All news on the topic: Royal Marine

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Man charged with spying for China found dead in ‘unexplained’ circumstances
A former Royal Marine accused of spying on Hong Kong activists in Britain has died in unexplained circumstances in a park.
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D-Day hero who was one of youngest Royal Marine commandoes dies aged 98
Lieutenant Norman Rose was just 18 when he landed ashore to fight to take Port en Bessin from 4,000 Nazis in June 1944. On November 1, 1944, he badly injured his leg
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Royal Marines hero’s fury at Johnny Mercer's misleading attack on his service
Johnny Mercer claimed Fred Thomas, who is aiming to unseat him at the general election, had 'served five minutes in uniform' - when in fact he was a Royal Marine for seven years and rose to Captain
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Former Royal Marine reveals fighting Amazon pirates after being shot twice
Despite being wholly outgunned in the Amazon, the brave ex-marines defeated the pirates, managed to make a dash to land for safety and get the brutes arrested
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Royal Marine who rescued dogs from Kabul as Taliban seized power now in Ukraine
Pen Farthing, 54, and his "Operation Ark" managed to rescue 200 cats and dogs from the chaos of Kabul as the Taliban took control in August 2021 after the US and NATO forces withdrew
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Royal Marine who fought on D-Day celebrates 100th birthday
Fred Ames, 100, was a beach commando and fought during the Battle of Anzio where 7,000 allies were killed during the Second World War
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Kate Silverton's 'overwhelming' IVF battle and how motherhood led to new career
Kate Silverton opened up on her 'overwhelming' IVF struggle before welcoming her two children
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Amputee fined for using disabled space 'after warden said blue badge was a fake'
Former Royal Marine Commando Ben McBean, who was called 'a real hero' by Prince Harry after was severely injured in service in Afghanistan in 2008, claims a traffic warden questioned his legitimacy
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Amputee dubbed 'hero' by Prince Harry 'not disabled enough' for blue badge
Former Royal Marine Commando Ben McBean, who was dubbed a "real hero" by Prince Harry, was reported by a warden to a council who questioned the badge's legitimacy
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Special forces on standby to evacuate Brits from Sudan as civil war rages on
As many as 120 SAS and a company of paratroopers are reportedly ready to extract UK citizens and embassy staff from the increasingly unstable north-african country
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Prince Philip's pallbearer found dead after wife left him and he lost his job
Major General Matt Holmes, a pallbearer at Prince Philip's funeral in 2021, was found at his home in Winchester, Hampshire, days after saying he has "one last bullet to fire", an inquest has heard
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Iraq veteran recalls seeing 'disembodied foot in a flip flop' during invasion
Sergeant Major John Thompson, 43, a single dad-of-three from Devon, was with the Royal Marines' Delta unit when they touched down on the sands of Iraq, with him later earning medals for his gallantry while in the country
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Jodie Kidd, 44, wants another baby after getting engaged for a third time
Supermodel Jodie Kidd is preparing to walk down the aisle again, but at 44 she's thinking about freezing her eggs as her fiancé is nine years younger than her
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On the frontline where the fight to stop drugs flooding the streets takes place
The Royal Navy crew on board the HMS Lancaster work to dismantle the global narcotics trade – busting criminals who pose as fishermen to ship heroin and meth
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'Teen' in Brit school unmasked as convicted killer who murdered two with AK-47
Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai gunned down two fellow Afghans with an AK-47 in a row about trafficking when he was in Serbia, around a year before he entered the UK as a 14-year-old schoolboy despite being 18 at the time
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Great Britain's bobsleigh boys aim to overturn odds rather than sled this time
“Bobsleigh’s not always had the most positive press because there’s been loads of problems. But there’s also been c**p results. I really believe we will be world champions in three weeks"
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Moment accused murderer flees on foot after 'stabbing' aspiring Royal Marine
Thomas Roberts, 21, was stabbed twice outside a Subway sandwich shop in Bournemouth, Dorset, on March 12 last year as alleged murderer Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai is seen on CCTV running from the scene
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Brit animal rescuer 'evacuated from Kabul' after Prince Harry Taliban claims
Pen Farthing is an ex-Marine, campaigning to get workers and animals from shelters out of Afghanistan in what he has called Operation Ark
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Former Royal Marine compares 'broken' A&E to war zone as he lashes out at Tories
Former Royal Marine, Brian McGarry, has said that he needs "some support from the country" he spent years serving, as he has experienced first-hand the current "broken" NHS system