Spend the day with Royal Marine Commandos on a commemorative walk. Watch the Royal Marines arrive by sea and join them in retracing 47...

Mounted by two thousand men of the 4th Battalion Royal Marines and Royal Navy under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes. The...

Unit/ Formation: RM Band Service Location: Cyprus Period/ Conflict: Year: 2007 Date/s: 1 April 2007 Marking a significant milestone for...

In 1968, Vivian Dunn received a letter from Mountbatten stating that Junior Musician Brian Hobbs had contacted him asking for permission...

Unit/ Fomration: Memorial Location: Trincomalee Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1948 Date/s: April 1948 Trincomalee is a seaport on...

Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: 1700's Year: 1775 Date/s: 3rd April 1775 In April 1755, when...

Unit/ Formation: 3 Cdo Brigade RM Location: Ascension Island Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 6 April 1982 Naval...

In the autumn of 1979, 42 Commando completed an emergency tour in Hong Kong to help the British Forces stationed there in their role of...

Happy Easter to you and your families, don't scoff all the 'Nutty' in one day! I hope you have time to sit with a glass of port and enjoy...

6th July 1944 Commitment of GRANDE FERME DU BUISSON was discontinued. 7th July 1944 Place: Hauger 1130 - Commando relieved 4 Commando in...

The radar at Douvres-la-Délivrande was the primary Luftwaffe radar station in the area—a fortified position of twenty acres—having been...

Unit/ Formation: His Majesty's Marine Forces Location: South Pacific Ocean Period/ Conflict: 1700's Year: 1769 Date/s: Sunday, 26th March...

Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 6 June 1944 The most experienced unit in...

24th -25th March 1918 First Battle of Bapaume (Second phase of First Somme 1918) involving the 63rd Division. Operation Michael (German:...

11th March 1915 SS Bayano, armed merchant cruiser, torpedoed and sunk by U.27 in North Channel. HMS Bayano, built in 1913, was originally...

Remembering Private Edward Jones PLY/878S 2nd Bn Royal Marines Light Infantry (RMLI) Buried at Sea Thursday 6th January 1916 Aged 22 Who...

I hope this news letter finds you well, where ever you are in the world, and have time to delve into a little more Royal Marines History....

28th February 1941 At Malta as part of the air defence in World War 2, the Royal Marines were given two Bofors, guns, which were mounted...

HMS Exteter spent most of 1941 on convoy escort duties before she was transferred to the Far East after the start of the Pacific War in...

26th February 1918 SS Dalewood, Admiralty-hired collier, torpedoed and sunk by U.105 in Irish Sea off the Isle of Man whilst transfering...