Recces

Name: Normandy Special Forces Recce (dates tbc)
Start: 2027-04-09T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2027-04-11T23:59:59+01:00

September 2026
Guild Recce – Easter Rising, Dublin April 1916

September 4 - 6, 2026

Dublin Dublin, Ireland

In France in 1916, plans were being drawn up to relieve the pressure on Verdun; in Dublin plans were being finalised for an insurrection. The Easter Rising would see ordinary men and women become national heroes who would shape Ireland’s destiny. Join me in Dublin on September 4th to 6th 2026 as we look at […]
Operations Chariot and Frankton: Guild Recce

September 17 - 21, 2026

A CPD event will take place in September to study Operations Chariot and Frankton – colloquially known as “The Greatest Raid of All” and “The Cockleshell Heroes” respectively. . The programme will consist of a study at the docks at St Nazaire on the 17th and 18th followed by the route taken by the Frankton RM […]
April 2027
Normandy Special Forces Recce (dates tbc)

April 9 - 11, 2027

The intention is to run a three day Normandy Recce in April 2027, concentrating wholly upon the 1st and 4th Special Service Brigades. US Rangers, SOE, SAS and French Resistance actions would be subject of a future GBG recce. This would focus upon the landings of all of these units and their subsequent actions during […]