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**tiger stacker** · 31-01-2012, 07:29

BBC Two Scotland tonight 2100

Not on English 2 for some reason.

**buttonsin3s** · 31-01-2012, 19:43

Thought I'd bump this, narrated by Rory Bremner, the film looks back on the characters that helped shape Winston Churchill's legendry raiding troops trained at Achnacarry in 1942-45.

**Border_Reiver** · 31-01-2012, 19:56

I have the book Castle Commando by Donald Gilchrist and a film on DVD which contains some elements of the training there ... including some footage of Colonel Charles Vaughan who was the Commandant . The march to Achnacarry from Spean Bridge was the first of many increasingly difficult tests with the threat of RTU always in the background . Should be a good watch .

Thanks for reminder .

**tiger stacker** · 31-01-2012, 20:05

Commando Country At The National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh | Culture24

Is a good companion book to Castle Commando.

**Border_Reiver** · 31-01-2012, 20:19

Thanks for that but I already have a copy Commando Country .... reccommended by another ARRSER shortly after I became a member ... I agree a good companion .

**johnboyzzz** · 31-01-2012, 20:32

Timer set on the telly to watch it

**FORMER_FYRDMAN** · 31-01-2012, 20:38

Originally Posted by Border_Reiver

I have the book Castle Commando by Donald Gilchrist and a film on DVD which contains some elements of the training there ... including some footage of Colonel Charles Vaughan who was the Commandant . The march to Achnacarry from Spean Bridge was the first of many increasingly difficult tests with the threat of RTU always in the background . Should be a good watch .

Thanks for reminder .

Cracking book - has pride of place on the shelf. Thanks for the bump.

**kilo42** · 31-01-2012, 21:19

Wee story might be of interest. In December 68 a few days before Christmas, we were called out for a Kinloss Shack that had gone in on the hills north of the Fort William Mallaig Road near Inverailort. The aircraft had been dropping Christmas parcels to a couple of light ships whilst returning from a normal patrol and had some extra bods on board having a bit of a jolly, it flew into a very violent storm and iced up; it was five degrees off the vertical when it crashed and all seventeen on board were killed.
Instead of our usual call out stuff of staying in tents or in an old barn or whatever was handy, we were put up by Mrs Cameron-Head in Inverailort Castle for the duration of the call out; it was quite protracted recovering the remains of the crew and conducting searches on the kites last know track north oh Lock Morar to find any bits that might have fallen off.
Mrs Cameron- Head was a very kind and gracious lady, and we were allowed to even get a hot bath when we came off the hill. The bathroom were were given was out towards the back of the house and as you walked down the long corridors to get there you passed grey painted doors with painted signs on them such as Admin Office Knock and wait, Wrens Quarters, and one with "No Entry even if you think your authorised". We were told that Inverailort Castle had been another place like Achnacarry during the war and was used to billet and train some very tough people.
I understand that Inverailort Catle is a ruin now, but I get a bit of pleasure, and feel a little privalaged knowing that I saw just a little of this countries secret wartime history there very close up, and not on public display.