HMS Marlborough to the rescue HMS Marlborough was a veteran of Jutland was an Iron Duke-class battleship, she had a crew of 995 officers...

Royal Marines Bandsman from HMS Centaur search for survivors from the Lakonia Disater which caught fire and sank north of Madeira on 22...

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

Major Actions & Engagements of Royal Marines in the RND 1914-18 4th to 9th October 1914: Defence of Antwerp: (Portsmouth, Plymouth,...

Lieutenant-Colonel "Pug" Davis (1923 - 2011 aged 87), was the founding father of the Special Boat Service, and won a DSC for a daring...

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...

17 June 1775: During the night of 16-17 June, the American rebels, tightening their grip on Boston, occupied and entrenched Breed’s Hill,...

Major Richard Clifford of the Royal Marines, May 19 1946 - November 15 2015 (69), was a Special Boats Service officer who parachuted into...

Burma Star Association The Circumstances of the War in Burma The war in the Far East started in December 1941, simultaneously with the...

RM Barracks Forton and Eastney and the amalgamation of the Royal Marines Light Infantry and Royal Marines Artillery in 1923. The Royal...

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...

Royal Marines in Tanganyika. 25 January 1964, Dar-es-Salaam. Royal Marines of 45 Commando were disembarked from HMS Centaur at the...

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...

The mission for Lieutenant Colonel Lord Lovat and No. 4 Commando (including 50 United States Army Rangers) was to conduct two landings 6...

John Ledyard was a writer of the first great travel story by an American to be published in the United States John Ledyard was born in...

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) On his final Royal appointment Prince Philip, who turned 96 in June, will...

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 8TH OCTOBER 1982 St. James's Palace, London S.W.I 11th October, 1982 The QUEEN has been graciously...

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...

On the 28th October 2014, the Royal Marines celebrated their 350th birthday year. From fighting on the decks and in the mastheads at the...