George Henry Lane, MC was a British Army officer in the Commandos during World War II, achieving the rank of colonel. He performed a number of missions behind enemy lines. Captured on one such mission
Grave, St Martha-on-the-Hill
No. 4 Commando
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No. 4 Commando was a battalion-sized Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War formed in 1940. Although it was intended to conduct small-scale raids and harass enemy garrisons alon
No. 4 Commando after a raid on France, April 1942.
Commandos watching the fish oil tanks burn.
Major Lord Lovat, giving orders before setting out on Operation Abercrombie 21 April 1942.
Landing craft of No 4 Commando running in to land at Orange one beach, on the right flank of the main assault at Dieppe.