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Si Biggs

Oct 31, 20202 min read

Defence of Antwerp 1914

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: October 1914 Following the fall of...

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Si Biggs

Jul 27, 20201 min read

Landings in Sadani - East Africa 1916

During July 1916 in East Africa the Germans from Tanga and Pangani made an advance on Sadani. Seamen and Royal Marines from HMS Talbot...

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Major Francis Harvey RMLI - Battle Of Jutland

Si Biggs

Jun 1, 20202 min read

Major Francis Harvey RMLI - Battle Of Jutland

Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Jutland Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1916 Date/s: 31 May 1916 A long serving Royal...

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Lance Corporal Parker RMLI VC - Gallipoli

Si Biggs

Apr 29, 20205 min read

Lance Corporal Parker RMLI VC - Gallipoli

Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Gallipoli Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 30 April 1915 In April 1915, the...

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Simon Biggs

Feb 17, 20202 min read

RMLI in action at Miraumont

Saturday 17th - 18th February. 1 RMLI and 2 RMLI in action at Miraumont On the north bank of the Ancre, the 63rd Division attacked on 17...

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Royal Marines & Royal Navy capture Salif in the Yemen 1917

Simon Biggs

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

Simon Biggs

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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Simon Biggs

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

Simon Biggs

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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63rd (Royal Naval) Division - Battle of Welsh Ridge

SImon Biggs

Dec 30, 20192 min read

63rd (Royal Naval) Division - Battle of Welsh Ridge

Battle of Welsh Ridge Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Villers Plouich Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s:...

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The Battle of the Falklands 8th December 1914

Simon Biggs

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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King George V inspects Royal Marine cadets and officers at Deal 1917

Simon Biggs

Oct 2, 20191 min read

King George V inspects Royal Marine cadets and officers at Deal 1917

IWM Archive Film: IWM 201 King George V inspects Royal Marine cadets and officers at Deal, 1917 The King, in Field Marshal's uniform,...

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Simon Biggs

Oct 1, 20192 min read

The RMA Howitzer Brigade in France

The RMA Howitzer Brigade in France In October 1914 the RMA was reorganised to provide two artillery brigades for the Western Front. One...

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The Battle at the Canal du Nord - Royal Marines in Action

Si Biggs

Sep 27, 20193 min read

The Battle at the Canal du Nord - Royal Marines in Action

27 September-1 October 1918: Battle of the Canal du Nord (Third phase of Hindenburg Line Battle), Royal Marines Light Infantry and the...

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Flight Lieutenant Charles Herbert Collet DSO - RM Airmen

Simon Biggs

Sep 23, 20193 min read

Flight Lieutenant Charles Herbert Collet DSO - RM Airmen

Flight Lieutenant Charles Herbert Collet DSO (4 February 1888 – 19 August 1915) who led the first British air raid of the war was a...

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Pte Stanley Robert McDougall VC (1890-1968) - Pages of the Sea

Simon Biggs

Dec 1, 20181 min read

Pte Stanley Robert McDougall VC (1890-1968) - Pages of the Sea

On 11 November 2018, tens of thousands of people took part in Pages of the Sea – a commissioned art project by filmmaker Danny Boyle,...

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The Royal Marines in World War One - RM a Geo History

Simon Biggs

Nov 4, 20182 min read

The Royal Marines in World War One - RM a Geo History

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

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Wilfred Owen - War Poet - Killed 4th November 1918 #OTD

Si Biggs

Nov 4, 20182 min read

Wilfred Owen - War Poet - Killed 4th November 1918 #OTD

Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) - who was born in Oswestry on the Welsh borders, and brought up in Birkenhead and Shrewsbury - is widely...

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The Royal Marines Projecting Power since 1664 - a Geo History

Simon Biggs

Jul 30, 20182 min read

The Royal Marines Projecting Power since 1664 - a Geo History

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...

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The Royal Marines a Geo - History 1664 - Present

Simon 'Peters' Biggs

Jan 24, 20181 min read

The Royal Marines a Geo - History 1664 - Present

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...

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