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Royal Marines Man Island Sea Forts
The Maunsell Forts are armed towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United...

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Aug 8, 20233 min read


Invasion of Cuba
Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Cuba Period/ Conflict: The War of Jenkins' Ear Year: 1741 Date/s: 4 August 1741 The invasion...

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Aug 4, 20232 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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Aug 1, 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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Jul 29, 20233 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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Jul 27, 20232 min read


Loss of 601st LCM Flotilla
21st July 1944 Normandy HM LCM, 601st Flotilla. Attempting to cross the Channel from the Normandy Beaches the flotilla of small Mark 1...

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Jul 21, 20234 min read


The Bombardment and Landing in Alexandria
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Alexandria Period/ Conflict: Year: 1882 Date/s: 11 July 1882 Bombardment of Alexandria. Egyptian...

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Jul 11, 20231 min read


The Battle of Calabria
The Battle of Calabria Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Mediterranean Sea Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 9th July...

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Jul 9, 20232 min read


Loss of HMS Redbreast - WW1 Q Ship
Redbreast, Q-ship, ex-fleet messenger, torpedoed and sunk by UC.38 in Mediterranean HMS Redbreast was a passenger/cargo ship...

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Jul 9, 20231 min read


Captain Raymond McMahon Winter - D Day with the Royal Marines Amoured Support Group
Capt R.M. Winter commanded 4 Bty, 2nd R.M. Aroured Support Regiment. Landing on D Day in a Sherman Command Tank. A Journey Through War:...

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Jul 8, 20237 min read


Operation Catapult - Attack on the French Fleet - Mers-el-Kébir
The attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on neutral...

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Jul 3, 20237 min read


Seizure of the Surcouf - Operation Grasp
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 3 July 1940 In 1940, Surcouf was...

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Jul 3, 20233 min read


Attack on the Battery at Chesconessex Creek
Unit/ Formation: Colonial Marines Location: Chesconessex Creek Period/ Conflict: War of 1812 Year: 1814 Date/s: 24 June 1814 A force of...

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Jul 1, 20233 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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Jun 6, 20234 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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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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Jun 6, 20232 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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Jun 6, 20237 min read


D Day from an LCA
Combined Ops Signals Officer Charles Armstrong: (Continued from Embarking 47 Cdo at Southampton) We knew exactly where we were going, for...

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Jun 6, 202310 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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Jun 6, 20235 min read


Engagement at Pungoteague Creek - Colonial Marines
Unit/ Formation: Colonial Marines Location: North America Period/ Conflict: War of 1812 Year: 1814 Date/s: 30 May 1814 Under the Command...

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May 30, 20231 min read
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