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Bill O' Brien - Only RM DFM
O'BRIEN, William Christopher Rank: Sergeant Unit/Base: 3 Commando Bde. Air Squadron Regiment/Corps: Royal Marines Service...
Si Biggs
May 27, 20202 min read
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"Blondie" Hasler - Rearguard at Narvik
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Narvik Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 27th May 1940 Herbert George "Blondie"...
Si Biggs
May 27, 20203 min read
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Major General Julian Thompson, CB, OBE
Julian Thompson was born on 7 October 1934 to Major A. J. Thompson DSO MC and Mary Stearns Thompson (née Krause). He was educated at...
Si Biggs
May 26, 20202 min read
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NGS in Fox Bay - SBS and 148 Bty
Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Knob Island, Fox Bay Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 26 May 1982 SBS Operations -...
Si Biggs
May 26, 20202 min read
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Loss of 2 Gazelle and 3 crew from 3 BAS - San Carlos Water
3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron Royal Marines (3 BAS) deployed six Scout and nine Gazelle helicopters to the Falklands, commanded by...
Si Biggs
May 21, 20202 min read
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Battle for the Falklands - Landing at San Carlos - 21 May 1982
The British Task Force started to land at San Carlos Bay on May 21st 1982 after receiving approval from London, under command of ...
Si Biggs
May 21, 20202 min read
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Second Corps of Colonial Marines
Unit/ Formation: Colonial Marines Location: North America Period/ Conflict: War of 1812 Year: 1814 Date/s: 18 May 1814 The Second Corps...
Si Biggs
May 18, 20204 min read
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30 Cdo AU - Capture of Jet Engines
📷 Unit/ Formation: 30 Cdo Location: German/ Danish border Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: May 1945 Geoff Pike’s...
Si Biggs
May 15, 20201 min read
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Operation Pallister - 42 Cdo - Sierra Leone Civil War Intervention
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Sierra Leone Period/ Conflict: 2000's Year: 2000 Date/s: 14 May 2000 The United Kingdom began a...
Si Biggs
May 14, 20202 min read
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Unlocking the Secrets of the Kriegsmarine - Raising the Secret Midget Sub
Unit/ Formation: 30 Cdo Location: Glueckstadt Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 10 May 1945 A conference was held at...
Si Biggs
May 12, 20202 min read
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Cliff Assault - The re-capture of St Helena
Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: St Helena Period/ Conflict: Year: 1673 Date/s: 14th May 1673 Four hundred English troops...
Si Biggs
May 11, 20201 min read
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VE75- Royal Marines in WW2
Royal Marines served in every theater and in almost every major sea engagement in the Second World War and were in action until the last...
Si Biggs
May 8, 20204 min read
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Liberation of Schouwen - 47 Cdo Last WW2 Operation
Last Operations Role - Schouwen Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: The Netherlands Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 ...
Si Biggs
May 7, 20203 min read
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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Malcolm, KCB
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Malcolm, KCB (13 January 1767 – 27 December 1849) was a Scottish officer of the British Royal Marines who...
Si Biggs
May 1, 20203 min read
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Storming of Fort Oswego by 2nd Bn Royal Marines
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: North America Period/ Conflict: War of 1812 Year: 1814 Date/s: 6th May 1814 A British naval...
Si Biggs
May 1, 20202 min read
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42 Cdo run 2 COVID Testing Centres
Royal Marines have helped key workers in the South-West test for coronavirus as they ran two mobile centres. Personnel from 42 Commando...
Si Biggs
May 1, 20202 min read
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Lance Corporal Parker RMLI VC - Gallipoli
Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Gallipoli Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 30 April 1915 In April 1915, the...
Si Biggs
Apr 29, 20205 min read
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Royal Marines in Gallipoli - 28 April 1915
Gallipoli - 28 April 1915 Royal Marines were involved in both the initial, unopposed, landings on the peninsula and the subsequent...
Si Biggs
Apr 28, 20201 min read
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Battle of Gate Pā (Pukehinahina) - New Zealand
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: New Zealand Period/ Conflict: The New Zealand wars Year: 1864 Date/s: 29th April 1864 The...
Si Biggs
Apr 26, 20204 min read
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Operation Paraquet - Recapture of South Georgia
Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: South Georgia Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 25 April 1982 South Georgia ...
Si Biggs
Apr 25, 20204 min read
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