On August 6 and 9, 1945, the Allies dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. On August 9, the Soviet Union declared...

Unit/ Formation: RM Band Service Location: Mediterranean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 12th August 1942 On 12 August...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Lebanon Period/ Conflict: Egyptian–Ottoman War Year: 1840 Date/s: 11 August 1840 In June...

Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Netherlands Period/ Conflict: Second Anglo Dutch War Year: 1666 Date/s: Sunday 8th August...

nit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 1st August 1943 43 Commando was formed on 1st...

Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Great Britian Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 1st August 1943 45 RM Commando was...

Kindly written for RoyalMarinesHistory.com by Lucy Betteridge-Dyson www.ohwhataladylikewar.com @LMBD1418 Following the Battles of Kohima...

Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 26 August 1944 On 24 August Y Troop...

Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Mullaghmore Period/ Conflict: The Troubles Year: 1979 Date/s: 27 August 1979 Murder of the Colonel...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: North America Period/ Conflict: War of 1812 Year: 1814 Date/s: 24 August 1814 A British force of...

The Battle for Hong Kong Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Hong Kong Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: 8–25...

2 Royal Marines, killed in France during WW2 and more recently Afghanistan, lay at Portland Royal Naval Cemetery; WRIGHT, James Robert...

On July 24, the allied fleet arrived outside Gibraltar. In all, Rooke commanded 16 English ships under Byng and six Dutch ships under...

Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Mullaghmore Period/ Conflict: The Troubles Year: 1979 Date/s: 27 August 1979 Murder of the Colonel...

HRH The Princess Royal becomes Patron of Battle of the Atlantic Memorial campaign The charity behind the campaign to build the UK’s...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Java Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1811 Date/s: 4th August 1811` The invasion of Java...

Ronald Cuthbert Hay, DSO, DSC & Bar (4 October 1916 – 22 November 2001) was a British naval aviator and the only Royal Marine fighter...

22nd August 1940 Captain Oliver Patch RM flew in a flight of 3 swordfish to sink 4 Italian ships with 3 torpedoes in Bomba Bay. In July...

Lieutenant Colonel Mark “Foggy” Phillips MBE, soldier, security consultant. Born: 24 May 1961, Gloucestershire. Died: 12 August 2017,...

Formed at Dorchester, West Dorset, in August 1943 mainly from men of 9th RM Bn; 46 Commando RM had a brief but important role in the...