Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Haifa Period/ Conflict: Palastine Mandate Year: 1948 Date/s: 19 In 1946, the SBS, whether of Commando or...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Alinger Valley, Laghman Province Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan (2001-) Year: 2013 Date/s: 23...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Bagram Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan (2001-) Year: 2001 Date/s: 15 November 2001 During the US-led...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Sierra Leone Period/ Conflict: Sierra Leone Civil War Year: 2000 Date/s: 10 September 2000 In September...

Starting on 20th March 2003, 40 and 42 Commando moved into Southern Iraq to secure the oil fields and prevent Saddam from setting them on...

After Operation DEFRAUD in the Burmese jungle in 1945 the patrol leader, Major ER Breen, wrote in the debrief “I managed to collect a...

This secret unit specialising in irregular warfare consisted of servicemen from the Navy, Royal Marines and Army under the command of...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Kalathos, Rhodes Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 31 August–18 September 1942 (The...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Europe and Gibraltar Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: June 1982 The French AM 39...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: North Atlantic Period/ Conflict: 1970's Year: 1972 Date/s: 18 May 1972 On 17 May 1972, while traveling...

The threat of terrorist both home grown and international against the North Sea Oil Instillations was brought to the attention of the...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Falkland Islands Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 9 May 1982 Her Majesty's...

In response to the invasion the British dispatched a Taskforce to recapture them under the codename Operation CORPORATE. Visibly the...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: S of Baghdad Period/ Conflict: Operation Granby (Gulf War 1) Year: 1991 Date/s: 23 January 1991. Led by Lt...

Colonel David Mitchell Royal Marines commanded No 2 Special Boat Section in the Far East, and pioneered new technique of clandestine...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Portolago Bay Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1944 Date/s: 18th June 1944 Leros island’s Portolago...

From award-winning historian Saul David, the first authorised history of the SBS. Britain's SBS-or Special Boat Service - was the world's...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Haji Wakil village, Bahram Chah Period/ Conflict: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) Year: 2010 Date/s: 1st...

Sgt Kiwi Hunt SBS HUNT, Ian Nicholas Rank: Sergeant Regiment/Corps: Royal Marines Number: P030085W Born: Tuesday, December 1, 1953 Died :...

Unit/ Formation: SBS Location: Knob Island, Fox Bay Period/ Conflict: The Falklands War Year: 1982 Date/s: 26 May 1982 SBS Operations -...