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E.A.M Wedderburn No. 14 Commando comprised two troops. No. 1 (Boating) Troop of nine officers and 18 men who specialized in small boat operations and No. 2 Troop of six officers and 22 men who specialized in cross-country skiing.
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attacks in Arctic waters. At times it supplied men for the
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359:can all trace their origins to the commandos.
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859:Moreman, Timothy Robert (2006).
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1089:No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando
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239:and No. 14 (Arctic) Commando.
140:Special Commando Boating Group
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208:. They were sub divided into
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472:Middle East 1941, 1942, 1944
297:Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
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1217:3rd Special Service Brigade
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1207:1st Special Service Brigade
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447:Landing at Porto San Venere
154:and was disbanded in 1943.
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138:sometimes also called the
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878:Neilands, Robin (2005).
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1202:Special Service Brigade
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906:The Special Air Service
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686:13 January 2010 at the
202:Special Service Brigade
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800:Army Commandos 1940–45
295:and some men from the
1284:Special Boat Squadron
1145:Royal Naval Commandos
908:. Osprey Publishing.
863:. Osprey Publishing.
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817:Fowler, Will (2009).
802:. Osprey Publishing.
783:. Osprey Publishing.
317:No. 10 (Inter-Allied)
79:Coastal raiding force
1073:Middle East Commando
492:North Africa 1941–43
357:Special Boat Service
117:Combined Operations
1279:Special Air Service
353:Special Air Service
329:Operation Checkmate
251:especially against
96:Combined Operations
698:van der Bijl, p.13
644:van der Bijl, p.12
557:Valli di Comacchio
507:Pursuit to Messina
349:Parachute Regiment
273:Lieutenant Colonel
206:lieutenant colonel
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452:Landing in Sicily
285:David Haig-Thomas
269:Louis Mountbatten
195:Louis Mountbatten
164:Winston Churchill
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562:Westkapelle
532:Sicily 1943
527:Sedjenane 1
517:St. Nazaire
502:Norway 1941
397:Argenta Gap
382:Alethangyaw
313:Timberforce
307:formations
301:limpet mine
179:Roger Keyes
102:Engagements
1316:Categories
1258:Northforce
1191:Brigades (
844:. Robson.
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542:Syria 1941
467:Madagascar
309:Northforce
222:Achnacarry
218:cap badges
158:Background
46:Allegiance
333:Haugesund
259:bases in
257:Luftwaffe
27:1942–1943
1248:Layforce
684:Archived
427:Flushing
377:Adriatic
229:brigades
214:sections
185:and the
183:Galipoli
144:Commando
112:Insignia
70:Commando
547:Termoli
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321:Lerwick
243:History
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261:Norway
249:Arctic
210:troops
152:Arctic
56:Branch
24:Active
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457:Leese
407:Crete
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