https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/WW2/buildings/Clachaig+Inn/Clachaig+Inn.jpg.html " Rees-Jones joined No5 Commando in July 1940 at its inception. The War Office was concerned by the lack of mountain troops and asked that soldiers with a knowledge of climbing come forward. Capt. Rees-Jones volunteered and was stationed at the Clachaig Hotel in Glencoe where he and his comrades ran a course for several months and proved to the War Office that ordinary soldiers could be turned into mountaineers..."]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:53:48 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/33033-6/Clachaig+Inn.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/WW2/buildings/Clachaig+Inn/Clachaig+Inn.jpg.html