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41 Commando or No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando was a unit of the Royal Marines trained as Commandos during the Second World War.They were part of the all Royal Marine 4th Special Service Brigade that took part in the Normandy landings in June 1944 and later that served in World War II, the Korean War, and in Northern Ireland.
British No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando attacked a German radar station operated by and mostly defended by Luftwaffe ground forces. Supported by an artillery and detachments of specialist mine-clearing and assault tanks of 79th Armoured Division, the defences were breached and the site taken with few casualties on the Allied side. [2]
No. 47(RM) Commando (part of 4th Special Service Brigade) landed on the west flank of Gold Beach and captured Port-en-Bessin. In November 1944, British Commandos of the 4th Commando Brigade and No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando were involved in the Battle of Walcheren Causeway, attacking from seaward at Flushing and Westkapelle. [citation needed]
In February 1942 the Royal Marines were tasked to organise Commando units of their own. [27] In total nine Commando units were formed by the Royal Marines: No. 40, No. 41, No. 42, No. 43, No. 44, No. 45, No. 46, No. 47 and the last, No. 48, which was not formed until 1944. [12] In 1943 two other Commando units were formed.
Stevenson joined the Royal Marines Forces Volunteer Reserve in 1956 [1] and was commissioned as a regular officer in November 1958. [2] [3] After completing training, he served two tours with 41 Commando in 1961. [1] He then deployed with 45 Commando in Aden in 1962–63 as a troop commander, [4] and served aboard HMS Mohawk from 1965 to 1968. [1]
The modern Royal Marines retain a number of distinctive uniform items. These include the green "Lovat" service dress, the dark blue parade dress worn with the white Wolsley pattern helmet (commonly referred to as a "pith helmet") or red & white peaked cap, the scarlet and blue mess dress for officers and non-commissioned officers [21] and the white hot-weather dress of the Band Service.
British commando frogmen; Royal Navy Northern and Southern Fleet Diving Groups and Fleet Diving Units 1, 2 and 3 are the clearance diving units specialising in various types of equipment and operations. Special Air Service Boat Troop is the Army special forces unit that undertakes water operations (emphasis of insertion onto land)
A shortage of volunteers and the need to provide replacements for casualties forced the disbandment of these three commando units by the end of 1943. [13] [14] No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando was left for the task of small scale raiding. No. 10 was the largest commando and was formed from volunteers belonging to the occupied territories.