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...
The Destruction of Kola 1854 – HMS Miranda in the White Sea.
On 23rd August 1854, having cautiously brought his ship HMS Miranda down river and setting it “within point blank range of the city’s...
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...
VJ Day 80 - Victory over Japan - Royal Marines in SE Asia & the Pacific
On August 6 and 9, 1945, the Allies dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. On August 9, the Soviet Union declared...
Battle of Muizenberg - Seizing Cape Town
U nit/ Formation : Royal Marines Location : Muizenberg Period/ Conflict : 1700's Year : 1795 Date/s : 7 August 1795 This was a...
7th Bn Royal Marines - Operation Husky - River Dittaino
Unit/ Formation : Royal Marines Location : Sicily Period/ Conflict : World War II Year : 1943 Date/s : 20 July 1943 7th Battalion Royal...
400 Marine Musketeers repulse 2,000 Dutch - 1667 - The First Battle Honor
Unit/ Formation: Marine Regiments Location: Great Britain Period/ Conflict: Second Anglo Dutch War Year: 1667 Date/s: 2 July 1667 Before...
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...
116th Infantry Brigade 27th Battalion Royal Marines Awards and Medals NW Europe 1945
Award Distinguished Service Order Capt. (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Hastings Tailyour, 27 Royal Marines Lt-Col. TAILYOUR took over...
British Marines Recruitment Poster 1780
Saturday 26th February 1780. The following appeared in the Ipswich Journal, this newspaper had a wide circulation in Suffolk and Essex. A...
116th Infantry Brigade Royal Marines NW Europe WW2
Unit/ Formation: 116th Inf Bde RM Location: Hovington Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 14th February 1945 Patch 116th...
December and Royal Marines History in 2024
Thank you for spending the year with me, and those that have just joined, I hope you have enjoyed some of this years 'Dits'. We have seen...
Indian Mutiny - suspension bridge over the Kali Nuddi
The Indian Mutiny of the Sepoys broke out in May 1857, and though it was far removed from the usual duties of the Royal Marines, yet a...
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...
Major Geoff Dyer RMR - Gentleman Rogue
Geoff Dyer was an inspiration to many young people and cannot express how I feel about Geoff’s passing. I had the privilege of sitting...
Landings in Beirut 1840
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Beirut Period/ Conflict: Egyptian–Ottoman War Year: 1840 Date/s: 8 September 1840 The Oriental...
Capture of Sidon
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Sidon Period/ Conflict: Egyptian–Ottoman War Year: 1840 Date/s: 27 September 1840 Sidon stands...
The RMHS presents - Invasion, The Royal Marines and the Battle for Normandy, 1944
Invasion, The Royal Marines and the Battle for Normandy, 1944. Author - George Gelder. Soft Back, 602pp. Published Royal Marines...
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...
July Marines - The Royal Marines in July since 1664
I hope you are your families are well, and if you have time why not look at the pins for July, covering nearly 360 years of Global...
Langrune-sur-Mer Wn 26
The village of Langrune-sur-Mer is defended by a large anti-tank wall and the support point Wn 26 manned by soldiers of the 9th company...
