Special Service Detachment
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Mission 204 was the designation given to the British Military Mission to China.
Photos of the Special Service Detachments, British Military Mission 204 to China.
An account from the Australian War Museum of Australian involvement in Mission 204.
8 Commando
The Commando was formed on the 23rd June 1940 reaching full strength in September at Burnham on Crouch, Essex. Mostly made up of members of the various Guards Brigades, it became unofficially known as No 8 (Guards) Commando.
BALLANTYNE, Alexander A.
CAWSEY, Francis William
COULDREY, Edwin Robert
ELSE, John
FLAHERTY, Robert Henry
GILLINGHAM, Reginald John
HANCOCK, Harry
JOHNSTON, Robert
LACEY, Leonard Frank
LOCKINGTON, Arthur
MATTHEWMAN, John Stewart
February 1942 Lance Corporal serving in Special Service Detachment 1. Post war member of the Commando Association and the Burma Star Association residing in Boston, Lincolnshire.
MILLER, John
MILMAN, John Alexander Ralph
MORGAN, Thomas
NICHOLLS, Frank Raymond Jocelyn
RICHARDSON, Arthur
SCANES, Lewis Ralph
SEYMOUR, William Napier
SMITH, William James
Special Service Detachment 1
A detachment (SSD1) taken from British Military Mission 204 for use in operations in Burma.
Special Service Detachment 2
A detachment (SSD2) taken from British Military Mission 204 for use in operations in Burma.
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