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Si Biggs
Feb 272 min read
Brass River Expedition - 1895
1895 - The Royal Marines were 15,005 ranks. Brass River and M'Weli There was more fighting on the West Coast of Africa in which the Royal...
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Si Biggs
Nov 11, 20244 min read
Loss of Old Contemptble - Arthur Townroe RMLI - 10 Nov 1918
A TOWNROE KILLED. ONE DAY BEFORE ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED. ONE OF THE OLD "CONTEMPTIBLES." It is with deep regret and sympathy we have to...
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Si Biggs
Sep 8, 20242 min read
Landings in Beirut 1840
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Beirut Period/ Conflict: Egyptian–Ottoman War Year: 1840 Date/s: 8 September 1840 The Oriental...
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Si Biggs
Aug 19, 20247 min read
Loss of HMS Hawke and 78 Royal Marines Light Infantry
H.M.S. Hawke was an old armoured cruiser operating as part of the 10th Cruiser Squadron assigned to the Northern Patrol. Launched at...
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Si Biggs
May 6, 20243 min read
Action on Dead Mans Ridge/ Razor Back Hill Gallipoli
Gallant attacks had been made, but they had failed, and the losses among the men and also, perhaps, to some extent the inadequate...
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Si Biggs
Mar 24, 20241 min read
Battle of Bapaume 1918
24th -25th March 1918 First Battle of Bapaume (Second phase of First Somme 1918) involving the 63rd Division. Operation Michael (German:...
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Si Biggs
Mar 11, 20242 min read
SS Bayano 1915 - 20 RMs lost
11th March 1915 SS Bayano, armed merchant cruiser, torpedoed and sunk by U.27 in North Channel. HMS Bayano, built in 1913, was originally...
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Si Biggs
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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 2, 20242 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
Dec 28, 20232 min read
Attack on Canton 1857
Location: Canton Period/ Conflict: Year: 1857 Date/s: 28 December 1857 The Battle of Canton (Chinese: 廣州城戰役) was fought by British and...
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Si Biggs
Nov 9, 20231 min read
Lt H.M. Day RMLI - Albert Medal
On 9th November 1918 H.M.S. Britannia which had been patrolling on the routes west of Gibraltar when passing Cape Trafalgar was torpedoed...
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Si Biggs
Nov 3, 20231 min read
Battle of Tanga
Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: Tanga Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 3 November 1914 The Battle of Tanga, sometimes...
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Si Biggs
Sep 5, 20232 min read
Loss of HMS Pathfinder 1914 - First Torpedo Fired in Wartime from a Submarine
5th September 1914 1914 HMS Pathfinder, light cruiser, torpedoed and sunk by U.21 in North Sea a month after the declaration of war with...
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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
Apr 25, 20233 min read
Y Beach Gallipoli - Cliff Assault
Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: Gallipolli Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 25 April 1915 Y Beach was one of three...
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Si Biggs
Apr 14, 20231 min read
1000'th Royal Marine killed in WW1
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Light Infantry Location: United Kingdom Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 14th April 1915...
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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 5, 20235 min read
Amphibious Raids against the Turkish Guns
Royal Marines acted as landing parties in the Naval campaign against the Turkish fortifications in the Dardanelles before the Gallipoli...
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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
Jan 28, 20232 min read
HM Queen Victoria's Body Escorted from Osborne House - Royal Marines Guard
On the evening of 22nd January HM Queen Victoria died at Osborne, Isle of Wight, and for a time the world seemed to stand still; it was...
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