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Feb 2, 20203 min read

The Battle of Monte Ornito and it peaks - 43 Cdo RM - 9 Cdo

After the Anzio landings the Commandos of 2 SS Brigade were placed in reserve before returning to Naples on an LST (Landing Ship Tank),...

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Royal Marines Camel Corps - Battle of Abu Klea

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Jan 17, 20202 min read

Royal Marines Camel Corps - Battle of Abu Klea

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Sudan Period/ Conflict: Sudanese War Year: 1885 Date/s: 17th January 1885 Two of the Camel...

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Jan 16, 20202 min read

Assault on the island of Kapelsche Veer

Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: The Netherlands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 13th January 1945 Operation Horse...

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Royal Marines & Royal Navy capture Salif in the Yemen 1917

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Jan 12, 20208 min read

Royal Marines & Royal Navy capture Salif in the Yemen 1917

Capture of Salif Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Salif Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 12th January...

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The Battle of Blaauwberg - Cape Town 1806

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Jan 8, 20202 min read

The Battle of Blaauwberg - Cape Town 1806

The Battle of Blaauwberg also known as the Battle of Cape Town fought near Cape Town on Wednesday 8 January 1806, was a small but...

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Royal Marines Museum - £5 Million Mission!

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Jan 7, 20201 min read

Royal Marines Museum - £5 Million Mission!

From the Royal Marines Museum Website: The Royal Marines are without a museum, their story hidden from view. After being deemed no longer...

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HMS Doris - Royal Marines in Intelligence Gathering and Demolition Raids in Syria

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Jan 7, 20202 min read

HMS Doris - Royal Marines in Intelligence Gathering and Demolition Raids in Syria

Commissioned in 1897, one of the nine-ship Eclipse class, Doris was a 5600-ton, 350-foot second-class protected cruiser, designed for...

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Dec 31, 20192 min read

Royal Marines in Action around Aqaba

HMS Minerva was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. During December 1914 Minerva was stationed...

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HMS NATAL Sunk by Internal Explosion - 63 Royal Marines Lost

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Dec 30, 20194 min read

HMS NATAL Sunk by Internal Explosion - 63 Royal Marines Lost

HMS Natal was a Warrior class Cruiser of 13,550 tons with a complement of 704 officers and men. She was launched at Barrow-in-Furness on...

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RM Gun Crew Killed Christmas Day 1940 in Surface Action with Admiral Hipper

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Dec 25, 20191 min read

RM Gun Crew Killed Christmas Day 1940 in Surface Action with Admiral Hipper

On 25 December 1940, whilst part of the escort to convoy WS-5A, a troop convoy to the Middle East, Berwick was in a surface engagement...

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Dec 18, 20193 min read

HMS Neptune mined 1 survivor from 764

18th December 1941 HMS Neptune a Leander-class light cruiser with HM Cruisers AURORA, PENELOPE, HM Destroyers: KANDAHAR, LANCE, LIVELY...

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The Battle of the Bulge - Royal Marines in the Ardennes Offensive

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Dec 16, 20196 min read

The Battle of the Bulge - Royal Marines in the Ardennes Offensive

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front...

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42 Commando Raid on Limbang - Hostage Rescue - 12th December 1962

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Dec 12, 20193 min read

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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Maurice Pink, Dunkirk, Hunt for the Bismark, Sinking of Repulse, Escape from Singapore and Anzio

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Dec 11, 20193 min read

Maurice Pink, Dunkirk, Hunt for the Bismark, Sinking of Repulse, Escape from Singapore and Anzio

Maurice Pink, Royal Marines Bandsman, 13th May 1922 - 27th October 2019 He cheated death twice during the war, when his ships were sunk...

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All hands on deck. Prepare to abandon ship.” ....“God be with you."

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Dec 10, 20195 min read

All hands on deck. Prepare to abandon ship.” ....“God be with you."

Sinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales Royal Marines on HMS Repulse (http://www.nicholasbest.co.uk/tag/royal-marines/) Force Z...

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The Battle of the Falklands 8th December 1914

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Dec 9, 20192 min read

The Battle of the Falklands 8th December 1914

The Royal Navy’s spectacular retribution on 8th December 1914 in the First World War, for the sinking of Admiral Cradock’s two ships, HMS...

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24 Royal Marine Cadets Killed - Gillingham/ Chatham Bus Tragedy

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Dec 4, 20192 min read

24 Royal Marine Cadets Killed - Gillingham/ Chatham Bus Tragedy

Marching at the side of the road in full uniform were 52 members of the Chatham Royal Marine Cadet Corps, aged between 9 and 13 a bus...

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Taranto - first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history, Major Patch RM DSC

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Nov 12, 20192 min read

Taranto - first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history, Major Patch RM DSC

The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11–12 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under...

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Major-General Patrick Kay: Royal Marine who became a pioneer of amphibious warfare

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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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Corporal John Prettyjohn the First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd November 1854 – Battle of Inke

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Nov 5, 20193 min read

Corporal John Prettyjohn the First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd November 1854 – Battle of Inke

John Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn) (11 June 1823 – 20 January 1887) was the first Royal Marine to win the Victoria...

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