Active Service
List of 40 Commando RM's active service (incomplete)
- Dieppe Raid — 1942
- Italian Campaign (World War II) (Termoli, Lake Comacchio) – 1943-45
- Liberation of Yugoslavia — 1945
- Palestine — 1945–48
- Malayan Emergency — 1950–52
- Suez Crisis — 1956
- Cyprus — 1957/58, 1959
- Borneo — 1962–66 (6 tours)
- Evacuation of Aden — Nov 1967
- Northern Ireland:
- Jun 1972 – Oct 1972 Belfast
- Jun 1973 – Oct 1973 Belfast
- Feb 1975 – Jun 1975 Belfast
- Aug 1976 – Dec 1976 South Armagh
- Mar 1979 – Mar 1980 Ballykelly
- Jan 1983 – Jun 1983 South Armagh
- Feb 1988 – Jul 1988 South Armagh
- Nov 1993 – Apr 1994 West Belfast
- Dec 1995 – May 1996 East Tyrone
- Apr 2000 – Dec 2000 Belfast, Portadown
- Falklands War, Operation Corporate — 1982
- Cyprus — Jun–Dec 1984
- Northern Iraq — Op Haven (humanitarian assistance to Kurds) 1991
- Kinshasa — Non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) 1998
- Iraq — Op Telic
- TELIC 1 — 2003
- TELIC 4 — 2004
- Afghanistan — Op Herrick
- HERRICK 7 — 2007/8
- HERRICK 12 - 2010
- HERRICK 17 - 2012
- UK Response Force Task Group (COUGAR 11) - April/May 2011
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