Robert Laycock - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Robert Laycock: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Laycock - Commandos: Early Days
Laycock was appointed by Keyes to the Commandos and was put in charge of one unit. He raised and trained a body of men, often drawing on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evelyn Waugh: Encyclopedia Ii - Evelyn Waugh - Early Life
Born in London, Waugh was the son of a noted editor and publisher, Arthur Waugh, and was brought up in middle class circumstances in Lond...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Crete: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Crete - Strategy Tactics Intelligence Weapons And Equipment
Battle of Crete - Intelligence. By this time, Allied commanders had become aware of the invasion through Ultra intercepts. General Fre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Commandos: Encyclopedia Ii - British Commandos - Some World War Ii Operations
British Commandos - Northwest Europe. The first attack - though not very effective except for the propaganda value - was made by 120 me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Commandos: Encyclopedia Ii - British Commandos - Post World War Ii Reorganisation
During the war the British Army Commandos spawned several other famous British units such as the Special Air Service, the Special Boat Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Crete: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Crete - Casualties
The Germans admitted losses of 6,453 killed, missing and wounded. Today, however, there are around 4,500 German graves at Maleme alone, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Crete: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Crete - Withdrawal May 28–31
Battle of Crete - Decision in London. Command in London eventually decided the cause was hopeless, and ordered a withdrawal from Sfakia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Commandos: Encyclopedia Ii - British Commandos - Formation
Following Winston Churchill's instruction to form a 'butcher and bolt' raiding force as a means of continuing the war against Nazi German...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Crete: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Crete - Outcome
Allied commanders were worried about the Germans using Crete as a "springboard" to further operations in the area, possibly a seaborne in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Crete: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Crete - Day Three May 22
Realising that Maleme was now the key to holding the entire island, the defending force organised for a counter-attack by two New Zealand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evelyn Waugh: Encyclopedia Ii - Evelyn Waugh - The Thirties
Waugh's fame continued to grow between the wars, based on his satires of contemporary upper middle class English society, written in a pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evelyn Waugh: Encyclopedia Ii - Evelyn Waugh - Later Years
The period after the war saw Waugh living with his family in the West Country at his country homes, Piers Court, and from 1956 onwards, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evelyn Waugh: Encyclopedia Ii - Evelyn Waugh - World War Ii
With the advent of World War II, Waugh used "friends in high places", such as Randolph Churchill - son of Winston - to find him a service...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Crete: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Crete - Prelude
Allied forces had occupied the island of Crete when the Italians invaded Greece on October 28, 1940. Though the Italians were initially r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Crete: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Crete - Day One May 20
Battle of Crete - Maleme-Chania sector. At 8:00 a.m. on May 20 German paratroopers landed near Maleme and Chania, secondary airfields b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Laycock: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Laycock - Last Years
Laycock's last years were good, though circulation problems meant constant pain in one leg. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Nottingha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Laycock: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Laycock - Governor Of Malta
In 1954, his old friend, Anthony Head, now Secretary of State for War appointed Laycock to the position of Commander-in-Chief and Governo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Laycock: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Laycock - Chief Of Combined Operations
In October, 1943 Laycock was promoted to major general and succeeded Lord Louis Mountbatten as chief of Combined Operations, a position h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Laycock: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Laycock - Early Life
Laycock was born in London on April 18, 1907, the eldest son of Sir Joseph Frederick Laycock, a Royal Artillery officer. His mother was K...   » Read the article