Special Forces

40 Commando
42 Commando
45 Commando
Commando Logistic Regiment
539 Assault Squadron
C.S.G.(UK Landing Force Command Support Group - Brigade HQ)
(includes "Y" Troop Signals)
29 Commando Regiment,Royal Artillery
59 and 131 Independent Commando Squadrons,Royal Engineers
Commando Brigade Air Squadron
Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre
Special Boat Service

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3 Commando Brigade
By Ewen Southby-Tailyour

Presents an account of the dogged, heroic pursuit of the Taliban by the ordinary Marines, sailors and soldiers responsible. This book describes the Commando attack on a key Taliban base south of Garms...

3 Commando: Helmand Assault
By Ewen Southby-Tailyour

When the Royal Marines Commandos returned to a chaotic Helmand in the winter of 2008, they realised that to stand any chance of success they would need to pursue an increasingly determined Taliban har...

Commando: A Royal Marine's Story: The Falklands, Northern Ireland, Iraq
By Geoff Nordass

From the riot-torn streets of Belfast to the frozen moors of the Falklands and the scorched deserts of Iraq, Royal Marine Commando Geoff Nordass has been an eye-witness to some of the bloodiest confli...

Doctor For Friend & Foe: Britain's Frontline Medic in the Fight for the Falklands
By Rick Jolly

Rick Jolly was the Senior Medical Officer in the Falklands, setting up and running the field hospital at Ajax Bay, where he and his Royal Marine and Parachute Regiment medical teams treated a total of...

SBS: The Inside Story of the Special Boat Service
By John Parker

The men of the SBS are the maritime equivalent of their counterparts in the SAS; they are the elite of the British Special Forces and also the most secretive. Although SAS activity has been extensivel...

The Royal Marines: From Sea Soldiers to a Special Force
By General Julian Thompson

The Royal Marines Commandos are one of the greatest special forces in the world. Their achievement, toughness, professionalism and enterprise puts them in the same league as such other elites as the S...

The Yompers: With 45 Commando in the Falklands War
By Ian R. Gardiner

'Yomping' was revealed by the journalist Charles Laurence in 1982 as the word which the Royal Marines used to describe carrying heavy loads long distances on foot. Given the intense public interest in...

Zero Six Bravo: 60 Special Forces. 100,000 Enemy. The Explosive True Story
By Damien Lewis

They were branded as cowards and accused of being the British Special Forces Squadron that ran away from the Iraqis. But nothing could be further from the truth. Ten years on, the story of these sixty...