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14TH INTELL

14th Intelligence Company, Intelligence Corps (now Special Reconnaissance Regiment)

AATTV

Australian Army Training Team Vietnam

AIR AMERICA

Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America (CIA owned and operated)

AIR COMMANDO

U.S.A.A.F. Air Commando Groups 1944-1945

AIR COMMANDO 2

U.S.A.F. Air Commando units postwar

ALAMO SCOUTS

U.S. 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit

AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS 2

Australian Commando units postwar

BEACH JUMPERS

U.S. Navy Beach Jumper Units (Special Warfare)

BELGIUM

Belgian Secret Agents

CANADIAN PARA

1st Canadian Parachute Bn 1942-45

CANADIAN SPECIAL OPS

Canadian Special Ops and Airborne Forces postwar

CARPETBAGGERS

U.S.A.A.F.-O.S.S. Special Operations Units 1943-45

CHINDITS 1943

77th Indian Infantry Brigade (1st Chindit Expedition)

CIA

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

COASTWATCHERS

Allied Coast Watch Organisation (Allied Intelligence Bureau) 1941-45

CODETALKERS

U.S. Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers

COPP

Combined Operations Pilotage Parties

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Czech Secret Agents

DAMBUSTERS

617 (Special Duties) Squadron,R.A.F. 1943-45

DETACHMENT 385

Royal Marine Detachment 385 (Small Operations Group)

FIJI GUERILLAS

No 1 Commando Fiji Guerillas

FORCE RECON

U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance

FRANCE

French Secret Agents

FRESHMAN

Operation Freshman

FSSF

First Special Service Force (The Devil's Brigade or the North Americans)

HOLLAND

Dutch Secret Agents

INDIAN PARA

50th and 77th Indian Parachute Brigades 1941-46

JEDBURGH

Jedburgh Teams (BCRA,OSS,SOE)

LRDG

Long Range Desert Group (formerly Long Range Patrol Unit)

MARS TASK FORCE

U.S. Army 5332nd Brigade (Provisional)

MARSOC

U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command

MERRILL'S MARAUDERS

U.S.Army 5307 Composite Unit (Provisional) (Task Force Galahad)

NCDUS

U.S. Navy Naval Combat Demolition Units

NIGHTSTALKERS

U.S.Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)

NORWAY

Norwegian Secret Agents

OSS

U.S. Office of Strategic Services

PALESTINE

Palestinian Secret Agents

PHANTOM

Phantom Signals

POLAND

Polish Secret Agents

POLISH PARA

Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade 1941-47

PPA

Popski's Private Army (No 1 Demolition Squadron)
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RAF SPECIAL DUTIES

Royal Air Force Special Duties Squadrons WW2

RAN BEACH COMMANDOS

Royal Australian Navy Beach Commandos 1942-45

RANCDT

Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving Teams

RMBPD

Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (Cockleshell Heroes)

RN CDOS

Royal Navy Commandos

RSR

Raiding Support Regiment

SAS (TA)

Special Air Service Regiment (Territorial and Volunteer Units)

SASNZ

Special Air Service (New Zealand)

SASR

Special Air Service Regiment (Australia)

SBS

Special Boat Sections (Army Commando)
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SCOUTS AND RAIDERS

U.S. Navy Scouts and Raiders WW2

SCUS

R.A.F. Servicing Commando Units

SIS

Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) plus MI5,MI9,etc

SOE

Special Operations Executive

SRU

Sea Reconnaissance Unit

UDTS

U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Teams

USACAPOC

U.S.Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command

V FORCE

British V Force,Burma 1942-45

VIPER FORCE

Viper Force,Royal Marines

X CRAFT AND CHARIOTS

Royal Navy Midget Submarines and Human Torpedoes

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  • Keith M. McCoy (grave)
    Peggy L. was his sister, not his wife.
    Thanks, i have ammended.
    Best regards, Craig
  • Keith M. McCoy (grave)
    Peggy L. was his sister, not his wife.
  • John Ridgway
    I went to John Ridgway’s School of Adventure, at Ardmore, in 1998. He was 60 that year, a charismatic, big, strong, and very fit man indeed. He and his instructors demanded a great deal of a mixed bunch of mainly middle-class men and women, from urban environments. Virtually everyone had...
  • Joaquin Fajardo
    Hi Eugenio. We exchanged emails around 25/30 years ago regarding the Spaniards on the HELIOPOLIS. I was never able to ascertain if any direct family members went to Hawaii. Apart from Fajardo, other family surnames were Aneas, Mingorance and Ruiz all very common names in Otivar. Unfortunately...
  • 1 SAS (A Squadron) group 1943
    Just searched online for my old boss Ted Badger,who I knew had a distinguished military career.If anyone would like further info on him please contact me at gorvicbrown@sky.com
  • 2 SAS Group
    Hi Tim,

    William McQueen was from Grangemouth and was MID LG 9/8/45, page 4054. I also have a note that he won a Croix de Guerre, but have never been able to verify.


    Best wishes,

    Ian
  • unknown SBS
    This photo was taken in Kastelorizo (Megisti) island, Greece
  • Richard Bethell
    Major The Right Honorable R.N. Bethel was my Company Commander and an Inspirational leader.
    I'm old now but his lessons resonate.
  • Raymond Bowers
    Thank you for adding my father. He returned to be curate in North London after demob. He and his wife Daphne went to Uganda in 1947. The left Uganda in 1962 and he worked for CMS in London as Education Secretary before moving to Bath in 1966
  • R. Walker-Brown
    Aw this is my grandad Brown. I knew he was injured in the left eye and blinded. Not sure how that happened. I knew about Italy but never realised how high ranking and brave he was. RIP Grandpa Brown
    I've ammended his record here ...

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