Welcome to the end of February... Thank you for continuing to open and read my 'Dits' I hope you enjoy those below. Yours Aye Simon...

bfbs Forces News Commandant General @RoyalMarines , Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins KCB OBE RM, visits members of the Surveillance Reconnaissance...

1895 - The Royal Marines were 15,005 ranks. Brass River and M'Weli There was more fighting on the West Coast of Africa in which the Royal...

Award Distinguished Service Order Capt. (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Hastings Tailyour, 27 Royal Marines Lt-Col. TAILYOUR took over...

TANK HUNTING by Capt.J.E.Stiebel, R.M. Extract from 40 Commando Royal Marines War Diary January 1943 World War II German Panther Tank...

Saturday 26th February 1780. The following appeared in the Ipswich Journal, this newspaper had a wide circulation in Suffolk and Essex. A...

Unit/ Formation: 116th Inf Bde RM Location: Hovington Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 14th February 1945 Patch 116th...

As I research names for my script about 45 CDO I snet out a request for help trying to get some more information on the names in this...

Good day all, It has been a busy month as I continue to work on a Screenplay about 45 Commando during WW2, I am hoping that the treatment...

Thank you for spending the year with me, and those that have just joined, I hope you have enjoyed some of this years 'Dits'. We have seen...

The Indian Mutiny of the Sepoys broke out in May 1857, and though it was far removed from the usual duties of the Royal Marines, yet a...

A few days before Christmas the last surviving member of the wartime 48 Royal Marine Commando Dennis Donovan died peacefully at home...

Eight days after arriving on station, Devonshire and the rest of the Mediterranean Fleet sailed for manoeuvres in the Aegean Sea, off the...

A TOWNROE KILLED. ONE  DAY BEFORE ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED. ONE OF THE OLD "CONTEMPTIBLES." It is with deep regret and sympathy we have to...

Ladies and Gents, Thank you for joining me again, and celebrating our 360th Glorious year! I hope you enjoy reading a few 'dits' from...

31st October 1914 HMS Hermes, cruiser/seaplane carrier, torpedoed and sunk whist transporting aircraft by U.27 in Dover Straits  . HMS...

Formed in the reign of King Charles II on October 28, 1664 as the Duke of York and Albany’s Maritime Regiment of Foot (or Admiral’s...

Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: St Vincent Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 26th October 1914 Mindelo is the main...

Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 5th October 1950 125 men and five officers of...

Good day, I hope this e mail finds you and your family well. I hope you will enjoy this months 'dits' a little lighter on content than...