A large Combined Training Centre south of the Suez Canal, which jointly trained Navy and Army personnel in the Middle East theatre of war in the use of landing craft on operations to land troops onto unimproved beaches in enemy occupied territories. …

Want to know more about HMS Saunders? These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Seaman. Gilbert "Gibby" Love HMS Copra. Gilbert Love, known as Gibby served on HMS Victory, HMS Saunders & HMS Copra during WW2. Add to this record.

May 1, 2023 · HMS Saunders was “the naval section of a much larger complex” (Fletcher, 2007, p. 47) that formed the Combined Training Centre (CTC) located at Kabrit (now Kibrit) in Egypt. It is where the COPP Middle East teams were raised and trained.

Signals Training in the Middle East was undertaken at HMS Saunders, a Royal Navy shore base, which formed part of The Combined Training Centre (CTC) Middle East at Kabret on Egypt's Little Bitter Lake. It was the first Combined Operations Training Establishment located outside the United Kingdom.

When the Company arrived at Commando Training School, HMS Saunders, Kabrit beside the Suez Canal, they found 2 other units at Kabrit. A New Zealand infantry battalion and a small group of...

Jan 30, 2018 · Thousands of men would eventually pass through the doors of some of the more extensive camps, as at HMS Saunders, at Kabrit, on Bitter Lakes, Egypt. Canadians in Combined Operations travelled around Africa in troops ships before arriving in Port Said, Alexandria and Cairo (as in top photo), and stayed at Saunders in preparation for Operation ...

Jan 3, 2019 · After visiting Cape Town and Durban they arrived at the Suez Canal and trained and camped at HMS Saunders (as mentioned in this post's top photo), before visiting Port Said and Alexandria, seen in the map below:

A landing craft mechanised (LCM 1005) approaching shore with its bow being lowered as naval beach parties and commandos train at HMS SAUNDERS, Kabrit, Bitter Lakes near the Mediterranean.

Nan Commando was being prepared for Operation 'Accolade', the capture of the island of Rhodes. However in December 1943 they were hurriedly added to Operation 'Shingle' the landings at Anzio. These pictures are from Exercise Shallufa.

The following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total. A naval beach party at work during training at HMS SAUNDERS, Kabrit, Egypt, June 1943. A17734.jpg 2,321 × 1,772; 1,016 KB. …