Brigadier Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat and 4th Baron Lovat, was a prominent British Commando during the Second World War and the 24th Chief of the Clan Fraser of Lovat. Known famil
Lord Lovat in 1942
Lord Lovat at Newhaven after returning from the Dieppe Raid, August 1942.
4 Commando before the Hardelot raid
Dieppe Raid 1942, plaque at Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer.
The capture of the Caen Canal and Orne River bridges was an operation by airborne forces of the British Army that took place in the early hours of 6 June 1944 as part of the Normandy landings of the S
Caen Canal bridge with Horsa gliders in the background, 9 June 1944
Interior of a Horsa glider, looking to the rear from the cockpit.
The River Orne Bridge
German soldiers with an MG 34 machine-gun.