No. 1 Special Service Battalion

The No. 1 Special Service Battalion was part of the British Army's Special Service Brigade, in the Second World War. It was broken up to form two different units, the No. 1 Commando and the No. 2 Commando.^[1]

References

Moreman, Timothy Robert (2006). British Commandos 1940-46. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-986-X.

British Commando units of the Second World War

British Army:	No. 1 Commando No. 2 Commando No. 3 Commando No. 4 Commando No. 5 Commando No. 6 Commando No. 7 Commando No. 8 (Guards) Commando No. 9 Commando No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando No. 11 (Scottish) Commando No. 12 Commando No. 14 (Arctic) Commando No. 50 Commando No. 51 Commando No. 52 Commando No. 62 Commando (Small Scale Raiding Force) Middle East Commando

Royal Marine:	No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 42 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 43 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 44 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 45 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando

Royal Navy:	Royal Naval Commandos British commando frogmen

Royal Air Force:	Royal Air Force Commandos

Joint Service:	No. 30 Commando

Brigades:	Special Service Brigade 1st Special Service Brigade 2nd Special Service Brigade 3rd Special Service Brigade 4th Special Service Brigade

Ad hoc Forces:	Forfarforce Layforce Layforce II Northforce Timberforce

Other Commando Forces:	Special Air Service Special Boat Squadron Special Raiding Squadron No. 1 Demolition Squadron

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