3rd Special Service Brigade 3rd Commando Brigade 3 Commando Brigade
Badge of 3 Commando Brigade
Active
14 February 1942 – present
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Corps of Royal Marines British Army Royal Navy Royal Air Force
Type
Commando
Size
Brigade
Garrison/HQ
HQ: Stonehouse Barracks, Plymouth
Nickname(s)
The Commandos
March
Quick: "Sarie Marais"
Engagements
Second World War
Insurgency in Palestine
Civil War in Palestine
Korean War
Suez Crisis
Malayan Emergency
Cyprus dispute
Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation
Aden Emergency
The Troubles
Dhofar Rebellion
Falklands War
Persian Gulf War
Bosnian War
Kosovo War
Sierra Leone Civil War
Iraq War
Intervention in Libya
War in Afghanistan
Commanders
Brigade Commander
Brigadier Duncan G. Forbes
Insignia
3 Commando Brigade Formation Badge
Military unit
3 Commando Brigade (3 Cdo Bde), previously called the 3rd Special Service Brigade, is a commando formation of the British Armed Forces.[1] It is composed of Royal Marine Commandos and commando qualified personnel from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.
The brigade was formed 1 September 1943 at Dorchester with personnel from 102 RM Brigade,[2] during the Second World War, with a mixture of Army Commando and Royal Marine Commando units, and was deployed to the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II to conduct operations against the invading forces of Imperial Japan, such as the Burma Campaign.[1] After the Second World War, the Army Commandos were disbanded and the brigade became a Royal Marine formation. Recently, 3 Commando Brigade has again become a mixed formation with the addition of commando qualified soldiers from the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers to provide support for the Royal Marine Commandos. Since the end of the Second World War, it has been involved in a number of engagements such as the Suez Crisis, Falklands War, Gulf War and the War in Afghanistan.
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^The Royal Marines 1919-1908, James D Ladd, Janes 1980, page 373
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