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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Simon Biggs
Oct 1, 20184 min read
Lieutenant-Colonel 'Pug' Davis - founding father of the Special Boat Service, and won a DSC
Lieutenant-Colonel "Pug" Davis (1923 - 2011 aged 87), was the founding father of the Special Boat Service, and won a DSC for a daring...
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Simon Biggs
Jul 30, 20182 min read
The Royal Marines Projecting Power since 1664 - a Geo History
The Royal Marines - A Geo History 1664 to Present The Globe & Laurel March/April 2018 by Simon Biggs Even before I was a young Marine in...
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Simon Biggs
Jul 26, 20181 min read
Please support The Royal Marines Charity #RoyalMarines @theRMcharity
The Royal Marines Charity Mission is to provide the best possible through life charitable support for Royal Marines, their families,...
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Simon Biggs
Jul 18, 20186 min read
The LCA (Landing Craft Assault) - Norway to Aden #LandingCraft #RoyalMarines
Throughout the Second World War, LCAs were used for landing Allied forces in almost every Commando operation, major and minor, in the...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
Jan 24, 20181 min read
The Royal Marines a Geo - History 1664 - Present
The Royal Marines A Geo History 1664 to Present This page is a work in progress as I try to code it, please check back regularly. In the...
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Si Biggs
Jan 24, 20181 min read
45 Commando During Tanganyika Revolt January 1964
Royal Marines in Tanganyika. 25 January 1964, Dar-es-Salaam. Royal Marines of 45 Commando were disembarked from HMS Centaur at the...
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Si Biggs
Jan 23, 20183 min read
47 Cdo RM - Battle of Port-en-Bessin 7-8 June 1944 - "It is doubtful whether, in their long, di
The Battle of Port-en-Bessin also known as Operation Auberytook place from 7–8 June 1944, at a small fishing harbour west of Arromanches...
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Si Biggs
Dec 27, 20172 min read
Sea Borne Escape from Crete in a Damaged Landing Craft
Colour Sergeant Charlie Bowden, who died aged 94 2011, was a Royal Marines gunner who survived being shot at by both the enemy and his...
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Si Biggs
Dec 7, 20173 min read
Operation Frankton is launched from HMS Tuna
At 7.17 pm on December 7, 1942, His Majesty’s Submarine Tuna surfaced off the coast of Occupied France near the mouth of the River...
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Si Biggs
Aug 6, 20172 min read
Formation of No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando formed up in Dorchester August 1943
Formed at Dorchester, West Dorset, in August 1943 mainly from men of 9th RM Bn; 46 Commando RM had a brief but important role in the...
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Si Biggs
Aug 2, 20171 min read
HRH Prince Philip - Captain General Royal Marines
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) On his final Royal appointment Prince Philip, who turned 96 in June, will...
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Si Biggs
Jun 15, 20172 min read
Acting Colour Sergeant Brian JOHNSTON, Royal Marines, QGM
SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 8TH OCTOBER 1982 St. James's Palace, London S.W.I 11th October, 1982 The QUEEN has been graciously...
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Si Biggs
Jun 8, 20171 min read
The Loss of Royal Marines Landing Craft - LCU F4 - Falklands 8th June 1982
At 16:50 a second wave, composed of four A-4Bs Skyhawks hit and sank F4 a Landing Craft Utility from HMS Fearless in Choiseul Sound.
The LC
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Si Biggs
Jun 6, 20172 min read
Operation Overlord - D Day 6th June 1944
The Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s
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Si Biggs
Mar 28, 20171 min read
'Breakfast at Babs' - download an extract
Why not download an extract of 'Breakfast at Babs' I have put together a PDF you can download and read which includes the prologue and a...
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Si Biggs
Dec 12, 20162 min read
The Cockelshell Heroes - Operation Frankton survivors reach their target
Of the six two man canoes that had been brought to the French coast by HMS Tuna on the 7th December, only five had been launched because...
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