SS Dalewood torpedoed - loss of 2 RMLI crew
26th February 1918 SS Dalewood, Admiralty-hired collier, torpedoed and sunk by U.105 in Irish Sea off the Isle of Man whilst transfering...
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Si Biggs
Feb 261 min read
Cpl Reginald Campbell - KIA Sarawak
1964 Corporal Reginald CHAPPELL: Service Number RM 15686 of 42 Commando RM. He was killed in action during the Confrontation with...
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Si Biggs
Feb 162 min read
Evacuation from Singapore
16th February 1942 Heavy casualties in Singapore listed as HMS Sultan (Shore Base) during the evacuation from Singapore including 20...
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Si Biggs
Feb 151 min read
SBS - Limpit Mine Removal - Palastine
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Haifa Period/ Conflict: Palastine Mandate Year: 1948 Date/s: 19 In 1946, the SBS, whether of Commando or...
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Si Biggs
Feb 91 min read
Tragedy on Operations in the Cyprus Mountains
Remembering: WHEELER, Alfred Quartermaster Sergeant Unit/Base: '3 Commando Brigade RM' Regiment/Corps: Royal Marines Service number: PO/X...
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Si Biggs
Feb 22 min read
Operations on the River Ancre - The capture of Puisieux Trench
2nd February 1917 Operations on the River Ancre by 63rd (RN) Division The capture of Puisieux Trench. After a short spell out of the...
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Si Biggs
May 17, 20232 min read
Bombing of HMS Royal Arthur
Unit/ Formation: Barracks/ Camps Location: Skegness Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 21 February 1942 HMS Royal Arthur...
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Si Biggs
Feb 28, 20231 min read
February Marines
This month I have been concentrating on the Royal Marines Roll of Honour data base, so many entries are just names with no details, and...
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Si Biggs
Feb 28, 20232 min read
Battle of El Teb
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Sudan Period/ Conflict: Sudanese War Year: 1884 Date/s: 29 February 1884 On the 21st, the force...
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Si Biggs
Feb 27, 20231 min read
By Sea by Land
By Land and Sea (1941) This march was modeled on Alford's entry into a competition in 1934 for an official slow march for the Royal...
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Si Biggs
Feb 26, 20237 min read
'the Birkenead drill is a damn tough bullet to chew'
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: South Africa Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1852 Date/s: 26 February 1852 Royal Marines were...
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Si Biggs
Feb 26, 20234 min read
Col. Harold Ozanne DSO RMLI
Harold Ozanne was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry in 1897 1897 to 1914 - Mediterranean, Pacific, West Indies Harold...
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Si Biggs
Feb 23, 20234 min read
5th R.M. A.A. (Anti-Aircraft) Brigade - NW Europe
North West Europe: August 1944 – May 1945 At the end of August, the move to the Continent began when on 28th August the Regiment went to...
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Si Biggs
Feb 15, 20232 min read
Raid on Deception Island
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Deception Island, Antarctica Period/ Conflict: Year: 1953 Date/s: 15th February 1953 HMS Snipe...
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Si Biggs
Feb 12, 20232 min read
His Majesty King George V Colonel in Chief of the Royal Marines
On 2nd January, HRH the Duke of York, now His Majesty King George V, was made Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Marine Forces, in 1901 the...
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Si Biggs
Oct 15, 20221 min read
Royal Marines Labour Corps
The Royal Marines Labour Corps was formed on 2nd February 1917 to resolve the manpower needs created in French ports caused by the need...
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Si Biggs
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Royal Marines a Geo History - February
Come and see what other actions and events have happened to the Royal Marines in February. Or check out February on the history wall
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Si Biggs
Feb 21, 20221 min read
RM Barracks, Hobart, Tasmania
Unit/ Formation: Barracks/ Camps Location: Tasmania Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1804 Date/s: 21 February 1804 The plaque in the image...
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Si Biggs
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Raid on Deception Island
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Deception Island, Antarctica Period/ Conflict: Year: 1953 Date/s: 15th February 1953 HMS Snipe...
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Si Biggs
Feb 14, 20222 min read
116th Inf Bde RM
Unit/ Formation: 116th Inf Bde RM Location: Hovington Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 14th February 1945 The closing...
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