Middle East Commando
title: "Middle East Commando" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["commando-units-and-formations-of-the-united-kingdom", "military-units-and-formations-established-in-1940", "military-units-and-formations-disestablished-in-1942"] topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Commando" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| unit_name | Middle East Commando |
| dates | 1942 |
| country | United Kingdom |
| branch | |
| type | Commando |
| role | Coastal raiding force |
| Assault Infantry | |
| size | Battalion |
| command_structure | Combined Operations |
| battles | Second World War |
| identification_symbol | [[File:British Commandos Patch.svg |
| identification_symbol_label | Combined Operations |
| Shoulder Patch | |
| :: |
|unit_name=Middle East Commando |image= |dates=1942 |country= United Kingdom |allegiance= |branch= |type=Commando |role=Coastal raiding force Assault Infantry |size=Battalion |command_structure=Combined Operations |garrison= |garrison_label= |nickname= |motto= |colors= |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |equipment= |equipment_label= |battles=Second World War |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours= |disbanded= |commander1= |commander1_label= |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |notable_commanders= |identification_symbol=[[File:British Commandos Patch.svg|70px|alt=Insignia of Combined Operations units it is a combination of a red Thompson submachine gun, a pair of wings, an anchor and mortar rounds on a black backing]] |identification_symbol_label=Combined Operations Shoulder Patch Middle East Commando was a battalion sized British Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The Commando was formed in the Middle East from the survivors of the Layforce Commando unit partly to placate Winston Churchill who championed the commando idea. In December 1940 a Middle East Commando depot was formed with the responsibility of training and supplying reinforcements for the Commando units in the Middle East. The Middle East Commando was disbanded in 1942.
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- Moreman, p.19
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