Special Forces

This site is dedicated to the memory of Special Forces from World War 2 to the present who served and died in places and under circumstances most of us can only imagine in our worst nightmares.

My research has taken nearly 40 years and is sadly still ongoing as wars and conflicts show no sign of abating worldwide.

I sincerely hope that no information,errors or omissions cause any offence to families or Associations.

I hope this site serves as an everlasting memorial to past,present and future Special Forces.

Please feel free to contact me re errors or additional material.

I would like to profoundly thank my son Craig who has created this site for me.

In memory of my late father-in-law Adam Anderson,PPA 1944-45.

John Robertson

Ayr Scotland

Please note all dates given numerically are in the British format.

i.e. 5.3.2008 is 5th March 2008 and not 3rd May 2008.

Current project US Paratroopers

Future projects OSS Awards,Updates on all Australians,etc

THESE DEEDS

WHICH SHOULD NOT PASS AWAY

NAMES THAT MUST NOT WITHER

(World War 1 epitaph)

Name / Description	Roll of honour	Awards	Links	Images
14th INTELL - 14th Intelligence Company,Intelligence Corps (now Special Reconnaissance Regiment)	8	6	1	6
200 FLIGHT RAAF - Royal Australian Air Force 200 (Special Duties ) Flight	32	0	1	4
22 SAS - 22nd Special Air Service Regiment	153	221	0	294
3 CDO BDE - 3rd Commando Brigade,Royal Marines 1946 -	289	303	3	224
AATTV - Australian Army Training Team Vietnam	34	121	3	42
AIR AMERICA - Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America (CIA owned and operated)	243	0	3	20
AIR COMMANDO - U.S.A.A.F. Air Commando Groups 1944-1945	119	27	0	20
AIR COMMANDO 2 - U.S.A.F. Air Commando units postwar	629	153	9	279
ALAMO SCOUTS - U.S. 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit	4	28	1	27
ARMY CDOS - British Army Commandos and Special Service Troops 1940-45	1118	528	3	401
AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS - Independent Companies and Commando Squadrons AIF	310	27	0	23
AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS 2 - Australian Commando units postwar	4	0	0	6
BEACH JUMPERS - U.S. Navy Beach Jumper Units (Special Warfare)	5	2	1	4
BELGIUM - Belgian Secret Agents	212	11	1	46
CANADIAN PARA - 1st Canadian Parachute Bn 1942-45	148	14	1	52
CANADIAN SPECIAL OPS - Canadian Special Ops and Airborne Forces postwar	76	18	3	53
CARPETBAGGERS - U.S.A.A.F.-O.S.S. Special Operations Units 1943-45	231	14	2	119
CHINDITS 1943 - 77th Indian Infantry Brigade (1st Chindit Expedition)	518	35	0	24
CHINDITS 1944 - 3rd Indian Infantry Division (Special Force) (2nd Chindit Expedition)	1777	275	5	74
CIA - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency	77	25	1	81
COASTWATCHERS - Allied Coast Watch Organisation (Allied Intelligence Bureau) 1941-45	22	30	0	19
CODE TALKERS - U.S. Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers	14	0	3	18
COPP - Combined Operations Pilotage Parties	12	62	0	68
CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Czech Secret Agents	20	1	0	11
DAMBUSTERS - 617 (Special Duties) Squadron,R.A.F. 1943-45	204	154	3	202
DETACHMENT 385 - Royal Marine Detachment 385 (Small Operations Group)	6	0	0	1
FIJI GUERILLAS - No 1 Commando Fiji Guerillas	14	11	0	8
FRANCE - French Secret Agents	32	34	2	83
FRESHMAN - Operation Freshman	41	0	2	13
FSSF - First Special Service Force (The Devil's Brigade or the North Americans)	481	160	3	317
GREEN BERETS - U.S.Army Special Forces	1035	603	17	634
HOLLAND - Dutch Secret Agents	83	7	1	67
INDIAN PARA - 50th and 77th Indian Parachute Brigades 1941-46	273	1	0	6
JEDBURGH - Jedburgh Teams (BCRA,OSS,SOE)	36	89	2	105
LRDG - Long Range Desert Group (formerly Long Range Patrol Unit)	48	126	3	124
MARS TASK FORCE - U.S. Army 5332nd Brigade (Provisional)	43	43	0	2
MERRILL'S MARAUDERS - U.S.Army 5307 Composite Unit (Provisional) (Task Force Galahad)	288	137	1	63
NCDUs - U.S. Navy Naval Combat Demolition Units	37	8	1	9
NIGHTSTALKERS - U.S.Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)	97	43	2	101
NORWAY - Norwegian Secret Agents	392	63	3	486
OSS - U.S. Office of Strategic Services	154	2017	5	471
PALESTINE - Palestinian Secret Agents	23	0	1	7
PARAS - Parachute Regiment 1941 - 45	2357	659	4	257
PARAS 2 - Parachute Regiment postwar	250	168	2	166
PHANTOM - Phantom Signals	27	23	0	42
POLAND - Polish Secret Agents	6	0	2	11
POLISH PARA - Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade 1941-47	98	18	0	106
PPA - Popski's Private Army (No 1 Demolition Squadron)	15	25	1	249
RAF SPECIAL DUTIES - Royal Air Force Special Duties Squadrons WW2	805	386	3	111
RAIDERS - U.S.Marine Corps Raider Battalions	89	149	1	34
RAN BEACH COMMANDOS - Royal Australian Navy Beach Commandos 1942-45	4	3	0	32
RANGERS - U.S.Army Ranger Battalions 1942-1945	564	248	3	78
RANGERS 2 - U.S.Army Ranger Units Postwar	687	160	10	292
RHODESIA - Rhodesian Special Forces	98	151	4	60
RM CDOS - Royal Marine Commandos 1942-45	870	194	0	48
RMBPD - Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (Cockleshell Heroes)	9	7	0	13
RN CDOS - Royal Navy Commandos	15	144	1	26
RSR - Raiding Support Regiment	19	17	1	4
SAS - Special Air Service Regiment (1941-1945)	504	543	4	821
SAS (TA) - Special Air Service Regiment (Territorial and Volunteer Units)	19	52	1	14
SASNZ - Special Air Service (New Zealand)	11	37	0	11
SASR - Special Air Service Regiment (Australia)	50	78	0	110
SBS - Special Boat Sections (Army Commando)	13	51	0	49
SCUS - R.A.F. Servicing Commando Units	17	24	1	9
SEALS - U.S. Navy Seal Teams	128	97	6	405
SIS - Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) plus MI5,MI9,etc	30	124	3	244
SOE - Special Operations Executive	305	469	6	690
UDTs - U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Teams	58	38	0	63
US PARAS - U.S. Parachute and Airborne Infantry Regiments (WW2)	3496	622	0	420
US PARAS 2 - U.S. Parachute and Airborne Infantry Regiments (postwar)	1369	298	0	480
USACAPOC - U.S.Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command	82	45	2	88
V FORCE - British V Force,Burma 1942-45	1	1	0	4
VIPER FORCE - Viper Force,Royal Marines	5	3	0	0
X CRAFT AND CHARIOTS - Royal Navy Midget Submarines and Human Torpedoes	39	67	1	29
ZSU - Z Special Unit	55	83	0	57

Roll Of Honour

14th INTELL - 14th Intelligence Company,Intelligence Corps (now Special Reconnaissance Regiment)

200 FLIGHT RAAF - Royal Australian Air Force 200 (Special Duties ) Flight

22 SAS - 22nd Special Air Service Regiment

3 CDO BDE - 3rd Commando Brigade,Royal Marines 1946 -

AATTV - Australian Army Training Team Vietnam

AIR AMERICA - Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America (CIA owned and operated)

AIR COMMANDO - U.S.A.A.F. Air Commando Groups 1944-1945

AIR COMMANDO 2 - U.S.A.F. Air Commando units postwar

ALAMO SCOUTS - U.S. 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit

ARMY CDOS - British Army Commandos and Special Service Troops 1940-45

AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS - Independent Companies and Commando Squadrons AIF

AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS 2 - Australian Commando units postwar

BEACH JUMPERS - U.S. Navy Beach Jumper Units (Special Warfare)

BELGIUM - Belgian Secret Agents

CANADIAN PARA - 1st Canadian Parachute Bn 1942-45

CANADIAN SPECIAL OPS - Canadian Special Ops and Airborne Forces postwar

CARPETBAGGERS - U.S.A.A.F.-O.S.S. Special Operations Units 1943-45

CHINDITS 1943 - 77th Indian Infantry Brigade (1st Chindit Expedition)

CHINDITS 1944 - 3rd Indian Infantry Division (Special Force) (2nd Chindit Expedition)

CIA - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

COASTWATCHERS - Allied Coast Watch Organisation (Allied Intelligence Bureau) 1941-45

CODE TALKERS - U.S. Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers

COPP - Combined Operations Pilotage Parties

CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Czech Secret Agents

DAMBUSTERS - 617 (Special Duties) Squadron,R.A.F. 1943-45

DETACHMENT 385 - Royal Marine Detachment 385 (Small Operations Group)

FIJI GUERILLAS - No 1 Commando Fiji Guerillas

FRANCE - French Secret Agents

FRESHMAN - Operation Freshman

FSSF - First Special Service Force (The Devil's Brigade or the North Americans)

GREEN BERETS - U.S.Army Special Forces

HOLLAND - Dutch Secret Agents

INDIAN PARA - 50th and 77th Indian Parachute Brigades 1941-46

JEDBURGH - Jedburgh Teams (BCRA,OSS,SOE)

LRDG - Long Range Desert Group (formerly Long Range Patrol Unit)

MARS TASK FORCE - U.S. Army 5332nd Brigade (Provisional)

MERRILL'S MARAUDERS - U.S.Army 5307 Composite Unit (Provisional) (Task Force Galahad)

NCDUs - U.S. Navy Naval Combat Demolition Units

NIGHTSTALKERS - U.S.Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)

NORWAY - Norwegian Secret Agents

OSS - U.S. Office of Strategic Services

PALESTINE - Palestinian Secret Agents

PARAS - Parachute Regiment 1941 - 45

PARAS 2 - Parachute Regiment postwar

PHANTOM - Phantom Signals

POLAND - Polish Secret Agents

POLISH PARA - Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade 1941-47

PPA - Popski's Private Army (No 1 Demolition Squadron)

RAF SPECIAL DUTIES - Royal Air Force Special Duties Squadrons WW2

RAIDERS - U.S.Marine Corps Raider Battalions

RAN BEACH COMMANDOS - Royal Australian Navy Beach Commandos 1942-45

RANGERS - U.S.Army Ranger Battalions 1942-1945

RANGERS 2 - U.S.Army Ranger Units Postwar

RHODESIA - Rhodesian Special Forces

RM CDOS - Royal Marine Commandos 1942-45

RMBPD - Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (Cockleshell Heroes)

RN CDOS - Royal Navy Commandos

RSR - Raiding Support Regiment

SAS - Special Air Service Regiment (1941-1945)

SAS (TA) - Special Air Service Regiment (Territorial and Volunteer Units)

SASNZ - Special Air Service (New Zealand)

SASR - Special Air Service Regiment (Australia)

SBS - Special Boat Sections (Army Commando)

SCUS - R.A.F. Servicing Commando Units

SEALS - U.S. Navy Seal Teams

SIS - Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) plus MI5,MI9,etc

SOE - Special Operations Executive

UDTs - U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Teams

US PARAS - U.S. Parachute and Airborne Infantry Regiments (WW2)

US PARAS 2 - U.S. Parachute and Airborne Infantry Regiments (postwar)

USACAPOC - U.S.Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command

V FORCE - British V Force,Burma 1942-45

VIPER FORCE - Viper Force,Royal Marines

X CRAFT AND CHARIOTS - Royal Navy Midget Submarines and Human Torpedoes

ZSU - Z Special Unit

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