon-Captain Richard Jolly OBE was a Royal Navy medical officer who served in the 1982 Falklands War and was later decorated by both...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 27, 2017
- 2 min
Sea Borne Escape from Crete in a Damaged Landing Craft
Colour Sergeant Charlie Bowden, who died aged 94 2011, was a Royal Marines gunner who survived being shot at by both the enemy and his...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 25, 2017
- 2 min
The Christmas Truce 1914
The Christmas truce (German: Weihnachtsfrieden; French: Trêve de Noël) was a series of widespread but unofficial ceasefires along the...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 13, 2017
- 7 min
Battle of the River Plate 13th December 1939
The Battle of the River Plate took place on December 13th 1939. The battle in the South Atlantic was the first major naval battle of...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 13, 2017
- 1 min
HMS Ajax - Ajax Canada @townofajax My Grandad and The Battle of the River Plate
Ajax, Ontario, Canada was named after HMS Ajax after the Battle of the River Plate and the streets are named after every member of the...
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