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Hanna Snell Joins the Marines 1747
Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: Year: 1747 Date/s: 23 October 1747 Hannah Snell was born in...
Si Biggs
Oct 23, 20212 min read
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Battle of Kudjwa - Indian Mutiny
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: India Period/ Conflict: Indian Mutiny Year: 1857 Date/s: 31st October 1857 After their arrival...
Si Biggs
Oct 14, 20214 min read
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Balaclava - Marine Heights and the Charge of the Heavy and Light Brigade
After the Battle of the Alma, the Armies marched towards Sebastopol; moving round the East side, they invested the fortress on the South...
SImon Biggs
Oct 14, 20215 min read
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The Trenches of Colincamps
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1916 Date/s: 12th October 1916 On the night of the...
Si Biggs
Oct 12, 20213 min read
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Operation Mercerised - Attack on Sarandë and Surrender of Corfu
Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Albania Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 9 - 12 October 1944 No. 2 Commando...
Si Biggs
Oct 9, 20212 min read
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Evacuation of Abadan Oil workers
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Abadan Iraq Period/ Conflict: Year: 1951 Date/s: 3 October 1951 The Abadan Crisis occurred from 1951...
Si Biggs
Oct 3, 20212 min read
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Amphibious Raid from USS Perch
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 1 October 1950 As the American submarine USS...
Si Biggs
Oct 1, 20213 min read
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September Marines!
Come and see 47 pins for the Month of September, www.royalmarineshistory.com
Si Biggs
Sep 30, 20211 min read
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Port T - Secret Naval Base
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Addu Atoll Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: September 1941 Early in the Second...
Si Biggs
Sep 29, 20213 min read
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First British Air-raid of WW1
Unit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: Düsseldorf Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 22 September 1914 Flight Lieutenant...
Si Biggs
Sep 22, 20212 min read
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Opposed Landing and Capture of Cork
Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Ireland Period/ Conflict: Williamite War in Ireland Year: 1690 Date/s: 21 September 1690 1st...
Si Biggs
Sep 21, 20214 min read
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Annexation of Rockall
18th September 1955 Rockall was annexed by the British Crown when Lieutenant-Commander Desmond Scott RN, Sergeant Brian Peel RM, Corporal...
Si Biggs
Sep 18, 20212 min read
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Poundforce land at Inchon
Operation Chromite - Inchon Unit/ Formation: Roya Marines Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 17th...
Si Biggs
Sep 17, 20211 min read
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Royal Marines Battle of Britain Pilots
Unit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: Wick & Hatston Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: July - October 1940 56 Fleet...
Si Biggs
Sep 15, 20212 min read
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Operation Sunbeam A - Limpet Attack in the Agean
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Portolago Bay Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 18th June 1944 Leros island’s Portolago...
Si Biggs
Sep 13, 20214 min read
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Prince Edward Inspects the Marines 1763
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Devonport Period/ Conflict: 1700's Year: 1763 Date/s: 12th September 1763 Prince Edward, Duke of...
Si Biggs
Sep 12, 20211 min read
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Capture of a Choshu battery
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Japan Period/ Conflict: Shimonoseki Campaign Year: 1864 Date/s: 5–6 September 1864 On September...
Si Biggs
Sep 5, 20211 min read
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Battle & Breaching of the Drocourt-Queant Line
Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 2nd to 3rd September 1918 Battle of...
Si Biggs
Sep 2, 20212 min read
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47 CDO RM - Cutting off the Germans at Fecamp
Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 2 September 1944 On the morning of 31 Aug...
Si Biggs
Sep 2, 20212 min read
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Project Regain - improving mental health awareness of serving Marines
Project Regain is an initiative of marines, by marines, for marines to assist all ranks in seeking help if they have concerns about their...
Si Biggs
Aug 30, 20212 min read
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