42 Commando Raid on Limbang - Hostage Rescue - 12th December 1962
'I assess the most important factor in the success of the operation was first class leadership by junior NCOs. Their section battle craft...
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Simon Biggs
Dec 7, 20194 min read
Operation Frankton - The Cockleshell Heroes
Combined Operations commander Admiral Louis Mountbatten regarded it as “the most courageous and imaginative of all the raids ever carried...
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Si Biggs
Nov 12, 20195 min read
Major-General Patrick Kay: Royal Marine who became a pioneer of amphibious warfare
Patrick Richard Kay, Royal Marine officer: born Blakeney, Norfolk 1 August 1921; MBE 1945, CB 1972; married 1944, Muriel Austen Smith...
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Simon Biggs
Nov 7, 20193 min read
I Was There! - I Saw the Royal Marines Go In at Walcheren
The War Illustrated, Volume 8, No. 194, Page 441, November 24, 1944. Westkapelle, keypoint in the Dutch island of Walcheren blocking the...
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Simon Biggs
Nov 6, 20192 min read
1 ASRM becomes 47 Commando (Raiding Group) Royal Marines
The Royal Marines' amphibious warfare expert group has been renamed. 1 Assault Group Royal Marines now under the command of 3 Commando...
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SImon Biggs
Nov 1, 20197 min read
Operation Infatuate - The Battle of Walcheren
1st - 8th November 1944 Operation Infatuate - The Battle of Walcheren. The operation was part of the wider Battle of the Scheldt and...
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Si Biggs
Oct 28, 20192 min read
Happy Birthday #Royal Marines Projecting Global Power Since 1664
Formed in the reign of King Charles II on October 28, 1664 as the Duke of York and Albany’s Maritime Regiment of Foot (or Admiral’s...
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Simon Biggs
Aug 7, 20194 min read
Remembering Lieutenant Colonel Mark “Foggy” Phillips MBE
Lieutenant Colonel Mark “Foggy” Phillips MBE, soldier, security consultant. Born: 24 May 1961, Gloucestershire. Died: 12 August 2017,...
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Si Biggs
Jul 6, 20191 min read
The Battle of Belleisle - 7 June 1761
The Marines played a major role in the capture of this island, from the first amphibious landing, and through all subsequent fighting....
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Simon Biggs
Jul 4, 20194 min read
Amphibious Lessons Learned - Operation Husky 10 July 1943
Lessons Learned (Operation Husky) The beach organisation was better than 'Torch' but there were still problems caused, mainly by human...
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Simon Biggs
Jul 1, 20195 min read
40 Cdo RM Dieppe 1942 - Major-General 'Titch' Houghton (1912 - 2011)
Major-General 'Titch' Houghton, who died January 2011 aged 98, was second-in-command of Royal Marine 40 Commando during the Second World...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
Jun 12, 20193 min read
Battle for the Falklands - The Battle for Mount Harriet - 42 Cdo RM - 11/12 June 1982
Following K Coy's helicopter flight forward on to Mount Kent over the night of Sunday 30th May to join D Sqn SAS, the rest of 42 Cdo...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
Jun 12, 20194 min read
Battle for the Falklands - The Battle for Two Sisters - 45 Cdo RM - 11/12 June 1982
45 Cdo's yomp from San Carlos Water via Teal Inlet ended to the west of Mount Kent on Friday 4th, and the next week was spent patrolling...
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Si Biggs
Jun 8, 20191 min read
The Loss of Royal Marines Landing Craft - LCU F4 - Falklands 8th June 1982
Image F4 conducting a work up excercise in English Bay Ascension Island With the British Army’s 5 Brigade separated from their vital...
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Si Biggs
Jun 7, 20194 min read
47 Cdo RM - Battle of Port-en-Bessin 7-8 June 1944
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
Jun 6, 20192 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...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
May 31, 20192 min read
Battle for the Falklands - The Skirmish at Top Malo House - 31 May 1982
The Skirmish at Top Malo House was fought on 31 May 1982 during the Falklands War, between 1st Assault Section Argentine Special Forces...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
May 29, 20192 min read
Battle for the Falklands - Landing at San Carlos - 21 May 1982
The British Task Force started to land at San Carlos Bay on May 21st 1982 after receiving approval from London, under command of ...
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Si Biggs
Apr 28, 20191 min read
Royal Marines in Gallipoli - 28 April 1915
Gallipoli - 28 April 1915 Marines were involved in both the initial, unopposed, landings on the peninsula and the subsequent amphibious...
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Si Biggs
Apr 1, 20191 min read
Battle for the Falklands - NP8901 - 01 April 1982
At the time of the Argentine invasion the islands were defended by Naval Party 8901 (NP 8901) that consisted of a Royal Marine garrison...
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