Achnacarry Commando Basic Training Centre

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military training facility

Achnacarry Commando Basic Training Centre was a World War II training facility in the Scottish Highlands where British Commandos and allied special forces underwent rigorous preparation for combat operations.

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Surface form Occurrences
Achnacarry Commando Training Centre 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military training facility ⓘ
approximateNumberOfTrainees thousands of commandos ⓘ
associatedWith British Commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Commando Basic Training Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 1 Commando Training Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ
closed 1945 ⓘ
commemoratedBy Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
established 1942 ⓘ
heritageStatus site of commando memorialization ⓘ
legacy model for modern special forces training ⓘ
locatedIn Achnacarry NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lochaber NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
locatedOn Achnacarry Estate NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Loch Lochy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spean Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature extremely rigorous training regime ⓘ
forced marches in Highland terrain ⓘ
obstacle courses ⓘ
river crossings ⓘ
use of live ammunition in training ⓘ
operatedBy British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
British Commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Cameron of Lochiel family NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
trainingFocus amphibious warfare ⓘ
commando training ⓘ
demolitions ⓘ
fieldcraft ⓘ
live-fire exercises ⓘ
mountain warfare ⓘ
physical conditioning ⓘ
special operations training ⓘ
weapons training ⓘ
usedBy Airborne forces ⓘ
Allied special forces ⓘ
Army Commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Belgian Commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ
British Commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dutch Commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Free French Commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norwegian Commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polish special forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Marines Commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Army Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge → associatedWith → Achnacarry Commando Basic Training Centre ⓘ
No. 12 Commando → trainedAt → Achnacarry Commando Basic Training Centre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achnacarry Commando Training Centre
British Commandos → trainingLocation → Achnacarry Commando Basic Training Centre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achnacarry Commando Training Centre