Order of Battle Special Boat Squadron

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Great Britain

Unit

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Commanders

Major Roger Courtney

July 1940 – November 1941

Captain Michael Robert Bayley Kealy

November 1941

Lieutenant-Colonel David Stirling

August 1942 – January 1943

Major Robert Blair “Paddy” Mayne

January 1943 – April 1943

Lieutenant-Colonel George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Baron Jellicoe of Southampton

April 1943 – 1944

Lieutenant-Colonel David George Carr Sutherland

1944 – 1945

Order of Battle

July 1940 –

Folboat Troop

1941 –

No. 1 Special Boat Section

February 1941

LayForce

• No. 7 Commando, A Battalion
• No. 8 (Guards), B Battalion
• No. 11 (Scottish), C Battalion
• No. 50 Commando and No. 52 Commando, D Battalion
• No. 1 Special Boat Section

February 1941

• 1^st Submarine Flotilla
• No. 1 Special Boat Section

December 1941

• No. 1 Special Boat Section (Middle East)
• No. 2 Special Boat Section (Great Britain)

August 1942

• Special Air Service Brigade
  • L Detachment
  • 1^er Compagnie de Chasseur Parachutistes (1^er CCP)
  • Special Interrogation Group
  • Special Boat Section
• No. 2 Special Boat Section (Great Britain)

September 28th, 1942

• Special Air Service Brigade
  • L Detachment
  • 1^er Compagnie de Chasseur Parachutistes (1^er CCP)
  • Sacred Company
  • Special Boat Section
• No. 2 Special Boat Section (Great Britain)

October 1942

• 1^st Special Air Service Regiment
  • Headquarters
  • A Squadron
  • B Squadron
  • C Squadron
  • D Squadron
• 1^er Compagnie de Chasseur Parachutistes (1^er CCP)
• Sacred Company
• No. 2 Special Boat Section (Great Britain)

April 1943

• Special Boat Squadron
  • Headquarters
  • L Squadron
  • M Squadron
  • S Squadron
• No. 2 Special Boat Section (Great Britain)