Hunting midget submarines and explosive motorboats
Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Schouwen Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: November 1944 LCS(M) of Force...
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Si Biggs
Nov 4, 20237 min read
SSEF - Landing Craft Support Squadron - Op Infatuate - Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 01 November 1944 LCH 269 now...
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Si Biggs
Nov 4, 20232 min read
Sinking of LCF 37 - Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: Landing Craft Units Location: Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 01 November 1944 Landing Craft...
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Si Biggs
Nov 3, 20231 min read
Battle of Tanga
Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: Tanga Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 3 November 1914 The Battle of Tanga, sometimes...
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Si Biggs
Nov 2, 20231 min read
Neutralizing W17 battery - Operation Infatuate
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Westkapelle Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 1 November 1944 In the mid-afternoon,...
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Si Biggs
Nov 2, 20232 min read
47 CDO RM - Attack on Battery W11 Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: 47 Cdo RM Location: Dishoek, Walcheren Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 2 - 3 November 1944 The...
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Si Biggs
Nov 1, 20232 min read
The Battle of Coronel - All hands Lost
1st November 1914 The Battle of Coronel was fought off the Chilean coast with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth with all hands....
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Si Biggs
Nov 1, 20232 min read
41 CDO RM - Landings at Westkapelle - Operation Infatuate
Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Westkapelle Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 1 November 1944 The three RM...
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Si Biggs
Nov 1, 20232 min read
48 CDO - Operation Infatuate - Walcheren
Unit/ Formation: 48 Cdo RM Location: Westkapelle Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 1 November 1944 On 1 November No 48...
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Si Biggs
Oct 31, 20231 min read
Royal Marines History - October 2023
Good day and once again thank you for opening my blog wherever you are in the World. I'm afraid its a little short this month, and I have...
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Si Biggs
Oct 28, 20232 min read
Happy 359th Birthday Royal Marines Projecting Global Power Since 1664
Formed in the reign of King Charles II on October 28, 1664 as the Duke of York and Albany’s Maritime Regiment of Foot (or Admiral’s...
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Si Biggs
Oct 28, 20231 min read
The Battle of Soul Bay - First use of the word 'Marine'
Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: North Sea Period/ Conflict: Second Anglo Dutch War Year: 1672 Date/s: 28 May 1672 The name...
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Si Biggs
Oct 26, 20232 min read
Operation Hopper - Air Raid in the Anchorage
After taking part in the successful landings on Sicily during Operation Husky and being moved into reserve both 40 and 41 Commandos were...
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Si Biggs
Oct 25, 20234 min read
HMS Phoebe Torpedoed off Congo - Many Killed by Poisonous Fumes
23rd October 1942 HMS Phoebe was torpedoed by U-161 off the Congo Estuary, while on passage to French Equatorial Africa. Her route was...
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Si Biggs
Oct 24, 20231 min read
Taking of the Canton Forts
” On the morning of October 24th [1857], Sir Michael landed additional Marines to aid detachments which were already ashore in Canton...
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Si Biggs
Oct 23, 20232 min read
Attack on the Spanish Treasure ships at Virgo
1702. Wednesday 11th - 12th October. The Attack on the Treasure ships at Virgo, during the War of the Spanish Succession. The English and...
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Si Biggs
Oct 22, 20233 min read
Loss of cruiser HMS Charybdis - 38 Royal Marines killed
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: English Channel Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 23 October 1943 HMS Charybdis...
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Si Biggs
Oct 8, 20231 min read
Battle of Cambrai & Capture of Niergnies
Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 8th to 9th October 1918 The Battle of Cambrai,...
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Si Biggs
Oct 1, 20231 min read
Loss of images
Guys, my apologies to anyone that uses my site I have inadvertently deleted 6 years worth of images from every aspect of the site....
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Si Biggs
Sep 22, 20231 min read
IRA Bombing - Deal - Memorial Band Stand
Unit/ Formation: RM Band Service Location: Deal Period/ Conflict: Year: 1989 Date/s: 22 September 1989 A memorial bandstand was...
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