Kilts in the Raid on St. Nazaire

**g koch** · 26th January 08, 04:49 AM

Don't know if this has been mentioned before: the kilted commandos in the 1942 raid on the Nornamdie Dry Dock at St. Nazaire, France.
http://scotsatwar.co.uk/printerv/stnazaire.htm
http://www.army.mod.uk/kcr/acoy/live...sh_platoon.htm

The soldiers had to get permission to wear their kilts as they were no longer battledress.

This Google Books link to the Osprey "Army Commandos, 1940-1945"
by Mike Chappell has a description of the gear and the cover has an illustration of a commando in kilt.
http://tinyurl.com/yokvhm

Read a book on it several years ago. It's quite a story.

Out there some where I've seen photos taken by the Germans of captured survivors, some of them kilted.

Wish we had a Kilts in History forum category!

**Mael Coluim** · 26th January 08, 06:12 AM

Awesome! Thanks for the links. My Mum's uncle James Robertson served with the Kings Liverpool 1917- 1950. The Liverpool Scottish was part of the Regiment.

I purchased this great cap badge on an Ebay auction last summer.

Uncle Jimmy in northwest India before WWII. He is standing up against the rocks.

**g koch** · 26th January 08, 02:04 PM

Great pic, Mael Coluim! Love those helmets.

There's a great kilted war picture set in that same part of India in the '30's - "The Drum" (1938).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030082/

I found a VHS of it thru Amazon. The US title was "Drums".

**BoldHighlander** · 26th January 08, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by Mael Coluim

Awesome! Thanks for the links. My Mum's uncle James Robertson served with the Kings Liverpool 1917- 1950. The Liverpool Scottish was part of the Regiment.

Uncle Jimmy in northwest India before WWII. He is standing up against the rocks.

What a wonderful picture & great looking badge!

Here's an interesting one that I came across of a pair of British glider pilots who wore their kilts into the battle of Arnhem:

**Marcel** · 26th January 08, 02:56 PM

I love the pics and info, keep it coming.

**SFCRick** · 26th January 08, 04:40 PM

very interesting

**graham_s** · 26th January 08, 04:49 PM

did anyone else notice that the commando in the kilt on the front of the osprey book is wearing a Sykes-Fairbairn fighting knife as a sghian dbhu?

**BoldHighlander** · 26th January 08, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by g koch

Out there some where I've seen photos taken by the Germans of captured survivors, some of them kilted.

Wish we had a Kilts in History forum category!

Originally Posted by Marcel

I love the pics and info, keep it coming.

I have collected many pictures of kilted warriors, in particular the A&SH during WWI.
If we had a "Kilts in History" photo category I'd love to post some & share with all (hint, hint ). I'm sure some of the other members, like Mael Coluim, would post pictures they have as well.

In the meantime, some while back a couple of buddies & I considered forming a WWI reenactment unit based around the Argylls. For various reasons it fell thru *but* I had created a site devoted to the A&SH's during the Great War: http://www.geocities.com/argylls_ww1

Some here might be interested in viewing it, especially the photo gallery (I have many more pictures & need to update it).