Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: Great Britian Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 28 September 1943 47 (RM) Commando...

Major Thomas Oldfield (21 June 1756 – 1799) When on passage to St. Helena, Naploeon spoke of Oldfield's gallantry to the marine officers...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: East Timor Period/ Conflict: 1990's Year: 1999 Date/s: September 1999 20 SBS operators were involved in...

Geoff Dyer was an inspiration to many young people and cannot express how I feel about Geoff’s passing. I had the privilege of sitting...

The 12th September 1944 Captain 'Red' Huntington-Whiteley RM of 30 Commando/AU was callously cut down by a group of Wehrmacht who clearly...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Beirut Period/ Conflict: Egyptian–Ottoman War Year: 1840 Date/s: 8 September 1840 The Oriental...

Thank you once again for opening this e mail. As of this month there are now 756 map pins to explore covering many elements of not only...

The main force of Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division entered Paris on the morning of the 25th. There was...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Sidon Period/ Conflict: Egyptian–Ottoman War Year: 1840 Date/s: 27 September 1840 Sidon stands...

Invasion, The Royal Marines and the Battle for Normandy, 1944. Author - George Gelder. Soft Back, 602pp. Published Royal Marines...

Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 19 August 1942 The Royal Marine Commando...

Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 19 August 1942 The major support...

H.M.S. Hawke was an old armoured cruiser operating as part of the 10th Cruiser Squadron assigned to the Northern Patrol. Launched at...

The Treaty of Tientsin in June 1858 seemed to have brought peace, with success for the western powers (not just European, also American,...

Unit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: Calais Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 04/08/1940 Timothy Armstrong JOHNSTON RM...

Unit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: Tobruk Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 20 July1940 824 Squadron from HMS Eagle...

Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: Great Britian Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 1 August 1943 47 (RM) Commando was...

I hope you are your families are well, and if you have time why not look at the pins for July, covering nearly 360 years of Global...

On the western end of Merville the Germans were waving and shouting maybe attempting to communicate a truce to remove casualties, this...

Earlier this month in teh 80th Year of DDay I was delighted to be asked to conduct a live stream with Paul Woodage who runs the very...