| Name / Description |
Roll of honour |
Awards |
Links |
Images |
14th INTELL - 14th Intelligence Company,Intelligence Corps (now Special Reconnaissance Regiment) |
8 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
200 FLIGHT RAAF - Royal Australian Air Force 200 (Special Duties ) Flight |
32 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
22 SAS - 22nd Special Air Service Regiment |
153 |
224 |
0 |
314 |
3 CDO BDE - 3rd Commando Brigade,Royal Marines 1946 - |
308 |
308 |
3 |
241 |
AATTV - Australian Army Training Team Vietnam |
34 |
121 |
3 |
42 |
AIR AMERICA - Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America (CIA owned and operated) |
243 |
0 |
3 |
20 |
AIR COMMANDO - U.S.A.A.F. Air Commando Groups 1944-1945 |
119 |
27 |
0 |
20 |
AIR COMMANDO 2 - U.S.A.F. Air Commando units postwar |
631 |
153 |
9 |
282 |
ALAMO SCOUTS - U.S. 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit |
4 |
28 |
1 |
27 |
ARMY CDOS - British Army Commandos and Special Service Troops 1940-45 |
1118 |
530 |
3 |
457 |
AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS - Independent Companies and Commando Squadrons AIF |
310 |
27 |
0 |
23 |
|
7 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
BEACH JUMPERS - U.S. Navy Beach Jumper Units (Special Warfare) |
5 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
BELGIUM - Belgian Secret Agents |
212 |
11 |
1 |
46 |
CANADIAN PARA - 1st Canadian Parachute Bn 1942-45 |
148 |
14 |
1 |
52 |
CANADIAN SPECIAL OPS - Canadian Special Ops and Airborne Forces postwar |
76 |
18 |
3 |
53 |
CARPETBAGGERS - U.S.A.A.F.-O.S.S. Special Operations Units 1943-45 |
231 |
14 |
2 |
120 |
CHINDITS 1943 - 77th Indian Infantry Brigade (1st Chindit Expedition) |
525 |
58 |
0 |
27 |
CHINDITS 1944 - 3rd Indian Infantry Division (Special Force) (2nd Chindit Expedition) |
1785 |
324 |
5 |
87 |
CIA - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency |
77 |
25 |
1 |
81 |
COASTWATCHERS - Allied Coast Watch Organisation (Allied Intelligence Bureau) 1941-45 |
22 |
30 |
0 |
19 |
CODE TALKERS - U.S. Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers |
14 |
0 |
3 |
18 |
COPP - Combined Operations Pilotage Parties |
12 |
62 |
0 |
68 |
|
20 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
DAMBUSTERS - 617 (Special Duties) Squadron,R.A.F. 1943-45 |
204 |
154 |
3 |
205 |
DETACHMENT 385 - Royal Marine Detachment 385 (Small Operations Group) |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
EOD - British Explosive Ordnance Disposal units 1940- |
140 |
292 |
0 |
52 |
FIJI GUERILLAS - No 1 Commando Fiji Guerillas |
14 |
11 |
0 |
8 |
FRANCE - French Secret Agents |
32 |
37 |
2 |
86 |
FRESHMAN - Operation Freshman |
41 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
FSSF - First Special Service Force (The Devil's Brigade or the North Americans) |
481 |
160 |
3 |
392 |
GREEN BERETS - U.S.Army Special Forces |
1044 |
659 |
17 |
659 |
HOLLAND - Dutch Secret Agents |
83 |
8 |
1 |
68 |
INDIAN PARA - 50th and 77th Indian Parachute Brigades 1941-46 |
273 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
JEDBURGH - Jedburgh Teams (BCRA,OSS,SOE) |
36 |
89 |
2 |
109 |
LRDG - Long Range Desert Group (formerly Long Range Patrol Unit) |
48 |
126 |
3 |
124 |
MARS TASK FORCE - U.S. Army 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) |
44 |
44 |
0 |
5 |
MERRILL'S MARAUDERS - U.S.Army 5307 Composite Unit (Provisional) (Task Force Galahad) |
288 |
137 |
1 |
65 |
NCDUs - U.S. Navy Naval Combat Demolition Units |
40 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
NIGHTSTALKERS - U.S.Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) |
97 |
49 |
2 |
102 |
NORWAY - Norwegian Secret Agents |
393 |
63 |
3 |
487 |
OSS - U.S. Office of Strategic Services |
154 |
2017 |
5 |
478 |
PALESTINE - Palestinian Secret Agents |
23 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
PARAS - Parachute Regiment 1941 - 45 |
2358 |
659 |
4 |
286 |
PARAS 2 - Parachute Regiment postwar |
250 |
176 |
2 |
168 |
PHANTOM - Phantom Signals |
42 |
64 |
0 |
83 |
POLAND - Polish Secret Agents |
6 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
POLISH PARA - Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade 1941-47 |
98 |
18 |
0 |
106 |
PPA - Popski's Private Army (No 1 Demolition Squadron) |
15 |
25 |
1 |
260 |
RAF SPECIAL DUTIES - Royal Air Force Special Duties Squadrons WW2 |
805 |
386 |
5 |
113 |
RAIDERS - U.S.Marine Corps Raider Battalions |
89 |
149 |
1 |
34 |
RAN BEACH COMMANDOS - Royal Australian Navy Beach Commandos 1942-45 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
32 |
RANGERS - U.S.Army Ranger Battalions 1942-1945 |
564 |
248 |
3 |
82 |
RANGERS 2 - U.S.Army Ranger Units Postwar |
701 |
162 |
10 |
308 |
RHODESIA - Rhodesian Special Forces |
98 |
151 |
4 |
60 |
RM CDOS - Royal Marine Commandos 1942-45 |
870 |
194 |
0 |
52 |
RMBPD - Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (Cockleshell Heroes) |
9 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
RN CDOS - Royal Navy Commandos |
17 |
144 |
1 |
28 |
RSR - Raiding Support Regiment |
19 |
17 |
1 |
4 |
SAS - Special Air Service Regiment (1941-1945) |
504 |
543 |
4 |
873 |
SAS (TA) - Special Air Service Regiment (Territorial and Volunteer Units) |
19 |
52 |
1 |
15 |
SASNZ - Special Air Service (New Zealand) |
11 |
37 |
0 |
11 |
SASR - Special Air Service Regiment (Australia) |
50 |
78 |
0 |
111 |
SBS - Special Boat Sections (Army Commando) |
13 |
51 |
0 |
53 |
|
6 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
SCUS - R.A.F. Servicing Commando Units |
17 |
24 |
1 |
9 |
SEALS - U.S. Navy Seal Teams |
138 |
101 |
5 |
421 |
SIS - Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) plus MI5,MI9,etc |
30 |
125 |
4 |
251 |
SOE - Special Operations Executive |
306 |
471 |
7 |
706 |
UDTs - U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Teams |
83 |
38 |
0 |
66 |
US PARAS - U.S. Parachute and Airborne Infantry Regiments (WW2) |
4719 |
1249 |
0 |
758 |
US PARAS 2 - U.S. Parachute and Airborne Infantry Regiments (postwar) |
1418 |
309 |
0 |
528 |
USACAPOC - U.S.Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command |
83 |
45 |
2 |
89 |
V FORCE - British V Force,Burma 1942-45 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
VIPER FORCE - Viper Force,Royal Marines |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
X CRAFT AND CHARIOTS - Royal Navy Midget Submarines and Human Torpedoes |
39 |
69 |
1 |
32 |
ZSU - Z Special Unit |
55 |
83 |
0 |
63 |
