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Royal Marines in Gallipoli - 28 April 1915
Gallipoli - 28 April 1915 Marines were involved in both the initial, unopposed, landings on the peninsula and the subsequent amphibious...
Si Biggs
Apr 28, 20191 min read
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Rescue of the Russian Royal Family - April 1919 #RoyalMarines
HMS Marlborough to the rescue HMS Marlborough was a veteran of Jutland was an Iron Duke-class battleship, she had a crew of 995 officers...
Simon Biggs
Apr 8, 20193 min read
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Battle for the Falklands - NP8901 - 01 April 1982
At the time of the Argentine invasion the islands were defended by Naval Party 8901 (NP 8901) that consisted of a Royal Marine garrison...
Si Biggs
Apr 1, 20191 min read
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Royal Marines Search for Survivors of the Lakonia Disaster 1963
Royal Marines Bandsman from HMS Centaur search for survivors from the Lakonia Disater which caught fire and sank north of Madeira on 22...
Simon Biggs
Dec 22, 20182 min read
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41 Commando - Chosin Reservoir Korea November/ December 1950 - Task Force Drysdale #RoyalMarines
'As Commanding General of the First Marine Division, I desire to take this opportunity to acknowledge the high qualities of leadership,...
Simon Biggs
Dec 12, 20187 min read
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Bombing Run - War Correspondents fly with the Lancaster's of Bomber Command
Bombing Berlin BBC correspondent Stephen Evans tells the story of Wynford Vaughan-Thomas's 1943 report recorded aboard a Lancaster Bomber...
Simon Biggs
Dec 4, 20182 min read
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Pte Stanley Robert McDougall VC (1890-1968) - Pages of the Sea
On 11 November 2018, tens of thousands of people took part in Pages of the Sea – a commissioned art project by filmmaker Danny Boyle,...
Simon Biggs
Dec 1, 20181 min read
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old - For the Fallen (Ode to Remembrance) - Lauren
They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end...
Si Biggs
Nov 10, 20181 min read
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Corporal John Prettyjohn the First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd November 1854 –  Battle of Inke
John Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn) (11 June 1823 – 20 January 1887) was the first Royal Marine to win the Victoria...
Simon Biggs
Nov 5, 20183 min read
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The Royal Marines in World War One - RM a Geo History
Major Actions & Engagements of Royal Marines in the RND 1914-18 4th to 9th October 1914: Defence of Antwerp: (Portsmouth, Plymouth,...
Simon Biggs
Nov 4, 20182 min read
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Wilfred Owen - War Poet - Killed 4th November 1918 #OTD
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) - who was born in Oswestry on the Welsh borders, and brought up in Birkenhead and Shrewsbury - is widely...
Si Biggs
Nov 4, 20182 min read
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Lieutenant-Colonel 'Pug' Davis - founding father of the Special Boat Service, and won a DSC
Lieutenant-Colonel "Pug" Davis (1923 - 2011 aged 87), was the founding father of the Special Boat Service, and won a DSC for a daring...
Simon Biggs
Oct 1, 20184 min read
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The Royal Marines Projecting Power since 1664 - a Geo History
The Royal Marines - A Geo History 1664 to Present The Globe & Laurel March/April 2018 by Simon Biggs Even before I was a young Marine in...
Simon Biggs
Jul 30, 20182 min read
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Please support The Royal Marines Charity #RoyalMarines @theRMcharity
The Royal Marines Charity Mission is to provide the best possible through life charitable support for Royal Marines, their families,...
Simon Biggs
Jul 26, 20181 min read
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The LCA (Landing Craft Assault) - Norway to Aden #LandingCraft #RoyalMarines
Throughout the Second World War, LCAs were used for landing Allied forces in almost every Commando operation, major and minor, in the...
Simon Biggs
Jul 18, 20186 min read
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Major Pitcairn and the Battle of Bunker Hill 1775 "Now, for the glory of the Marines!"
17 June 1775: During the night of 16-17 June, the American rebels, tightening their grip on Boston, occupied and entrenched Breed’s Hill,...
Simon Biggs
Jul 12, 20183 min read
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Remembering Major Richard Clifford - Marine officer who parachuted into the sea with the SBS
Major Richard Clifford of the Royal Marines, May 19 1946 - November 15 2015 (69), was a Special Boats Service officer who parachuted into...
Simon 'Peters' Biggs
Apr 1, 20182 min read
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Heroism of four Chaplains on U.S.A.T. Dorchester
The U boat war was now entering a critical phase. Just as more and more men and munitions were leaving America and Canada to join the...
Simon 'Peters' Biggs
Feb 5, 20182 min read
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The Forgotten Army - One Million Men Under Arms in Burma
Burma Star Association The Circumstances of the War in Burma The war in the Far East started in December 1941, simultaneously with the...
Simon 'Peters' Biggs
Feb 1, 20182 min read
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The Royal Marines a Geo - History 1664 - Present - Amalgamation of the RMLI and RMA 1923
RM Barracks Forton and Eastney and the amalgamation of the Royal Marines Light Infantry and Royal Marines Artillery in 1923. The Royal...
Simon 'Peters' Biggs
Jan 31, 20181 min read
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