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Loss of HMS Glorious - 112 Royal Marines Lost

On the 8th June 1940, whilst on passage from Norway the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her two destroyer escorts, HMS Ardent...

VE Day 80 - Royal Marines in WW2

Royal Marines served from the first day of WW2, in every theater and in almost every major sea engagement in the Second World War and...

Corps Memorable Dates

In the Footsteps of 47 Commando - Port-en-Bessin

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

The Raid on Zeebrugge - 23 April 1918 - 'For England and St George!'

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

Victoria Cross

Major Frederick William Lumsden RMA - VC

Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 4 April 1917 Brigadier General...

Captain Lewis ST Halliday - Victoria Cross - 24th June 1900 – Boxer Rebellion China

Unit/ Formation : Victoria Cross Location : China Period/ Conflict : Boxer Rebellion Year : 1900 Date/s : 24 June 1900 Halliday was 30...

World War I (1914 - 1918/19)

Loss of Old Contemptble - Arthur Townroe RMLI - 10 Nov 1918

A TOWNROE KILLED. ONE DAY BEFORE ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED. ONE OF THE OLD "CONTEMPTIBLES." It is with deep regret and sympathy we have to...

Loss of HMS Hawke and 78 Royal Marines Light Infantry

H.M.S. Hawke was an old armoured cruiser operating as part of the 10th Cruiser Squadron assigned to the Northern Patrol. Launched at...

The Falklands War (1982)

Ascension Island Staging for Operation Corporate

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

Cpl Jeremy Smith RM Memorial Plaque

The Cpl Jeremy Smith RM (Decd.) Memorial Plaque Story by Tony Sickelmore In Aug 2022, Dale Mills (former Marine, 42 Cdo 1982) sent me the...

World War II (1939 - 1945)

47 Commando On Patrol in Holland

A video of a Christmas Day Patrol by members of 47 Royal Marines Commando on the banks of the River Maas near Raamsdonk, Holland. Royal...

Loss of HMS Glorious - 112 Royal Marines Lost

On the 8th June 1940, whilst on passage from Norway the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her two destroyer escorts, HMS Ardent...

RM People

Loss of Old Contemptble - Arthur Townroe RMLI - 10 Nov 1918

A TOWNROE KILLED. ONE DAY BEFORE ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED. ONE OF THE OLD "CONTEMPTIBLES." It is with deep regret and sympathy we have to...

Major Oldfield and Colonel Walker Royal Marines; Memorial Tablet in Jerusalum

Major Thomas Oldfield (21 June 1756 – 1799) When on passage to St. Helena, Naploeon spoke of Oldfield's gallantry to the marine officers...

The Korean War

Commando raid on the East Coast Railway, Korea

Unit/ Formation: 41 Cdo RM Location: Korea Period/ Conflict: Korean War Year: 1950 Date/s: 5th October 1950 125 men and five officers of...

Lt Colonel Drysdale, Royal Marines, Commanding Officer 41 Independent Commando

Colonel Douglas Burns Drysdale was born in Hampstead, a suburb of London, on 2 October 1916. He spent the majority of his youth in...

The RM Band Service

D Day Royal Marines Live Stream

Earlier this month in teh 80th Year of DDay I was delighted to be asked to conduct a live stream with Paul Woodage who runs the very...

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....

40 Commando RM

Royal Marines Tank Hunting in WW2

TANK HUNTING by Capt.J.E.Stiebel, R.M. Extract from 40 Commando Royal Marines War Diary January 1943 World War II German Panther Tank...

40 Commando Dieppe 1942 - Operation Jubilee

Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 19 August 1942 The Royal Marine Commando...

42 Commando RM

Cpl Reginald Campbell - KIA Sarawak

1964 Corporal Reginald CHAPPELL: Service Number RM 15686 of 42 Commando RM. He was killed in action during the Confrontation with...

Ambush in Belfast - Marine James Macklin Killed

Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Belfast Period/ Conflict: Northern Ireland Conflict Year: 1974 Date/s: 22 March 1974 Marine James...

45 Commando RM

Commando Men - How Will You Die Today? - A True Story!

Commando Men an Epic Mini Series by Si Biggs You asked for it, yes you did! A British Private Ryan and Band of Brothers (at last!) Live,...

45 CDO - WW2 - The Last Man to Die

Sergeant Wilson E Troop was the last man from 45 Commando to be killed in action in WW2. Grave of Jock William Allan Wilson EX/4194 45...

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Royal Marines & Military History Wall - Unit/ Conflict

Royal Marines History

Loss of HMS Glorious - 112 Royal Marines Lost

VE Day 80 - Royal Marines in WW2

Corps Memorable Dates

In the Footsteps of 47 Commando - Port-en-Bessin

The Raid on Zeebrugge - 23 April 1918 - 'For England and St George!'

Victoria Cross

Major Frederick William Lumsden RMA - VC

Captain Lewis ST Halliday - Victoria Cross - 24th June 1900 – Boxer Rebellion China

World War I (1914 - 1918/19)

Loss of Old Contemptble - Arthur Townroe RMLI - 10 Nov 1918

Loss of HMS Hawke and 78 Royal Marines Light Infantry

The Falklands War (1982)

Ascension Island Staging for Operation Corporate

Cpl Jeremy Smith RM Memorial Plaque

World War II (1939 - 1945)

47 Commando On Patrol in Holland

Loss of HMS Glorious - 112 Royal Marines Lost

RM People

Loss of Old Contemptble - Arthur Townroe RMLI - 10 Nov 1918

Major Oldfield and Colonel Walker Royal Marines; Memorial Tablet in Jerusalum

The Korean War

Commando raid on the East Coast Railway, Korea

Lt Colonel Drysdale, Royal Marines, Commanding Officer 41 Independent Commando

The RM Band Service

D Day Royal Marines Live Stream

The Battle of Coronel - All hands Lost

40 Commando RM

Royal Marines Tank Hunting in WW2

40 Commando Dieppe 1942 - Operation Jubilee

42 Commando RM

Cpl Reginald Campbell - KIA Sarawak

Ambush in Belfast - Marine James Macklin Killed

45 Commando RM

Commando Men - How Will You Die Today? - A True Story!

45 CDO - WW2 - The Last Man to Die

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