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Royal Marines Tank Hunting in WW2
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...
Si Biggs
Feb 193 min read
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40 Commando Dieppe 1942 - Operation Jubilee
Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 19 August 1942 The Royal Marine Commando...
Si Biggs
Aug 20, 20246 min read
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40 CDO - Capture of Navy House - Musketeer
Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Port Said Period/ Conflict: Suez Crisis Year: 1956 Date/s: 6th November 1956 At dawn on 6 November...
Si Biggs
Nov 20, 20232 min read
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Operation Hopper - Air Raid in the Anchorage
After taking part in the successful landings on Sicily during Operation Husky and being moved into reserve both 40 and 41 Commandos were...
Si Biggs
Oct 26, 20232 min read
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Royal Marines - Operation Telic
Starting on 20th March 2003, 40 and 42 Commando moved into Southern Iraq to secure the oil fields and prevent Saddam from setting them on...
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Mar 20, 20233 min read
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40 Cdo in Haifa - Palestine Mandate and the withdrawal of British troops - January to June, 1948
Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Haifa Period/ Conflict: Palestine Mandate Year: 1948 Date/s: 30th January - 30th June 1948 Royal...
Si Biggs
Jan 29, 202310 min read
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Crossing the Garigliano River - 40 CDO Royal Marines
Force 2. (A.P. and X troops). [40 CDO RM War Diary] The day of 17th January was spent in the lying up area until 2015 hrs when the area...
Si Biggs
Jan 21, 20235 min read
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Tank Attack - With a Pistol - Capt. Marshall MC (Bar)
Ty/Lt (/ty/Capt) Lionel Guy Bradford MARSHALL, M.C. R.M. (Bar to the M.C.) 22.1.44. Crossing of the Garigliano. Capt Marshall was in...
Si Biggs
Jan 21, 20232 min read
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The Battle for the Falklands - 40 Years On (Pt 2; June 1982)
3 Commando Brigade forward base established at Teal Inlet 1st June 1982 In preparation for major engagements, 42, 45 Commandos and 3 Para...
Si Biggs
Jun 30, 20225 min read
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Tumbledown, Wireless Ridge, & Sapper Hill
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Mount Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 13–14...
Si Biggs
Jun 13, 20224 min read
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Crash in Malta - 40 Cdo Royal Marines
17th May 1953 During Active Service deployment to the Canal Zone the plane carrying S Troop of 40 Commando RM crashed on take-off from...
Si Biggs
May 17, 20225 min read
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Belgrade War Cemetery, Serbia
Belgrade War Cemetery was created to receive the remains of British and Commonwealth casualties brought in from more than sixty small...
Si Biggs
Mar 30, 20226 min read
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40 Cdo in Sabah 1964 - Tawau Assault Group
Images of 40 Commando Royal Marines in Sabah, North East Borneo July 1964 to December 1964, 40 Cdo's 4th of 6 tours of Borneo between...
Si Biggs
Dec 9, 20211 min read
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40 CDO Recce of Pelagosa
Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Pelagosa Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 5th December 1943 40 R.M. COMMANDO REPORT...
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Dec 7, 20213 min read
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Operation Mercerised - Attack on Sarandë and Surrender of Corfu
Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Albania Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 9 - 12 October 1944 No. 2 Commando...
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Oct 9, 20212 min read
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Operation Jubilee - Amphibious Raid on Dieppe - 19th August 1942
The Dieppe Raid, Operation Jubilee, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe during the Second World War. The raid...
Si Biggs
Aug 19, 20215 min read
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Operation Flounced - Yugoslavia
This was a British Commando and Yugoslav partisan attack on Brac island in the Adriatic Sea off the Dalmatian coast of German-occupied...
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May 18, 20215 min read
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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...
Si Biggs
Oct 13, 20204 min read
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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...
Si Biggs
Oct 3, 20203 min read
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Salerno Landings - Operation Avalanche
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 9 September 1943 The Italian front opens at...
Si Biggs
Sep 9, 20204 min read
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