Si Biggs

Cabinet War Rooms – Churchill’s Royal Marine Guards Beneath the busy streets of Westminster lies one of Britain’s most important wartime strongholds — the famous Churchill War Rooms. I visited this amazing Museum recently and discovered an amazing connection to the RM. The Cabinet War Room as it looked in WW2 with a Royal Marine preparing the room for the war time leadership. While visitors today explore the underground command centre where Winston Churchill led his cabinet and see the maps...

There are some places where history doesn’t just sit quietly behind glass cases it jumps out at you, tangible and immediate, a visit to the Castletown D-Day Centre on Portland is exactly that kind of experience, and made me both smile and shed a quiet tear. In June 1944 Portland was one of the key embarkation points along with Weymouth for Allied forces, in particular US Troops, heading to Normandy. Thousands of American and British troops along with tonnes of equipment passed through, formed...

Unit/ Formation : 41 Cdo RM Location : Korea Period/ Conflict : Korean War Year : 1951 Date/s : 7 April 1951 THE SORYE DONG RAID 41 Independent Commando moved into Ebisu Camp in the suburbs of Tokyo in January 1951 and all ranks enjoyed a period of R&R. Later, the Unit was transferred to HMAS Commonwealth at the Naval Base at Kure to re-equip, train and absorb reinforcements. Unfortunately, the arrival of key specialists was delayed and the CO became concerned that morale would suffer through...