top of page
ROYAL MARINES HISTORY.com
Search
SImon Biggs
Oct 14, 20215 min read
Balaclava - Marine Heights and the Charge of the Heavy and Light Brigade
After the Battle of the Alma, the Armies marched towards Sebastopol; moving round the East side, they invested the fortress on the South...
634 views0 comments
Si Biggs
Nov 2, 20203 min read
Corporal John Prettyjohns - First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd Nov 1854 – Battle of Inkerman
John Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn) (11 June 1823 – 20 January 1887) was the first Royal Marine to win the Victoria...
1,019 views1 comment
Si Biggs
Jun 7, 20202 min read
Bombardier Thomas Wilkinson RMA VC
Bombardier Thomas Wilkinson RMA VC – Crimea Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Russia Period/ Conflict: Crimean War Year: 1855...
1,044 views0 comments
bottom of page