Inverailort House and grounds

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Inverailort House and grounds

Inverailort House, Lochailort
Requisitioned by the War Office at the end of May 1940 for use in the training of Special Forces and called the Special Training Centre. Initially this was operated by Military Intelligence but became part of Combined Operations. Many techniques of guerilla and irregular warfare were developed there and training techniques which were adopted for Commando training. SOE training was centred on nearby Arisaig House. The Army Commandos moved out of the house in 1942 and it was then taken over by the Royal Navy when it became HMS Lochailort and used for the training of naval cadet ratings to be officers on small craft used by Combined Operations. These included the RN Commandos. The Royal Navy moved out in January 1945. Sadly the house is in need of a great deal of modernisation and repair work.
*** Read Jack Bakker's description of what he saw in the forum message on this link:
http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoForum/posts/list/997.page

More information about Inverailort House can be found at the Secret Scotland site :
http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/InverailortCastle

Date: 03/07/2009

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Inverailort House, Lochailort.

Photo courtesy of Jack Bakker

Date: 03/07/2009

Inverailort House - the hallway

The hallway where new recruits were assembled. Photo courtesy of Jack Bakker

Date: 03/07/2009

Inverailort House - the hall stairs

The staircase that recruits would see instructors Fairbairn and/or Sykes tumble down at the very beginning of their course ( from the book Commando Country by Stuart Allen) . Photo courtesy of Jack Bakker

Date: 03/07/2009

Inverailort House - HMS Lochailort

Office of the Captain's Secretary. Photo courtesy of Jack Bakker

Date: 03/07/2009

Inverailort House

Photo courtesy of Jack Bakker

Date: 03/07/2009

Inverailort House - HMS Lochailort

Ships Office Typing Pool. Photo courtesy of Jack Bakker

Date: 03/07/2009

HMS Locahailort

WRNS Quarters. Photo courtesy of Jack Bakker

Date: 03/07/2009

Inverailort House - outhouse

One of the outhouses used for billeting trainees. Photo courtesy of Jack Bakker

Date: 03/07/2009

Loch Ailort

Photo courtesy of Jack Bakker

Date: 03/07/2009

Lochailort Railway Station

New arrivals were greeted to the sound of explosions as they exited the station, all part of their training. Photo courtesy of Jack Bakker

Date: 03/07/2009

Lochailort Railway Station Platform

The platform where trainees disembarked and begain their training almost instantly.Photo courtesy of Jack Bakker

Date: 03/07/2009