No. 4 Commando (British)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/No._4_Commando_(British)
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1940–1946
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Military_Cross
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkb:Military_Medal
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Dieppe
gptkb:Walcheren
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:formed July 1940
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Weymouth,_Dorset
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label No. 4 Commando (British)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Fighting_Fourth
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Lord_Lovat
gptkb:Lt._Col._Derek_Mills-Roberts
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Simon_Fraser,_15th_Lord_Lovat
gptkb:Geoffrey_Keyes
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:D-Day_landings
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Dieppe_Raid
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Special_Service_Brigade
gptkbp:role special operations
gptkbp:size approximately 500 men
gptkbp:type commando unit
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dieppe_Raid
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6