Si Biggs

I am delighted to reveal that the Royal Marines WW2 HQ will be dug in at the spectacular 'We Have Ways' WW2 Festival in September this year. Over 78,000 Royal Marines eventually took part in WW2. Present in every theater, from the first actions until the last, they saw service in most major campaigns from Norway to Africa, the Mediterranean and Europe as well as the Far East. Also present at almost every major sea engagement and took part in most allied amphibious landings from Dieppe, to...

Lt Peter Haydon from 41 CDO RM was 19 years old and had served for less than six months in the Royal Marines when he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) Originally recommendation for an Military Cross (M.C.) for actions at Salerno, after returning wounded provided witness statements of the action in which Lt. Haydon was involved the citation was later updated to recommend a Victoria Cross (V.C.) After consideration the GOC-in-C decided to grant an immediate D.S.O. The D.S.O....

On the 24th of May a Royal Marine Quickfiring Regiment was projected to man 12-pounder naval guns in an anti-tank role in an attempt to stop the German panzers. The first battery was formed from the R.M. detachments of H.M.S. Effingham:, recently sunk off Norway, which marched into barracks that afternoon, the remainder from the Land Defence Force of M.N.B.D.O. (I). British troops prepare a QF 12-pounder Naval gun mounted on a Albion BY-series truck at Fort Horsted as part of coastal...