What Facilities did the British Special Forces use in World War 2?
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- V Corps School of Raiding, H.M.S. Tormentor, Warsash, Hampshire, Great Britain
- Advanced mountainous terrain training, Dunblane, Scotland
- Advanced mountainous terrain training, Killin, Scotland
- Ayr Racecourse, Ayr, Scotland
- Amphibious Training School, Royal Navy, Argyle, Scotland
- Coastal Raiding Training, Dundee, Scotland
- Commando Basic Training, Inveraray Camp, Inveraray, Schotland
- Commando Training Depot, Achnacarry Castle, Spean Bridge, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Crickhowell Camp, Brecon Beacons, Wales
- Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Scotland
- Inter Services Research Bureau, Workshops, No. 6 Special Workshop School. Inverlair Lodge, Inverlair, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Largs Naval Centre, Ayrshire, Scotland
- Lochailort House, Highlands, Scotland
- Loudoun Castle Camp, Ayrshire, Scotland
- No. 1 Parachute Training School, Royal Air Force, Ringway Airfield, Cheshire, England
- No. 1 Combined Training Centre at H.M.S. Quebec (shore establishment), Inveraray, Loch Fyne
- No. 1 Parachute Training School, Royal Air Force, Ringway, England
- No. 4 Parachute Training School, Royal Air Force, Gioia Del Colle, Italy
- Poole Harbour Base, Pole, Dorset, England
- Royal Air Force Ringway, Manchester, England
- Royal Air Force Tangmere, Chichester, England
- Royal Air Force Tempsford, Cambridgeshire, Engeland
- Specialised Training Course, Bude, North Devon, England
- Special Training School 1, Brock Hall, Flore, Northamptonshire, England
- Special Training School 2, Bellasis, Box Hill Road, Dorking, Surrey, England
- Special Training School 3, Stodham Park, Liss, Hampshire, England
- Special Training School 4, Winterfold, Cranleigh, Surrey, England
- Special Training School 5, Wanborough Manor, Puttenham, Guildford, Surrey, England
- Special Training School 6, West Court, Finchampstead, Wokingham, Berkshire, England
- Special Training School 7, Winterfold, Cranleigh, Surrey, England
- Special Training School 17 / Station 17, Brickendonbury Manor, Brickendon, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
- Special Training School 19 / Station 19, Gardener’s End, Ardeley, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
- Special Training School 20a, Pollards Park House, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England
- Special Training School 20b, Pollards Park House, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England
- Special Training School 21, Arisaig House, Arisaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Special Training School 22, Rhubana Lodge, Morar, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Special Training School 22a, Glasnacardoch Lodge, Mallaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Special Training School 23, Meoble Lodge, beside Loch Morar, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Special Training School 23b, Swordland, Tarbet Bay, beside Loch Morar, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Special Training School 24a, Inverie House, Knoydart, near Mallaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Special Training School 24b, Glaschoille, Knoydart, Mallaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Special Training School 25a, Garramor, South Morar, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Special Training School 25b, Camusdarach, South Morar, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Special Training School 25c, Traigh House, South Morar, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Special Training School 26, Drumintoul Lodge and Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Special Training School 26b, Glenmore Lodge, Glenmore Forest, Scotland
- Station 28, Tyting House, St Martha’s Hill, Guildford, Surrey, England
- Special Training School 31, The Rings, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England
- Special Training School 31, The House in the Woods, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England
- Special Training School 32, Harford House, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England
- Special Training School 32a, Saltmarsh, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England
- Special Training School 32b, Blackbridge, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England
- Special Training School 35, Vineyards, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England
- Special Training School 36, Boarmans, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England
- Special Training School 37a, Unknown, England
- Special Training School 38, Briggens House, Roydon, Essex, England
- Special Training School 39, Hackett School, location unknown, England
- Special Training School 40, Howbury Hall, near Waterend, Bedford, England
- Special Training School 41, Gumley Hall, Market Harborough, England
- Special Training School 42, Roughwood Park, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England
- Special Training School 43, Audley End House, Essex, England
- Special Training School 44, Water Eaton Manor, near Oxford, England
- Special Training School 45, Hatherop Castle, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England
- Special Training School 46, Chichely Hall, Buckinghamshire, England
- Special Training School 47, Unknown, England
- Special Training School 49, Forthampton House, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
- Special Training School 50, Gorse Hill, Witley, Godalming, Surrey, England
- Special Training School 51, Dunham House, Altrincham, Cheshire, England
- Special Training School 51b, Fulshaw Hall, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
- Special Training School 52, Thame Park, Oxfordshire, England
- Station 53c, Poundon, Buckinghamshire, Bicester, England
- Special Training School 54a, Fawley Court, Henley-on-Thames, England
- Special Training School 54b, Belhaven School, Dunbar, Scotland
- Special Training School 61a, Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex, England
- Special Training School 61b, Gaynes’ Hall, St Neots, England
- Special Training School 62 / Station 62, Anderson Manor, Anderson, Dorset, England
- Special Training School 63, Warnham Court, Warnham, Horsham, West Sussex, England
- Station VI, Bride Hall, Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England
- Station VIIa, Bontex Knitting Mills, Beresford Avenue, Wembley, England
- Station VIIb, Yeast-Vite factory, Whippendell Road, Watford, England
- Station VIIc, Allensor’s joinery factory, King George’s Avenue, Watford, England
- Section VIId, Kay’s garage, Bristol Street, Birmingham, England
- Station VIII, Queen Mary Reservoir, Staines, England
- Station IX, The Frythe estate, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
- Station IXa – P.O. Box 1, Ashford, Middlesex, England
- Station IXc, Fishguard Bay Hotel, Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, England
- Station X, Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, England
- Station XI, Old Gorhambury House, near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
- Station XII, Aston House, near Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Station XIV, Briggens House, near Roydon, Essex, England
- Station XV, The Thatched Barn, Barnet Bypass, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England
- Station XVa, 56 Queen’s Gate, Kensington, London SW7, England
- Station XVb, Demonstration Room, Natural History Museum, London, England
- Station XVc, 2-3 Trevor Square, Knightsbridge, South Kensington, England
- Station XVII, Brickendonbury, Brickendon, Hertford, England
- Station 53a, Grendon Hall, Grendon, EnglandUnderwood, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
- Station 53b, Poundon House, Buckinghamshire, Bicester, England
- Towyn Camp, Wales
North Africa |
- Benghazi Training Area, Benghazi, Libya
- Geneifa Training Area, Geneifa, Egypt
- Haifa Naval Base, Haifa, Mandate Palestine
- Mena Camp, Cairo, Egypt
- No. 4 Middle East Training School, Royal Air Force, Kabrit, Egypt
- No. 4 Parachute Training School, Royal Air Force, Ramat David, Mandate Palestine
- Special Training School 102, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Mandate Palestine
- Stirling Lines, Kabrit, Egypt
Asia |
- Bush Warfare School, Maymyo, Burma
- Eastern Warfare School, Poona (Pune), Maharashtra, India
- Fort Hertz, Putao, Northern Burma, Burma
- Gwalior Training Centre, Gwalior State, India
- Hanthana Camp, Kandy Hills, Peradeniya, Central Province, Ceylon
- Kandy Headquarters, Peradeniya, Central Province, Ceylon
- No. 3 Parachute Training School, Royal Air Force Jessore, Benghal, India
- Risalpur Air Station, India (Pakistan)
- Special Training School 101, Tanjong Baili, Singapore
- Tantirimale Jungle Warfare School, North-Central Ceylon, Ceylon
- Royal Marine Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation Instructional Wing, Chatham Camp, Colombo, Ceylon.
North America |
- Commando Bay, Okanagan Lake, Canada
- Special Training School No. 103, Camp X, Ontario, Canada