| Special Forces Operations in August 1943 |
| August 2nd, 1943 – August 3rd, 1943 |
| Operation Forfar (How II) |
| Commandos |
| Ten men party of No. 12 Commando. Their mission is a reconnaissance at Quend Plage in the Somme region in France. Mission is aborted. |
| August 2nd, 1943 – August 4th, 1943 | |
| Operation Forfar (Beer III) | |
| Commandos, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando | |
| Ten men of No. 12 Commando and No. 1 French troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando known as Fynn Force commanded by Major Fynn. Their mission is a beach reconnaissance at Eletot in the Seine-Maritime region of northern France. The mission is aborted. |
| August 2nd, 1943 – August 4th, 1943 |
| Operation Forfar (Beer III) |
| Commandos, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando |
| Ten men of No. 12 Commando and No. 1 French troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando known as Fynn Force commanded by Major Fynn. Their mission is a beach reconnaissance at Eletot in the Seine-Maritime region of northern France. The mission is aborted. |
| August 3rd, 1943 – August 4th, 1943 |
| Operation Forfar (Love) |
| Special Boat Section |
| Four men of the Special Boat Section, two Cockle Mk.2 Canoes. Their mission is capture German prisoners for interrogation and to reconnoitre the Dunkirk Pier, France. The two teams of canoes are revealed by searchlights while approaching their target. They decide to retreat. |
| August 15th, 1943 – August 16th, 1943 |
| Operation Blackcock |
| Commandos |
| No. 2 Commando. Their mission is part of a pair of Allied operations to cut off the last elements of the German forces trying to fall back to their evacuation point at Messina in north-eastern Sicily. No. 2 Commando lands a bit off the intended spot, at Scaletta a small coastal town, behind the German lines, about twenty-five kilometres south of Messina. When they move inland, they quickly engage the tail-end of the German rear-guard who are heading at top speed towards their evacuation point at Messina. The vehicle and their passengers have not much of a chance and the fight is over a short while. The following morning it becomes clear that several soldiers of the German rear-guard are hiding in houses and other buildings in Scaletta. The Commandos move in, and heavy street fighting follows during the morning of August 16th, 1943, resulting in casualties on both sides. After the conclusion of the fight at Scaletta, the commander of No. 2 Commando Lieutenant Colonel “Mad Jack” Churchill and a few officers get into a vehicle and head for Messina. Driving at high-speed while brushing off other British groups who try to join them to reach Messina first, they discover when they arrive there, that the Americans arrived there first during the previous night. |
| August 30th, 1943 – August 31st, 1943 |
| Operation Forfar (Item I) |
| Commandos, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando |
| Eight men from No. 12 Commando, No. 3 (X) troop, No. 10 Commando under command of Captain 0. B. Rooney also known as Rooney Force. Their Mission was capturing German prisoners and examinate a German searchlight emplacement in the Saint Valery en Caux area in Normandy, France. Mission is aborted. |
| August 31st, 1943 – September 1st, 1943 |
| Operation Forfar Item II |
| Commandos, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando |
| Eight men from No. 12 Commando, No. 3 (X) troop, No. 10 Commando under command of Captain 0. B. Rooney also known as Rooney Force. Their Mission was capturing German prisoners and examinate a German searchlight emplacement in the Saint Valery en Caux area in Normandy, France. Mission is aborted. |