4th Special Service Brigade - Formation

Formation

  • Commander : Brigadier B. W. Leicester
    • No.41 (Royal Marine) Commando, Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. E. Palmer
    • No.46 (Royal Marine) Commando, Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. Hardy
    • No.47 (Royal Marine) Commando, Lieutenant-Colonel C. F. Phillips
    • No.48 (Royal Marine) Commando, Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Moulton
    • No.4 Army Commando was attached for the Battle of the Scheldt in place of No 46 RM
    • No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando, elements attached.

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