Attack on Milos Freya Radar Station
Haddock Troop, was a contingent of Royal Marines on 'special assignment', led by Captain Arnold Bell it consisted of two sergeants, four...
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Si Biggs
Nov 8, 20232 min read
LVT 'Conquerer' Destroyed by Booby Trap in Serooskerke
Unit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Serooskerke Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 8 November 1944 A patrol from 48RM...
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Si Biggs
Nov 7, 20232 min read
41 CDO Mortared in the Dunes
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 7 November 1944 Two Nebelwerfer north of...
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Si Biggs
Nov 5, 20232 min read
41CDO RM - Attack on W18 - Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 5 November 1944 W18 was situated in the...
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Si Biggs
Nov 2, 20232 min read
47 CDO RM - Attack on Battery W11 Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: Dishoek, Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 2 - 3 November 1944 The...
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Si Biggs
Nov 1, 20232 min read
41 CDO RM - Landings at Westkapelle - Operation Infatuate
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Westkapelle Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 1 November 1944 The three RM...
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Si Biggs
Nov 1, 20232 min read
48 CDO - Operation Infatuate - Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Westkapelle Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 1 November 1944 On 1 November No 48...
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Si Biggs
Sep 3, 20232 min read
47 Cdo - Training for Operation Infatuate
Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 27 September 1944 After relief by 7...
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Si Biggs
Aug 16, 20232 min read
Lake Commachio - Kangaroo Charge by C Troop
Unit/ Formation: 43 Cdo RM Location: Lake Commachio Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 02 April 1945 It was shortly before...
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Si Biggs
Aug 12, 20233 min read
Formation of 3 Brigade Air Squadron (3 BAS)
Location: Sembawang, Singapore Period/ Conflict: 1960's Year: 1968 Date/s: 12th August 1968 Almost co-inciding with the Commando Carriers...
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Si Biggs
Aug 10, 20232 min read
Commando Training Center Royal Marines - Lympstone
Unit/ Formation: Barracks/ Camps Location: Great Britian Period/ Conflict: 1900's Year: 1960 Date/s: 1960 The training of commandos after...
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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
Aug 1, 20233 min read
James Louis Moulton
James Louis Moulton was born on 3 June 1906, the son of J. D. Moulton. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Barnet, and...
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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
Jun 6, 20234 min read
45 Cdo Royal Marines - D Day
Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 6 June 1944 On the afternoon of the 5th...
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Si Biggs
Jun 6, 20232 min read
Linking up with the Paras on the Orne Bridgehead
News was now received that the Brigade was to come under command of the Sixth Airborne Division, and that the 5th Parachute Brigade had...
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Si Biggs
Jun 6, 20232 min read
D DAY Royal Marines
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 6 June 1944 D Day was the largest...
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Si Biggs
Jun 6, 20237 min read
47 Commando - The Advance to Port-en-Bessin
D Day- Gold Beach Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 6 June 1944 The first...
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Si Biggs
Jun 6, 20235 min read
Nan Red 6th June 1944 - No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando
No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando was formed in March 1944 and was the last commando unit formed during the Second World War. It was formed...
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