Talk:1st Special Service Brigade

Copyright infridgment?
A chunk of the D-Day info has been ripped directly from this website: http://www.normandie-chambres.co.uk/beaches.html it would seem.
 * Seems they copied us A brief description of the D-Day Landings - The following is an extract from the Wikipedia account of the D-Day Landings --Jim Sweeney (talk) 19:39, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

VC, fast training and terminology
I have deleted most of the content concerning Lcpl Harden because a) it sounded too much like an extract from his VC citation ("selfless to duty") and so on and b) because the article would be more in line with the piece on Captain Porteous further up the page.

"1st Special Service Brigade returned to England on 8-9 September 1944, landing at Southampton and Gosport. During this period new volunteers were recruited and trained." This quote is from the 'D Day, Sword Beach' section. I realize that it would take more than a couple of days to 'recruit and train new volunteers'. I would correct it myself, but do not have the correct information to hand. Any takers?

In para 2 of the 'History' section, the term 'all forces' is used, twice. I know 'all arms' and 'combined services', but not 'all forces'. Is it a term peculiar to WW II? RASAM (talk) 22:01, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Dead link
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 * http://commandosbenevolentfund.org.uk/a-history-of-the-army-commandos/1944-operation-overlord
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 * In 1st Special Service Brigade on 2011-06-10 04:27:22, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 04:28, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Removed the article from the 'copyedit for grammar' list

RASAM (talk) 13:57, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

These 2 Paragraphs Don't Make Sense
Regarding the 2 paragraphs and their current order ...


 * "The 1st Special Service Brigade, under the command of Brigadier Lord Lovat, were piped ashore ... separate targets in Ouistreham ... The blockhouse proved too strong for the Commandos ... "
 * "Lord Lovat reputedly waded ashore wearing a white pullover under his battledress ... He instructed his personal piper ..."

Just how many times are Bill Millin, Lord Lovat, and the rest of the Brigade coming ashore?!? How is it with these two paragraphs that they come ashore at Sword/Queen Red (around 9AM I believe), finish fighting then proceed to Ouistreham (AKA Oyster Town) and capture it, and then come ashore again back at Sword/Queen Red presumably with Lord DANDY wearing his swanky white spring-look pull-over?!? Or is it that Lord Lovat was so taken with water that day that after being in the surf at Sword, once in Ouistreham he and ol' Piper Bill got into the canal to make another grand entrance -- coming ashore?!?

Outside of that this section kicks-tail over the Bill Millin page -- that's atrocious and written by some romantic nincompoop! Seriously, writing about how 'Bill didn't wear Underoos that day, it was cold on his willie' -- it was cold for everyone that day, only morons make 'what's under your kilt' comments .... and No Where Else Have I EVER seen historical writing that included what undergarments a soldier was wearing on a pinnacle day in history.

ManOnPipes (talk) 04:01, 9 May 2019 (UTC)manonpipes