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Si Biggs
Mar 17, 20232 min read
Royal Marines' Cemetery - San Juan Island National Historical Park
The Royal Marines who died during the joint occupation of San Juan Island with the USMC rest in honor here. Jim Crook was one year old...
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Si Biggs
Mar 1, 20232 min read
The Battle of Jutland - 574 Royal Marines Lost
The Battle of Jutland (31 May - 1 June 1916) was the largest naval battle of the First World War. It was the only time that the British...
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Si Biggs
Feb 19, 20232 min read
SS Motagua Collision
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Irish Coast Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 19th March 1918 SS Motagua armed...
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Si Biggs
Jan 1, 20236 min read
Sinking of HMS Formidable - 86 RMs lost
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: English Channel Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 1st January 1915 HMS Formidable was...
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Si Biggs
Dec 3, 20222 min read
SS Ceramic loss of DEMS crew
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Atlantic Ocean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 6th December 1942 On 3 November 1942...
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Si Biggs
Oct 14, 20229 min read
Sinking of the Royal Oak
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Scapa Flow Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1939 Date/s: 14th October 1939 At 01.16 hours on 14...
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Si Biggs
Sep 30, 20221 min read
Royal Marines Roll of Honour & War Graves Data Base
The War Graves Data base is a live document that I hope will allow easy research for families or researchers to find Royal Marines...
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Si Biggs
Sep 22, 20224 min read
Loss of the 'Live Bait' Squadron
Tuesday, 22 September 1914 SINKING OF CRUISERS ABOUKIR, HOGUE, CRESSY OF DUTCH COAST by U.9 They were known as the “Live Bait” Squadron,...
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Si Biggs
Aug 11, 20224 min read
Operation Pedestal - Royal Marines
“Many of these fine men and their ships were lost but the memory of their conduct will remain an inspiration to all who were privileged...
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Si Biggs
Jul 13, 20222 min read
Crossing the Helmand - Loss of Marine Dale Gostick
Unit/ Formation: RM ASG Location: Musa Qala Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan Year: 2008 Date/s: 25th May 2008. While returning to...
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Si Biggs
Jul 1, 20225 min read
Operation Corporate Roll of Honour
Operation Corporate Roll of Honour A total of 255 British servicemen and 3 Falkland Island civilians were killed during the Falklands...
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Si Biggs
Apr 20, 20228 min read
Easter Sunday 1943 - Loss of 2 LCG's and 70 Marines off Wales
On Easter Sunday 1943 (25 April), gale force winds and wild seas were lashing at the coast. Close to land, among the giant breakers and...
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Si Biggs
Apr 20, 20222 min read
Yangtse River Incident 1949
April-July 1949 HMS Amethyst sailed from Shanghai on 19th April to relieve HMS Consort at Nanking. Fired at on 20th at around 0900, 60...
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Si Biggs
Apr 10, 20221 min read
Lancashire Landing Cemetery
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Gallipoli peninsula Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: April 1915 - January 1916 84...
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Si Biggs
Apr 9, 20223 min read
HMS Hermes Sunk by Dive Bombers
After the raid on Colombo by the Japanese aircraft carriers on 5 April, known as the Easter Sunday Raid, Hermes and Vampire were sent to...
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Si Biggs
Apr 5, 20226 min read
Sinking of the Cornwall & Dorsetshire 45 Royal Marines Lost
On 2 April, Cornwall and her half sister, Dorsetshire, were detached from the fleet, Dorsetshire to resume an interrupted refit and...
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Si Biggs
Mar 30, 20226 min read
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...
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Si Biggs
Feb 7, 20226 min read
Sinking of the Troopship Khedive Ismail
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Indian Ocean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 12th February 1944 On 5 February 1944...
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Si Biggs
Jan 29, 20222 min read
Glider Bomb Attack off Anzio - Loss of HMS Spartan
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Off Anzio Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 29th January 1944 Loss of AA Cruiser HMS...
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Si Biggs
Jan 13, 20223 min read
Sinking of HMS Viknor
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: West Coast of Ireland Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 13th January 1915 RMS Atrato...
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