No. 12 Commando | |
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Active | 1940–1943 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Commando |
Role | Raiding |
Size | 250 officers and men |
Part of | Special Service Brigade |
Engagements | Second World War |
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Combined Operations Shoulder Patch |
No. 12 Commando was a battalion-sized commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. Formed in 1940 in Northern Ireland, they carried out a number of small-scale raids in Norway and France between 1941 and 1943 before being disbanded and its personnel dispersed to other commando units.