Crossing the Garigliano River - 40 CDO Royal Marines
Force 2. (A.P. and X troops). [40 CDO RM War Diary] The day of 17th January was spent in the lying up area until 2015 hrs when the area...
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Si Biggs
Jan 21, 20232 min read
Tank Attack - With a Pistol - Capt. Marshall MC (Bar)
Ty/Lt (/ty/Capt) Lionel Guy Bradford MARSHALL, M.C. R.M. (Bar to the M.C.) 22.1.44. Crossing of the Garigliano. Capt Marshall was in...
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Si Biggs
Jan 18, 20232 min read
Formation of 117th Infantry Brigade Royal Marines
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: UK Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 15th January - July 1945 The 117th Infantry...
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Si Biggs
Jan 12, 20231 min read
Raid on Myebon Peninsula - 42 Cdo RM
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Burma Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 12 January 1945 On 12th January 1945, the...
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Si Biggs
Jan 3, 20239 min read
Royal Marines Engineer Commando - Burma
Extract from ADM 202/30 re No 1 (RM) Engineer Commando 3 Troop RM Engineer Commando Report on Operations at AKYAB, MYEBON & KANGAW Period...
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Si Biggs
Jan 1, 20232 min read
The RM Engineer Commando D Day
The Royal Marine Engineers were part the Royal Marine Division raised in 1940. They were originally designated 18 Battalion (Mobile) RM...
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Si Biggs
Dec 3, 20222 min read
SS Ceramic loss of DEMS crew
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Atlantic Ocean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 6th December 1942 On 3 November 1942...
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Si Biggs
Nov 23, 202210 min read
2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Marines
United Kingdom: August 1940 Air Defence of Great Britain The 2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, R.M. was formed at Arborfield on 15th April 1940...
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Si Biggs
Nov 6, 202212 min read
RM People - Sgt John Joseph 'Ian' Coombes
Sgt Coombes survived the sinking of the Royal Oak on 14 October 1939, the first major blow to the Royal Navy. After training the UK he...
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Si Biggs
Nov 1, 20224 min read
Sgt Robert Greer LCG 1 - Walcheren
Sergeant Robert Greer (CH/X 3121) served as a Royal Marine during World War Two. Born on 12th December 1907 at 15 Dagmar Street, Belfast,...
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Si Biggs
Oct 23, 20224 min read
Royal Marines WW2 DEMs Gunners
Following the valuable lessons of Defensively Armed Merchant Ships (DAMS) in the First World War, in 1919 the Cabinet approved an...
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Si Biggs
Oct 14, 20229 min read
Sinking of the Royal Oak
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Scapa Flow Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1939 Date/s: 14th October 1939 At 01.16 hours on 14...
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Si Biggs
Sep 23, 20222 min read
Operation Menace - Battle of Dakar
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Dakar Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 23–25 September 1940 Operation Menace,...
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Si Biggs
Sep 16, 20225 min read
Operation Anglo - SBS Raid on Italian Airfield
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Kalathos, Rhodes Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 31 August–18 September 1942 (The...
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Si Biggs
Sep 14, 20225 min read
First British Naval bombing of WW2
Unit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: North Atlantic Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1939 Date/s: 14th September 1939 Ark Royal Log...
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Si Biggs
Sep 11, 20225 min read
Re-occupation of Hong Kong
Unit/ Formation: 44 Cdo RM Location: Hong Kong Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 11 September 1945 Admiral Harcourt’s...
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Si Biggs
Aug 13, 20223 min read
Operation Dragoon - Royal Marines
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Mediterranean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 15 August – 14 September 1944...
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Si Biggs
Aug 11, 20224 min read
Operation Pedestal - Royal Marines
“Many of these fine men and their ships were lost but the memory of their conduct will remain an inspiration to all who were privileged...
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Si Biggs
Aug 8, 20222 min read
Winnie and Poo - Hellfire Corner
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Dover Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Having withdrawn in the Dunkirk evacuation and...
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Si Biggs
Jul 31, 202210 min read
Joseph Kelsey - 5th RM (Independent) Armoured Support Battery
1st January 2019 Key Military (Originally published in Britain At War) D-Day veteran Joseph Kelsey talks to Melody Foreman about the...
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