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The Landings at Kinburn Spit 1855

17th October 1855 The Battle of Kinburn , a combined land-naval engagement during the final stage of the Crimean War, took place on the...

Landings at Chusan - China 1841

1st October 1841 The second capture of Chusan occurred on 1 October 1841 during the First Opium War when British forces captured the...

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 Portrait of Frederisk...

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)

Mindelo Municipal Cemetery - Private Osmond RMLI

Unit/ Formation : Memorial Location : St Vincent Period/ Conflict : World War I Year : 1914 Date/s : 26th October 1914 Mindelo is the...

Sinking of the Troop Ship Otranto 1918

Unit/ Formation : Memorial Location : Isle of Islay Period/ Conflict : World War I Year : 1918 Date/s : 6 October 1918 Painting of the...

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)

Royal Marines and Royal Navy Battle of Britain Pilots

Unit/ Formation: RM Airmen Location: Wick & Hatston Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: July - October 1940 56 Fleet...

'We Have Ways Fest' Royal Marines History

What a wekend! 'We Have Ways Festival' 2025! Al Murray and James Holland opening the Way Have Ways Fest 2025 Well the 'move order' worked...

RM People

Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Jeremy 'Robin' Ross, KCB, OBE 1939-2025

Lieutenant-General Sir Robin Ross, KCB, OBE, died 29 July, 2025. He was 85. Ross was a dynamic Royal Marine who led British humanitarian...

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...

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

Humanitarian Aid - Hurricane's Irma, José and Maria - 40 CDO RM

Unit/ Formation : 40 Cdo RM Location : British Virgin Islands Period/ Conflict : Humanitarian Relief Year : 2017 Date/s : September -...

Operation Hopper - Air Raid in the Augusta Anchorage

Unit/ Formation: 40 Cdo RM/ 41 Cdo RM Location : Augusta Harbour Period/ Conflict : World War II Year : 1943 Date/s : 17 July 1943 After...

42 Commando RM

42 Cdo Formed in Sway, Hampshire

Unit/ Formation: 42 Cdo RM Location: Great Britian Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1943 Date/s: 1st August 1943 Formed on 1st August...

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...

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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