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Layforce was an ad hoc military formation of the British Army consisting of a number of commando units during the Second World War. Formed in February 1941 under the command of Colonel Robert Laycock,
HMS Glengyle
Wounded British troops disembarking in Egypt after being evacuated from Crete
The history of the British Army's Special Air Service regiment of the British Army begins with its formation during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, and continues to the present da
Layforce
…set up, there were very few men for him to command. What men there were, were formed into six troops. The embryonic Special Air Service, then known as L Detachment, were designated Nos. 1 and 2 Troops, while 60 men from the disbanded No. 11 (Scottish) Commando made up No. 3 Troop. The men of No. 51 Commando formed…
SAS patrol in North Africa during the Second World War in SAS jeeps
Members of the Free French Squadron during the link-up between advanced units of the First and Eighth British armies in Tunisia.
Members of 2nd SAS on parade for an inspection by General Bernard Montgomery, following the successful capture of the port of Termoli. On the left is Major E Scratchley DSO, MC, and on the right is Captain Roy Farran holding a German sub-machine-gun
An SAS jeep of 1st SAS near Geilenkirchen, Germany, 18 November 1944.