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Fight for survival - The Stuka bombing of HMS Illustrious
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Mediterranean Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: 10th January 1941 The Royal Navy’s...
Si Biggs
Jan 11, 20214 min read
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First to Land - Last to Leave - Withdrawal from Gallipoli
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Cape Helles Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1916 Date/s: 9th January 1916 At about 1:40pm on...
Si Biggs
Jan 9, 20212 min read
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Battle of the Slim River
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Slim River Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 7th to 15th January 1942 A few days...
Si Biggs
Jan 8, 20211 min read
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The Battle of Blaauwberg - Cape Town 1806
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: South Africa Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1806 Date/s: 8 January 1806 The Battle of...
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Jan 7, 20212 min read
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Capture of Fort Trincomalee
Unit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: Sri Lanka Period/ Conflict: Fourth Anglo Dutch War Year: 1782 Date/s: 5 January...
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Jan 7, 20212 min read
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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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Jan 4, 20212 min read
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Invasion of Guadeloupe - 1759
The British expedition against Guadeloupe was a military action from January to May 1759, as part of the Seven Years' War. A large...
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Jan 3, 20213 min read
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'Soldier an' Sailor Too'
By Rudyard Kipling Kipling wrote this poem in 1896, during Queen Victoria's reign (1837-1901), when nationalism was at a peak in England....
Si Biggs
Dec 31, 20202 min read
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1664 - 2020 Royal Marines Around the World in December
Come and see 37 pins for December and read about Royal Marines in action in this month through out our History; 1664: The Admirals...
Si Biggs
Dec 30, 20201 min read
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Sinking of the Scharnhorst - Boxing Day 1943
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: North Cape Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 26th December 1943 Battle of the North...
Si Biggs
Dec 26, 20202 min read
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RM Gun Crew Killed Christmas Day 1940 in Surface Action with Admiral Hipper
On 25 December 1940, whilst part of the escort to convoy WS-5A, a troop convoy to the Middle East, Berwick was in a surface engagement...
Si Biggs
Dec 25, 20201 min read
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The Dubai Incident
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Dubai Period/ Conflict: 20th Century Year: 1910 Date/s: 24th December 1910 The East Indian...
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Dec 23, 20202 min read
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Operation Red Dagger
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Nad-e-Ali Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan (2001-) Year: 2008 Date/s: 7 - 25th December 2008...
Si Biggs
Dec 16, 20202 min read
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Policing Sevastopol - Royal Australian Navy
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Sevastopol Period/ Conflict: Russian Intervention Year: 1918 Date/s: 8th December 1918 On 8...
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Dec 8, 20201 min read
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DayForce - Bougainville Campaign
Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Bougainville Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: Monday 18th December 1944 A...
Si Biggs
Dec 4, 20205 min read
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Taking of Lagos - War on the Slave Trade
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: West Africa Period/ Conflict: War on the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Year: 1851 Date/s: 26th -...
Si Biggs
Dec 2, 20204 min read
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Operation Torch - A Royal Marines Story - Stanley Ogilvie
Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Algeria Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 8–16 November 1942 Our recruit training...
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Nov 28, 20205 min read
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41 Commando - Chosin Reservoir Korea November/ December 1950 - Task Force Drysdale
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 27 November 1950 I’m not done with them yet!!...
Si Biggs
Nov 27, 20208 min read
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Joint Occupation of San Juan Island with the USMC
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: British Columbia now Washington State Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1860 Date/s: 21st March...
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Nov 24, 20206 min read
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30 CDO - Raid on Algiers
Unit/ Formation: 30 Cdo Location: Maghreb Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 8 November 1942 Two British warships,...
Si Biggs
Nov 20, 20202 min read
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