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The following information provided by Jean Poirriez comes from G.B. COURTNEY : SBS in World War Two. Robert Hale, London, 1983 :

Royal Welch Fusiliers, N°2 SBS in April 1942. Lieutenant.
During Operation TORCH, sent to Gibraltar (November 1942).
From 3rd to 4th of August 1943, Operation FORFAR LOVE. Transported from Dover on M.G.B. 116, 2 canoes made a reconnaissance of the east pier of Dunkirk’s harbour.
In May 1944, N°2 SBS is divided in 3 Groups and sent to Ceylon. Major SIDDERS is in command of “B” Group.
In September 1944, opération SPRATT BAKER : destruction of a bridge, north of Sumatra (awarded the Military Cross).
End of 1944 and beginning of 1945 : several reconnaissance works on the Chindwin River crossings and the Irrawady River crossings (Burma).]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:23:31 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/14124-10/Capt+douglas+sidders+MC++2+sbs++jr.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/WW2/sbs/Capt+douglas+sidders+MC++2+sbs++jr.jpg.html