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Battle of Puente Obligado
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Puente Obligado Period/ Conflict: 1800's Year: 1845 Date/s: 20th November 1845 Royal Marines...
Si Biggs
Nov 20, 20202 min read
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Taranto - first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history, Major Patch RM DSC
Unit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: Taranto Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 11 November 1940 The Battle of Taranto...
Si Biggs
Nov 12, 20202 min read
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Battle of the Windmill - Ontario
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Ontario Period/ Conflict: Patriot War Year: 1838 Date/s: 12 November 1838 The Battle of the...
Si Biggs
Nov 12, 20202 min read
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Captain Troy - The Buckingham - Attack on the French
Unit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: Off Sint Eustatius Period/ Conflict: Seven Years' War Year: 1758 Date/s: 3rd...
Si Biggs
Nov 3, 20201 min read
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Corporal John Prettyjohns - First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd Nov 1854 – Battle of Inkerman
John Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn) (11 June 1823 – 20 January 1887) was the first Royal Marine to win the Victoria...
Si Biggs
Nov 2, 20203 min read
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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...
Si Biggs
Oct 31, 20202 min read
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Op Granby - RM Band Service
Unit/ Formation: RM Band Service Location: Kuwait Period/ Conflict: Operation Granby (Gulf War 1) Year: 1990 Date/s: 29th October 1990 -...
Si Biggs
Oct 29, 20201 min read
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The Second Battle of Passchendaele
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 26th to 28th October 1917 (Both RM...
Si Biggs
Oct 28, 20202 min read
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47 Cdo - The last shot fired in anger
Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: Germany Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 27th October 1945 At ERKENSCHWICK the unit...
Si Biggs
Oct 27, 20202 min read
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Tanker stowaways: ‘Hijacking’ ends after SBS storm ship
Seven people were detained when military forces stormed a tanker suspected to have been hijacked off the Isle of Wight. Sixteen members...
Si Biggs
Oct 25, 20202 min read
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Ambush in Cyprus - Loss of Marine Alasdair MacDOUGALL
Unit/ Formation: 45 Cdo RM Location: Amiados Period/ Conflict: Cyprus Emergency Year: 1958 Date/s: 22nd October 1958 Marine Alasdair...
Si Biggs
Oct 22, 20201 min read
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Royal Marines at The Battle of Trafalgar - Death of Nelson - 21st October 1805
Lord Nelson's victory over the combined fleets at Trafalgar, the most decisive sea battle in British history. Ninety-three officers and...
Si Biggs
Oct 21, 20203 min read
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2 SBS - Tawau Assault Group
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Sarawak Period/ Conflict: Malayan Emergency Year: 1964 Date/s: October 1964 2 SBS were flown into Sarawak...
Si Biggs
Oct 14, 20201 min read
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Formation of 40 Cdo RM
Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 12 October 1942 Formed at Deal...
Si Biggs
Oct 13, 20204 min read
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41 CDO - North Korea - Raid on East Coast Railway
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: October 1950 125 men and five officers of C &...
Si Biggs
Oct 11, 20201 min read
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Kamerun Campaign
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Africa Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 1914 - 1916 By the first week in...
Si Biggs
Oct 9, 20201 min read
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The Battle of Entzheim
Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: France Period/ Conflict: The Franco Dutch War Year: 1674 Date/s: Thursday 4th October 1674...
Si Biggs
Oct 4, 20201 min read
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Operation Devon - Raid on Termoli
Operation Devon - Raid on Termoli Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 3 October...
Si Biggs
Oct 3, 20203 min read
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Royal Marines in Action since 1664 - September
Thank you for following, please come and see some of what the Royal Marines have been doing in September since 1664, 47 pins so far. If...
Si Biggs
Sep 30, 20201 min read
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IRA Bombing RM Deal 22nd Sept 1989, 11 killed, 21 injured
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Band Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: The Troubles Year: 1989 Date/s: 22 September 1989 The Deal...
Si Biggs
Sep 22, 20201 min read
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