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Displaying 1 - 15 of 15'C.M.W.T.C History 1943-45'
Type: Booklet
Year of Publishing: 2019
Keywords: Commando Mountain Warfare Training Centre, CMWTC
This document has a brief history of the Commando Mountain Warfare Training Centre (C.M.W.T.C) with a nominal roll from 1943 to 1945. It was prepared for a C.M.W.T.C. commemoration dinner on 30 November 1945. If the document does not load immediately in the viewer, refresh this page, or download from above.
'Commandos in the Field 1945' - Combined Ops. Pamphlet 26
Prepared under the direction of the Chief of Combined Operations, March 1945.
'Salerno Diary'
First published March 1944.
3 Cdo Bde Third Jungle Book issue 4
Type: Booklet
Year of Publishing: 2015
Keywords: 3 commando brigade, no 1 commando, no 5 commando, 42rm commando, 44rm commando, jungle book
One of a series of the Magazine of the Third Commando Brigade produced and published between 1944 and 1946 for issue to those serving in the Brigade. This copy from Andy Maines. In a No 1 Commando Newsletter dated 27th Feb 1944 it mentions about the new Brigade Magazine being published. It states that "From this unit Lieut. J.R. Turpin is publishing advisor, and Lieut. A.J. Davies is Art Director on the publishing staff."
3 Cdo Bde Third Jungle Book issue 9
Type: Booklet
Year of Publishing: 2015
Keywords: jungle book, 3 commando brigade, no 1 commando, no 5 commando, 42rm commando, 44rm commando
One of a series of the Magazine of the Third Commando Brigade produced and published between 1944 and 1946 for issue to those serving in the Brigade. In a No 1 Commando Newsletter dated 27th Feb 1944 it mentions about the new Brigade Magazine being published. It states that "From this unit Lieut. J.R. Turpin is publishing advisor, and Lieut. A.J. Davies is Art Director on the publishing staff."
50th anniversary of the unveiling of the Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge.
Type: Booklet
Year of Publishing: 2014
Keywords: Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge, Duke Of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Service of Remembrance
A beautifully produced Service of Remembrance booklet to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the unveiling of the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge by HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The memorial was unveiled and dedicated on the 27th September 1952. The anniversary commemoration took place during Remembrance weekend on the 9th November 2002.
This Service of Remembrance was attended by HRH Prince Phillip, The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., K.T.
The booklet contains the history of the Memorial in photographs and narrative and a lot of other information about the Commandos.
A document about Layforce
Type: Booklet
Year of Publishing: 2013
Keywords: Layforce, No 7 Commando, No 8 Commando, No 11 Commando, 50 ME Commando, 52 ME Commando
Association 1946 1st Reunion Dinner menu
A very nice piece of Commando memorabilia sent in by Max Heron, son of Major John 'Chips' Heron MC, No5 Commando, this is a dinner menu from the first Commando Association Reunion Dinner held on Thursday, 12 December 1946, in Seymour Hall, London W1.It would appear that Chips Heron had his troop members sign it as most of the signatures seem to be from No5 Cdo but there are a few other notable autographs - Henry Brown, Peter Young, Lt General Sturges, Lord Mountbatten of Burma,
Association booklet 1943 - 2005
A beautifully produced Commemorative Souvenir booklet to celebrate the Commando Association, from its formation in 1943 to standown in 2005.
The booklet contains superb photos along with a great deal of information about the history of the Commandos. It is a valuable addition to the information we already have in our Gallery about the original Association.
Association History 1943 - 2005
Type: Booklet
Year of Publishing: 1993
Keywords: Commando Association, Henry Brown, WW2 Commandos
Formed in 1943. Formal stand down in 2005. This document, written by Henry Brown, the Association's General Secretary and Treasurer, covers the period 1943 to 1993. From the collection of Lance Sergeant Joseph Rogers MM [more ...].
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Association History 2003 - present
On the 1st June 2019 the Commando Veterans Association was redesignated as the Commando Association.
DURRANT, Thomas Frank, VC, (No.1 Cdo), Recommended by the Enemy
Type: Booklet
Year of Publishing: 2016
Keywords: durrant, vc, Victoria cross, commando, chariot, st nazaire
An article about Sergeant Thomas Frank Durrant VC, No 1 Commando, which was published in the Victoria Cross Society Journal in March 2005. ©RJMewett.
Follow this link to learn more about all the Commandos awarded the Victoria Cross
HOUGHTON, (No.2 Cdo executed), biography
So Fine and Honourable an Englishman
An account about Captain Joseph Blundell Johnson-Houghton MC, known as Joe Houghton, who served in No.2 Commando. It was written for The Colditz Society by Carol Kerr, with information provided by Capt. Houghton's sister, Mrs Desiree Roderick MBE, reproduced here with the permission of the author Carol Kerr, Mrs Desiree Roderick MBE, and The Colditz Society. Use the download facility above.
LONGSON, Joe (1 Cdo) - My Life in the Army
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