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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Combined Operations Shoulder Patch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Commandos_Patch.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Insignia of Combined Operations units it is a combination of a red Thompson submachine gun, a pair of wings, an anchor and mortar rounds on a black backing." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/British_Commandos_Patch.svg/70px-British_Commandos_Patch.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/British_Commandos_Patch.svg/105px-British_Commandos_Patch.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/British_Commandos_Patch.svg/140px-British_Commandos_Patch.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="415" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a> size formation of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Commandos" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commandos">British Commandos</a>, formed in August 1943 during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>. The Commando was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/4th_Special_Service_Brigade" title="4th Special Service Brigade">4th Special Service Brigade</a> and served in <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">North-west Europe</a> and took part in the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">D-Day landings</a>, as well as operations around <a href="/wiki/Ostend" title="Ostend">Ostend</a> and <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>, before being disbanded after the war in January 1946. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._46_(Royal_Marine)_Commando&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/British_Commandos" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commandos">British Commandos</a> were formed in 1940 by the order of <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">British Prime Minister</a>. He called for specially trained troops that would "develop a reign of terror down the enemy coast".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At first, they were a small force of volunteers who carried out small raids against enemy-occupied territory,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but by 1943, their role had changed into lightly equipped assault infantry, which specialise in spearheading <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">amphibious landings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The man selected as the overall commander of the force was <a href="/wiki/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral (Royal Navy)">Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Keyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Roger Keyes">Sir Roger Keyes</a>, himself a veteran of the landings at <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Galipoli</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Zeebrugge_raid" class="mw-redirect" title="Zeebrugge raid">Zeebrugge raid</a> in the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially the Commandos were a <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> formation, the first <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a> Commando was formed in 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royal Marine Commandos, like all British Army Commandos, went through the six-week intensive commando course at <a href="/wiki/Achnacarry" title="Achnacarry">Achnacarry</a>. The course in the Scottish Highlands concentrated on fitness, speed marches, weapons training, map reading, climbing, small-boat operations and demolitions, both by day and by night.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_the_Normandy_Campaign_1944_B5266.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/The_British_Army_in_the_Normandy_Campaign_1944_B5266.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_the_Normandy_Campaign_1944_B5266.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/The_British_Army_in_the_Normandy_Campaign_1944_B5266.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_the_Normandy_Campaign_1944_B5266.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/The_British_Army_in_the_Normandy_Campaign_1944_B5266.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_the_Normandy_Campaign_1944_B5266.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="531" /></a><figcaption>Men of No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando entering the village of Douvres-la-Delivrande, France, 8 June 1944, watched by French civilians.</figcaption></figure> <p>No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando was formed in August 1943, under the command of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant Colonel</a> <a href="/wiki/Campbell_Hardy" title="Campbell Hardy">Campbell Hardy</a> as part of the conversion of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Division" title="Royal Marines Division">Royal Marines Division</a> into <a href="/wiki/British_Commandos" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commandos">commandos</a>. Following training, it was allocated to the <a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Service_Brigade" title="1st Special Service Brigade">1st Special Service Brigade</a>. It took part in the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a> of 6 June 1944, serving on the <a href="/wiki/Orne_(river)" title="Orne (river)">Orne River</a> <a href="/wiki/Bridgehead" title="Bridgehead">bridgehead</a> alongside the <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">British 6th Airborne Division</a>. It suffered heavy casualties in Normandy and at the end of September 1944, was returned to the United Kingdom to refit. Returning to mainland Europe in January 1945, it was the <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> guard force. The commandos then participated in a number of assault river crossings during the <a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">advance into Germany</a>. At the end of the war, the commandos took part in the occupation of Germany before being disbanded in February 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando was disbanded after the Second World War.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royal Marine Commando tradition is today continued by <a href="/wiki/3_Commando_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="3 Commando Brigade">3 Commando Brigade</a> and its units. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle_honours">Battle honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._46_(Royal_Marine)_Commando&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Battle honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following <a href="/wiki/Battle_honour" title="Battle honour">Battle honours</a> were awarded to the British Commandos during the Second World War.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dodecanese_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Dodecanese Campaign">Adriatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burma_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma Campaign">Alethangyaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Plunder" title="Operation Plunder">Aller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Shingle" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Shingle">Anzio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap" title="Battle of the Argenta Gap">Argenta Gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burma_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma Campaign">Burma 1943–45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Crete" title="Battle of Crete">Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dieppe_Raid" title="Dieppe Raid">Dieppe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Dives Crossing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisian Campaign">Djebel Choucha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Scheldt" title="Battle of the Scheldt">Flushing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodecanese_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Dodecanese Campaign">Greece 1944–45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Italy 1943–45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_170" title="Battle of Hill 170">Kangaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Landing at Porto San Venere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Landing in Sicily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Plunder" title="Operation Plunder">Leese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Litani" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Litani">Litani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Madagascar" title="Battle of Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean,_Middle_East_and_African_theatres_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean, Middle East and African theatres of World War II">Middle East 1941, 1942, 1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Shingle" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Shingle">Monte Ornito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burma_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma Campaign">Myebon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normandy_Landing" class="mw-redirect" title="Normandy Landing">Normandy Landing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North Africa 1941–43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-West_Europe_1944-45" class="mw-redirect" title="North-West Europe 1944-45">North-West Europe 1942, 1944–1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Claymore" title="Operation Claymore">Norway 1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Pursuit to Messina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Rhine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Chariot" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Chariot">St. Nazaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy" title="Allied invasion of Italy">Salerno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisia Campaign">Sedjenane 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Sicily 1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisian Campaign">Steamroller Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria-Lebanon_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Syria-Lebanon Campaign">Syria 1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Termoli" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Termoli">Termoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Archery" title="Operation Archery">Vaagso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Roast" title="Operation Roast">Valli di Comacchio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Scheldt" title="Battle of the Scheldt">Westkapelle</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._46_(Royal_Marine)_Commando&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chappell, p.5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chappell, p.3</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moreman, p.8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chappell, p.6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fowler, p.5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">van der Bijl, p.12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moreman, p.93</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lord & Graham, pp.216–317</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moreman, p.94</span> </li> </ol></div> <p><b>Bibliography</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output 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Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84176-999-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-84176-999-1"><bdi>1-84176-999-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=No.+10+Inter-Allied+Commando+1942%E2%80%9345&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-84176-999-1&rft.aulast=van+der+Bijl&rft.aufirst=Nick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+46+%28Royal+Marine%29+Commando" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChappell1996" class="citation book cs1">Chappell, Mike (1996). <i>Army Commandos 1940–45</i>. 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Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84603-372-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-84603-372-1"><bdi>1-84603-372-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Royal+Marine+Commando+1950%E2%80%9382%3A+From+Korea+to+the+Falklands&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=1-84603-372-1&rft.aulast=Fowler&rft.aufirst=Will&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+46+%28Royal+Marine%29+Commando" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaining2006" class="citation book cs1">Haining, Peter (2006). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/banzaihunterssma0000hain"><i>The banzai hunters: the forgotten armada of little ships that defeated the Japanese, 1944–45</i></a></span>. 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Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84176-986-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-84176-986-X"><bdi>1-84176-986-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Commandos+1940%E2%80%9346&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-84176-986-X&rft.aulast=Moreman&rft.aufirst=Timothy+Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+46+%28Royal+Marine%29+Commando" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNeilands2005" class="citation book cs1">Neilands, Robin (2005). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/diepperaidstoryo00robi"><i>The Dieppe Raid</i></a></span>. 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Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85045-396-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-85045-396-8"><bdi>0-85045-396-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Special+Air+Service&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=0-85045-396-8&rft.aulast=Shortt&rft.aufirst=James&rft.au=McBride%2C+Angus&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fspecialairservic0000shor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+46+%28Royal+Marine%29+Commando" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTomblin2004" class="citation book cs1">Tomblin, Barbara (2004). <i>With utmost spirit: Allied naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1942–1945</i>. 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War</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">British Army:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._1_Commando" title="No. 1 Commando">No. 1 Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2_Commando" title="No. 2 Commando">No. 2 Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._3_Commando" title="No. 3 Commando">No. 3 Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._4_Commando" title="No. 4 Commando">No. 4 Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._5_Commando" title="No. 5 Commando">No. 5 Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._6_Commando" title="No. 6 Commando">No. 6 Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._7_Commando" title="No. 7 Commando">No. 7 Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._8_(Guards)_Commando" title="No. 8 (Guards) Commando">No. 8 (Guards) Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._9_Commando" title="No. 9 Commando">No. 9 Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._10_(Inter-Allied)_Commando" title="No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando">No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._11_(Scottish)_Commando" title="No. 11 (Scottish) Commando">No. 11 (Scottish) Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._12_Commando" title="No. 12 Commando">No. 12 Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._14_(Arctic)_Commando" title="No. 14 (Arctic) Commando">No. 14 (Arctic) Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._50_Commando" title="No. 50 Commando">No. 50 Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._51_Commando" title="No. 51 Commando">No. 51 Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._52_Commando" title="No. 52 Commando">No. 52 Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._62_Commando" title="No. 62 Commando">No. 62 Commando (Small Scale Raiding Force)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_East_Commando" title="Middle East Commando">Middle East Commando</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Royal Marine:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/40_Commando" title="40 Commando">No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41_Commando" title="41 Commando">No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42_Commando" title="42 Commando">No. 42 (Royal Marine) Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43_Commando_Fleet_Protection_Group_Royal_Marines" title="43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines">No. 43 (Royal Marine) Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._44_(Royal_Marine)_Commando" title="No. 44 (Royal Marine) Commando">No. 44 (Royal Marine) Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45_Commando" title="45 Commando">No. 45 (Royal Marine) Commando</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._47_(Royal_Marine)_Commando" title="No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando">No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._48_(Royal_Marine)_Commando" title="No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando">No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Royal Navy:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Commandos" title="Royal Naval Commandos">Royal Naval Commandos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_commando_frogmen" title="British commando frogmen">British commando frogmen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Royal Air Force:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Commandos" title="Royal Air Force Commandos">Royal Air Force Commandos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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