The Commando Basic Training Centre was a British Army training establishment primarily for the training of British Commandos during the Second World War. It was located in the grounds of Achnacarry Ca
Achnacarry Castle
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Vaughan inspecting French troops
Commandos in training cross a river at Achnacarry under simulated fire.
Colonel Sir Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel, was a British Army officer of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and the 25th Chief of Clan Cameron.
Commando Basic Training Centre (United Kingdom)
…into Commandos. They were also supplemented by members of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. In 1940 Achnacarry Castle, the ancestral seat of Sir Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel, was brought into use as part of the new Training and Holding Wing for the Special Training Centre Lochailort. Due to the imminent closing of STC…
Lochiel, c. 1899
At Inverness, 1941