Commando raid on the East Coast Railway, Korea
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 5th October 1950 125 men and five officers of...
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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
Nov 3, 20222 min read
Opening of Chinnampo - 41 Cdo Korea
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Chinnampo Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: November 1950 After several days of...
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Si Biggs
Sep 12, 20221 min read
Poundforce - Kunsun Diversonary Raid - Operation Chromite - Inchon
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 12th September 1950 POUNDFORCE comprised...
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Si Biggs
Aug 16, 20221 min read
41 Cdo Form up for Korea
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 16th August 1950 41 Independent...
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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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Si Biggs
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Amphibious Raid from USS Perch
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 1 October 1950 As the American submarine USS...
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Si Biggs
Sep 17, 20211 min read
Poundforce land at Inchon
Operation Chromite - Inchon Unit/ Formation: Roya Marines Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 17th...
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Si Biggs
Mar 22, 20211 min read
HMS Belfast to Victory the story of Ron Knight a Royal Marine on operations in Korea and Malaya
Welcome to the Royal Marines a Geo History Podcast telling the oral histories of former Royal Marines. The aim is to provide more depth...
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Si Biggs
Nov 27, 20208 min read
41 Commando - Chosin Reservoir Korea November/ December 1950 - Task Force Drysdale
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 27 November 1950 I’m not done with them yet!!...
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Si Biggs
Oct 11, 20201 min read
41 CDO - North Korea - Raid on East Coast Railway
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: October 1950 125 men and five officers of C &...
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Si Biggs
Apr 7, 20202 min read
Commando raid on the East Coast railway - North Korea
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1951 Date/s: On 7 April 1951 On 2 April 1951, 21...
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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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