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Apr 181 min read
Cyprus Reinforcement Unit 2007
Unit/ Formation: RM Band Service Location: Cyprus Period/ Conflict: Year: 2007 Date/s: 1 April 2007 Marking a significant milestone for...
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Si Biggs
Oct 22, 20233 min read
Loss of cruiser HMS Charybdis - 38 Royal Marines killed
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: English Channel Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 23 October 1943 HMS Charybdis...
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Si Biggs
May 6, 20232 min read
Royal Marines wear the Tudor Crown
Royal Marines wore His Majesty The King’s cypher on their uniforms for the first time at the coronation parade in May. Warrant Officers...
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Si Biggs
Mar 20, 20233 min read
Royal Marines - Operation Telic
Starting on 20th March 2003, 40 and 42 Commando moved into Southern Iraq to secure the oil fields and prevent Saddam from setting them on...
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Si Biggs
Jun 30, 20225 min read
The Battle for the Falklands - 40 Years On (Pt 2; June 1982)
3 Commando Brigade forward base established at Teal Inlet 1st June 1982 In preparation for major engagements, 42, 45 Commandos and 3 Para...
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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
Jan 27, 20221 min read
“Sarie Marais” – The March Past of the Royal Marines Commandos
'Sarie Marais' was an old South African folk song often used by the Boer Commandos and quickly spread at home by soldiers coming back...
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Si Biggs
Jun 10, 20211 min read
The Preobrazhensky March
10th June 1964, prompted by the Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten, the Royal Marines adopted the Preobrazhensky March in the...
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Si Biggs
Apr 21, 20216 min read
Charles Henry Bowden BEM - Corps Drum Major
By Colin E Bowden Charles Henry Bowden or as he was better known - 'Charlie' Bowden, not that the rank and file would have addressed him...
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