Thread: St Nazaire and Lofoten Island Raids
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Old June 25th, 2003, 07:50 PM
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Originally posted by Jet:
Lofoten Island Raids

At the same time, No.4 Special Service Battalion (Referred from here as 4 SS) was formed from Nos 3 and 8 Commandos. 4 SS Battalion was selected to take part in Operation Claymore against the Lofoten Islands, who in company with 3 SS, sailed with brigadier Haydon and his headquarters with 50
I think there is some confusion here, No. 4 commando was the 4. SSB, No. 3 Commando was never made an SSB because John Durnford-Slater refused to have SS in his units title. Your description is rather confusing as it suggests 3 Commando was part of 4 SSB which worked seperatly from 3.SSB. Otherwise, a very interesting pair of articles. If you are interested in Commandos, I suggest you look for 'Commando' by John Durnford-Slater. An excellent book well worth a read but I suspect out of print.
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