HMS Neptune mined 1 survivor from 764
18th December 1941 HMS Neptune a Leander-class light cruiser with HM Cruisers AURORA, PENELOPE, HM Destroyers: KANDAHAR, LANCE, LIVELY...
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Simon Biggs
Dec 16, 20196 min read
The Battle of the Bulge - Royal Marines in the Ardennes Offensive
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front...
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Si Biggs
Dec 13, 20199 min read
Battle of the River Plate 13th December 1939
The Battle of the River Plate took place on December 13th 1939. The battle in the South Atlantic was the first major naval battle of...
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Si Biggs
Dec 12, 20193 min read
42 Commando Raid on Limbang - Hostage Rescue - 12th December 1962
'I assess the most important factor in the success of the operation was first class leadership by junior NCOs. Their section battle craft...
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Simon Biggs
Dec 11, 20193 min read
Maurice Pink, Dunkirk, Hunt for the Bismark, Sinking of Repulse, Escape from Singapore and Anzio
Maurice Pink, Royal Marines Bandsman, 13th May 1922 - 27th October 2019 He cheated death twice during the war, when his ships were sunk...
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Simon Biggs
Dec 10, 20195 min read
All hands on deck. Prepare to abandon ship.” ....“God be with you."
Sinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales Royal Marines on HMS Repulse (http://www.nicholasbest.co.uk/tag/royal-marines/) Force Z...
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Simon Biggs
Dec 9, 20192 min read
The Battle of the Falklands 8th December 1914
The Royal Navy’s spectacular retribution on 8th December 1914 in the First World War, for the sinking of Admiral Cradock’s two ships, HMS...
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Simon Biggs
Dec 7, 20194 min read
Operation Frankton - The Cockleshell Heroes
Combined Operations commander Admiral Louis Mountbatten regarded it as “the most courageous and imaginative of all the raids ever carried...
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Si Biggs
Dec 7, 20192 min read
Attack on Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, using bombers, torpedo bombers...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
Dec 7, 20194 min read
The First Shots Fired Against the Japanese - HMS Petrel - Occupied Shanghai 1941
The British serviceman who first fired on Japanese forces during World War Two. Mail Online (12 October 2009) Jim Mariner was on board...
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Simon Biggs
Dec 4, 20192 min read
24 Royal Marine Cadets Killed - Gillingham/ Chatham Bus Tragedy
Marching at the side of the road in full uniform were 52 members of the Chatham Royal Marine Cadet Corps, aged between 9 and 13 a bus...
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Si Biggs
Dec 1, 20193 min read
First attack by Long Range Desert Group 1st December 1940
The Long Range Desert Group were formed in the autumn of 1940, successors to the much smaller Long Range Patrol. They were intended as a...
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Simon Biggs
Dec 22, 20182 min read
Royal Marines Search for Survivors of the Lakonia Disaster 1963
Royal Marines Bandsman from HMS Centaur search for survivors from the Lakonia Disater which caught fire and sank north of Madeira on 22...
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Simon Biggs
Dec 12, 20187 min read
41 Commando - Chosin Reservoir Korea November/ December 1950 - Task Force Drysdale #RoyalMarines
'As Commanding General of the First Marine Division, I desire to take this opportunity to acknowledge the high qualities of leadership,...
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