Middle East Commando

Middle East Commando
Active	1942
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Commando
Role	Coastal raiding force Assault Infantry
Size	Battalion
Part of	Combined Operations
Engagements	Second World War
Insignia
Combined Operations Shoulder Patch

Middle East Commando was a battalion sized British Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The Commando was formed in the Middle East from the survivors of the Layforce Commando unit partly to placate Winston Churchill who championed the commando idea. In December 1940 a Middle East Commando depot was formed with the responsibility of training and supplying reinforcements for the Commando units in the Middle East.^[1] The Middle East Commando was disbanded in 1942.

References

Notes

↑ Moreman, p.19

Bibliography

van der Bijl, Nick (2006). No. 10 Inter-Allied Commando 1942–45. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-999-1.
Chappell, Mike (1996). Army Commandos 1940–45. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-85532-579-9.
Haskew, Michael E (2007). Encyclopaedia of Elite Forces in the Second World War. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-84415-577-4.
Moreman, Timothy Robert (2006). British Commandos 1940–46. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-986-X.

British Commando units of the Second World War

British Army:	No. 1 Commando No. 2 Commando No. 3 Commando No. 4 Commando No. 5 Commando No. 6 Commando No. 7 Commando No. 8 (Guards) Commando No. 9 Commando No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando No. 11 (Scottish) Commando No. 12 Commando No. 14 (Arctic) Commando No. 50 Commando No. 51 Commando No. 52 Commando No. 62 Commando (Small Scale Raiding Force) Middle East Commando

Royal Marine:	No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 42 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 43 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 44 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 45 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando

Royal Navy:	Royal Naval Commandos British commando frogmen

Royal Air Force:	Royal Air Force Commandos

Joint Service:	No. 30 Commando

Brigades:	Special Service Brigade 1st Special Service Brigade 2nd Special Service Brigade 3rd Special Service Brigade 4th Special Service Brigade

Ad hoc Forces:	Forfarforce Layforce Layforce II Northforce Timberforce

Other Commando Forces:	Special Air Service Special Boat Squadron Special Raiding Squadron No. 1 Demolition Squadron

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