Middle East Commando

Middle East Commando
Active	1942
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Commando
Role	Coastal raiding force Assault Infantry
Size	Battalion
Part of	Combined Operations
Engagements	Second World War
Insignia
Combined Operations Shoulder Patch

Middle East Commando was a battalion sized British Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The Commando was formed in the Middle East from the survivors of the Layforce Commando unit partly to placate Winston Churchill who championed the commando idea. In December 1940 a Middle East Commando depot was formed with the responsibility of training and supplying reinforcements for the Commando units in the Middle East. ^[1] The Middle East Commando was disbanded in 1942.

References

Notes

1. Moreman, p.19

Bibliography

• van der Bijl, Nick (2006). No. 10 Inter-Allied Commando 1942–45. Osprey Publishing. ISBN   1-84176-999-1.
• Chappell, Mike (1996). Army Commandos 1940–45. Osprey Publishing. ISBN   1-85532-579-9.
• Haskew, Michael E (2007). Encyclopaedia of Elite Forces in the Second World War. Pen and Sword. ISBN   978-1-84415-577-4.
• Moreman, Timothy Robert (2006). British Commandos 1940–46. Osprey Publishing. ISBN   1-84176-986-X.