Who was Evelyn Waughs commanding officer in WWII commandos?
Well, here, at least, is the commanding officer at the facility he trained at: “Squadron Leader Louis Strange DSO MC DFC was appointed as commanding officer and he arrived at Ringway on 21 June on the official formation of the CLS. He was joined by S/L Jack Benham as chief instructor. Major John Rock was to be the senior army officer at the School. Other RAF personnel arrived within the next few days.” Odette Churchill, Violette Szabo, Evelyn Waugh and agents from many countries trained here. Some made special requests such as to be dropped in Lord Egerton’s trees in order to simulate their planned clandestine arrival in wooded country in occupied Europe. Their missions were extremely risky, and many were captured and shot as spies, including Violette. ” And here’s at least one of his commanding officers: Robert Laycock: “Layforce had been sent into Crete via Sphakia when it was still hoped that large-scale reinforcements could be brought into Crete from Egypt to turn the tide of the b
