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Si Biggs
Nov 264 min read
Turret Explosion on HMS Devonshire and Marine AE Streams - Albert Medal
Eight days after arriving on station, Devonshire and the rest of the Mediterranean Fleet sailed for manoeuvres in the Aegean Sea, off the...
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Si Biggs
Jul 301 min read
July Marines - The Royal Marines in July since 1664
I hope you are your families are well, and if you have time why not look at the pins for July, covering nearly 360 years of Global...
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Si Biggs
Jul 234 min read
A Royal Marines Sniper Pair Normandy
Royal Marines have been wearing a crossed rifles badge to show competence as a marksman since at least 1893! Royal Marine Snipers during...
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Si Biggs
Mar 272 min read
Defense at Hauger and Medal Investiture held by General Montgomery
6th July 1944 Commitment of GRANDE FERME DU BUISSON was discontinued. 7th July 1944 Place: Hauger 1130 - Commando relieved 4 Commando in...
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Si Biggs
Oct 26, 20232 min read
Operation Hopper - Air Raid in the Anchorage
After taking part in the successful landings on Sicily during Operation Husky and being moved into reserve both 40 and 41 Commandos were...
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Si Biggs
Aug 5, 20236 min read
Trevor Philpott - Junior Marine to King’s Badge to Lt Col OBE, RM, FRSA
Trevor Philpott - died unexpectedly but peacefully at home in South Shields on Saturday 8th July 2023. Trevor grew up in the Tavistock...
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Si Biggs
Jul 29, 20233 min read
Lt Colonel Drysdale, Royal Marines, Commanding Officer 41 Independent Commando
Colonel Douglas Burns Drysdale was born in Hampstead, a suburb of London, on 2 October 1916. He spent the majority of his youth in...
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Si Biggs
Jul 27, 20232 min read
70th Anniversary of the end of the Korean War - 27 July 2023
The Korean War began on June 25,1950 when the Northern Korean People’s Army, backed by the Soviet Union, launched a military operation to...
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Si Biggs
Jul 21, 20234 min read
Loss of 601st LCM Flotilla
21st July 1944 Normandy HM LCM, 601st Flotilla. Attempting to cross the Channel from the Normandy Beaches the flotilla of small Mark 1...
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Si Biggs
Jul 11, 20231 min read
The Bombardment and Landing in Alexandria
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Alexandria Period/ Conflict: Year: 1882 Date/s: 11 July 1882 Bombardment of Alexandria. Egyptian...
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Si Biggs
Jul 9, 20232 min read
The Battle of Calabria
The Battle of Calabria Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Mediterranean Sea Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 9th July...
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Si Biggs
Jul 9, 20231 min read
Loss of HMS Redbreast - WW1 Q Ship
Redbreast, Q-ship, ex-fleet messenger, torpedoed and sunk by UC.38 in Mediterranean HMS Redbreast was a passenger/cargo ship...
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Si Biggs
Jul 3, 20237 min read
Operation Catapult - Attack on the French Fleet - Mers-el-Kébir
The attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on neutral...
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Si Biggs
Jul 3, 20233 min read
Seizure of the Surcouf - Operation Grasp
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 3 July 1940 In 1940, Surcouf was...
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Si Biggs
Nov 6, 202212 min read
RM People - Sgt John Joseph 'Ian' Coombes
Sgt Coombes survived the sinking of the Royal Oak on 14 October 1939, the first major blow to the Royal Navy. After training the UK he...
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Si Biggs
Aug 7, 20228 min read
Royal Marines in Peking - Boxer Rebellion - July - September 1900
In the year 1900 sectarian rebels assisted by the Chinese government sought to rid China of foreign influence. The German Head of...
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Si Biggs
Jul 20, 20221 min read
Shimonoseki Campaign- Japan
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Japan Period/ Conflict: Shimonoseki Campaign Year: 1863 Date/s: 20 July – 14 August 1863, 5–6...
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Si Biggs
Jul 8, 20226 min read
46 CDO Recce Patrol - & Milking Cows!
Unit/ Formation: 46 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 8 July 1944 8th July 1944 Place:...
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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
Jul 1, 20227 min read
Woson Forward Operating Base
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1951 Date/s: 1st July 1951 Following the success of raids...
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