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	Long Range Desert Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The LRDG was nicknamed "the Mosquito Army" by Wavell.
		The unit, initially known as the Long Range Patrol Group, was founded 3 July 1940 and was assigned 150 New Zealand volunteers.
		The LRDG was disbanded on August 1, 1945.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Long_Range_Desert_Group (811 words)

	David Lloyd Owen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was with the 2nd Battalion of this regiment in Palestine and the Western Desert from 1939 to July 1941 when he joined the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG).
		He was wounded in an air raid on the LRDG base at Kufra in October 1942 and nearly lost an arm.
		He took command of the LRDG at the end of 1943 after the death of his predecessor Jake Easonsmith during the battle for Leros.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Lloyd_Owen (484 words)

	LRDG, Long Range Desert Group 1940-1943
		LRDG in Color is a section in which original Black and White photos have been "colorized" by me. In some cases the images in LRDG in Color are used among the main pages LRDG pages.
		The LRDG laid the foundation for the modern concept of long range vehicle patrolling.
		The focus of the page is primarily the exploits of the LRDG during the Desert Campaign, that period from 10 June 1940 to 12 May 1943.
	blindkat.hegewisch.net /lrdg/lrdg.html (910 words)

	The Scorpion Badge of LRDG
		The SCORPION Badge of the Long Range Patrol and LRDG
		Long Range Patrol-yes, singular-was now in being, and this small group comprises the total entitlement of the "other" (which we call the L.R.P.) badge.
		Long Range Patrol was one small specialist unit, and was unconventional in many aspects.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-badges/lrdg.htm (1037 words)

	Long Range Desert Group
		The Long Range Desert Group was formed by Ralph Bagnold in 1940 and played a major part in the Allies victory in North Africa in World War Two.
		The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) became the forward eyes and ears of the Allies and together with the Special Air Service played a secretive but vital role for the Allies.
		The normal range for the Chevrolet was 1,100 miles and it could carry three weeks supply of food and water.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /long_range_desert_group.htm (613 words)

	Long Range Desert Group Chevrolet Model 1533X2 30 cwt 4x2 Truck by Paul D. Handel
		Long Range Desert Group Chevrolet Model 1533X2 30 cwt 4x2 Truck by Paul D.
		The Long Range Desert Group were the pioneers of working behind the enemy lines in the Western Desert during the Second World War.
		The “ultimate” vehicle was acquired late in 1941 and was used for the remainder of the desert war.
	anzacsteel.hobbyvista.com /othervehicles/lrdgchevyph_1.htm (309 words)

	Infantry Magazine: Long Range Desert Group
		British Army Captain W.B. Kennedy Shaw served as Intelligence Officer of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) from the time it was organized in Egypt in the summer of 1940 until the concluding phase of the North African campaign in February 1943.
		Formed in late June 1940, the LRDG was initially composed of British officers and soldiers from New Zealand and Rhodesia.
		By monitoring all movements, the LRDG was able to provide early warning of impending enemy attacks by counting vehicles by type and identifying surges and other patterns in resupply and reinforcements, and other indicators of enemy activity.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAV/is_1_93/ai_n6123811 (536 words)

	Long Range Desert Group
		The Long Range Desert Group I. Owners of Land-Rovers, old and new, ran a trip to the Panamint Valley in the Southern California Desert.
		The vegetation is principally desert scrub brush, although as you get up into the canyons, where there is water, the vegetation becomes greener.
		Since my Rover was kicking out of low range while engine braking I wented down using one hand to steer and one to hold the high-low lever (and ended up in the center gully at least once).
	www.4wdonline.com /Places/US/Ca.desert.html (2523 words)

	Long Range Desert Group (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		LRDG: Desert to the Dodecanese, by David Bews and Steven Cashmore(Caithness Archives)
		Long Range Desert Group Preservation Society, by Jack Valenti.
		Note: "This publication reproduces two documents, The history of the Long Range Desert Group (June 1940 to March 1943) and The history of commandos and special service troops in the Middle East and North Africa (January 1941 to April 1943).
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/specfor/LRDG.htm (389 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Long Range Desert Group 1940-1945: Providence Their Guide: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Long Range Desert Group has the distinction of being not just one of the first special forces units to be formed in the Second World War but, more importantly, one of the most effective; General Erwin Rommel is on record as believing so.
		The long range desert group was the first and foremost unit in the desert campaign even Rommel released the effect it had on the outcome of the desert war.
		The author started out as a patrol commander and became the commanding officer as the unit left the desert and carried on in the war in the Aegean, Italy, Yugoslavia, Dalmatian Islands and the Balkans he paints a interesting picture of the life and characters in the unit as well as their achievements.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0850528062 (735 words)

	Caithness Commandos:LRDG:Desert to the Dodecanese by David Bews/Steven Cashmore:Highland Archives
		The object of the LRDG was long range ground reconnaissance deep in the Libyan desert.
		Lybia is 679,180 sq miles, with 95% of this being desert or semi-desert, the average annual rainfall of 8 inches in the coastal regions.
		Also the LRDG and SAS were to be co-ordinated by one body, as while the LRDG was gathering intelligence, the SAS was on the offensive, they did not want one or the other working in the same areas at the same time.
	www.iprom.co.uk /archives/caithness/LRDG.html (5851 words)

	Long Range Dessert Group
		Farther to the south, beyond the oases of Siwa, Jarabub, and Jalo, lies the inner or Libyan desert of which the Western Desert is a mere fringe Except within the oasis depressions, the Libyan Desert is uninhabited and utterly without life.
		Through this inner desert ran the eastern frontier of Libya, and within their territory the Italians had established a system of military posts and landing grounds.
		They had organized special colonial forces for duty in the desert: of these the motorized 'Auto-Sahara' companies had the advantage of the permanent co-operation of a few reconnaissance aircraft, but were designed to operate over comparatively good surfaces - principally between and around the posts......
	users.telenet.be /dave.depickere/Text/lrdg.html (751 words)

	Tarrackin's NZ Special Air Service page
		New Zealanders played a major role in the LRDG and this was recognised by their being referred to as the "Kiwi Scorpions", with the Scorpion being the symbol of the LRDG.
		In the early days of the SAS they were reliant on the LRDG for their navigation skills and for Escape and Evasion (EandE) as the SAS lacked the desert skills at this stage.
		With a range of 600 metres and capable of sustained fire rates the M249 is a good accurate weapon for the modern battlefield.
	juni0r.orcon.net.nz /nzsas.html (3119 words)

	Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was Britain's original Special Force in North Africa, long before the SAS burst on to the scene.
		With it's unrivalled mastery of the Western Desert, in it's wide ranging and heavily armed trucks, the LRDG even earned the praise of Rommel, the Desert Fox himself, for their skilful reconnaissance, punishing raids and powers of evasion.
		The LRDG ferried David Stirling's SAS raiders on their early missions to bomb aircraft on enemy airfields far behind the lines following the debacle of the SAS's first parachute raid, where a ferocious gale scattered the raiders all over the desert.
	www.saslrdgheroes.co.uk (364 words)

	Ralph Bagnold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ralph Bagnold founded the Long Range Desert Group, that with the Special Air Service, played such an important part in the war in Africa during World War Two.
		Bagnold was born in 1896 and died in 1990.
		This was to become the Long Range Desert Group.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /ralph_bagnold.htm (649 words)

	Caithness Commandos:Special Service Overseas:Part 3 by David Bews/Steven Cashmore:Highland Archives
		Long Range Desert Group commandos David Gunn and John Mackay were pining for their former rough and ready regime where they were free to go about in flip-flops or desert boots, wearing torn shorts, sporting beards and longer than regulation hair-cuts.
		The squad split into two, each group seeking to negotiate a different side of the hill, which was 400 yards distant across open land.
		The LRDG men taken prisoner on Levitha were first shipped over to Yugoslavia from where they began the long, dreary train trek to Germany.
	www.iprom.co.uk /archives/caithness/Commando3.html (3368 words)

	Long Range Desert Group - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Long Range Desert Group
		Highly mobile British penetration force formed in July 1940 to carry out reconnaissance and raids deep in the desert of North Africa.
		After the successful conclusion of the North African campaign 1942, the group was redeployed to carry out operations in Greece, Italy, and Yugoslavia.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Long+Range+Desert+Group (134 words)

	LRDG - Long Range Desert Group Preservation Society
		Mission Statement of the LRDG Preservation Society: To learn as much as possible about the unit, the men in it and the equipment and tactics they used.
		To that end this group has built a replica of a classic WWII LRDG truck (1942 Canadian Chevy, right hand drive, India format) and outfitted it with "historically correct" military equipment, gear, provisions, and uniforms.
		The LRDG Preservation Society is the inspiration of Jack Valenti who is the chief historian, coordinator of equipment and artifact procurement and show organizer.
	www.lrdg.org (728 words)

	Long Range Desert Group in the Mediterranean (Merriam Press Monograph 6) Excerpt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A Squadron, LRDG, and the Special Air Service, working together in bold and skilful raids in the rear of the Axis forces, destroyed scores of enemy aircraft on the ground.
		The LRDG patrols transported the parachutists to within easy walking distance of enemy airfields, and took them back to their base when their work was completed.
		The remainder of the LRDG moved forward from Siwa, which was now too far from the front line, to join A Squadron at Gialo.
	www.merriam-press.com /mono_025/m006-ex.htm (1127 words)

	Osprey's Long Range Desert Group, reviewed by James Hood
		Because, the British Royal Army Corps’ Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was ‘in the neighbourhood’ and watching goings-on…hundreds of miles behind the battle lines.
		Despite LRDG soldiers having contributed greatly to the ultimate Allied victory in North Africa, Southern Europe and Northern Europe, the unit was disbanded in 1945.
		In addition, the Long Range Desert Group trooper is represented fairly well in aftermarket figures, including a large scale resin bust, plus LRDG types are relatively easy conversions from existing figures of “Tommies.” You can have a pot of modeling fun, replicating chaps from some of the illustrations and photos in this book.
	modelingmadness.com /others/books/hoodlrdg.htm (538 words)

	totosy99-2
		The reader does not know for a long time who the "English" patient is. But when we find out that the patient is Almásy and that he may be Hungarian, the mystery of the Other is not diminished.
		However, her own expedition in the Lybian desert after the death of her husband, where she flew her own plane, was unsuccessful.
		Schwimmer in der Wüste (Swimmer of the Desert).
	clcwebjournal.lib.purdue.edu /clcweb99-4/totosy99-2.html (6136 words)

	LRDG Long Range Desert Group, Individual Equipment
		As the night falls, the desert quickly goes from unbearably hot to near freezing.
		It is believed the boots get their name from the fact that they were once issued through the ordinance corps of the British Army.
		The fl finish of the boots has long since given way to the grinding desert sand.
	blindkat.hegewisch.net /lrdg/troopers/trooper4.html (295 words)

	Battlefront - Producers of fine metal and resin miniatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bagnold was responsible for the development of the sand-channel, a common sight on all the wheeled vehicles fighting in the desert, both Axis and Allied.
		Initially called the Long Range Patrol Unit, Bagnold formed the unit with Shaw and Clayton and volunteers from the New Zealanders in Egypt.
		LRDG’s 30cwts were equipped with extra-large sand tires and the cabs were removed.
	www.battlefront.co.nz /Article.asp?ArticleID=417 (598 words)

	Pat Clayton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pat Clayton served as a Captain in the British Army's Long Range Desert Group during World War II.
		Immediately prior to the war, Clayton was a government surveyor in Tanganyika.
		During the 1930s, Clayton was a desert explorer associated with Ralph A. Bagnold.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pat_Clayton (79 words)

	New Zealand uniforms of WW2 inc LRDG
		The Long Range Desert Group, initially known as the Long Range Patrol, was one of the first special forces formed in World War II.
		Although the LRDG carried out many daring raids behind enemy lines, disrupting enemy communications and supply lines, it was first and foremost a reconnaissance unit.
		Shaving was not compulsory, and was even discouraged, as the beard made for protection against the sun and the desert wind, the dreaded "khamsin" that roars in off the Sahara Desert at temperatures over 40* Celsius, (104* Farenheit) with very low humidity.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-uniforms/new-zealand.htm (727 words)

	Books : Bearded Brigands: The LRDG in the Diaries/Photographs of Trooper Frank Jopling : reviews
		Written by New Zealand history researcher Brendan O'Carrol, also author of Kiwi Scorpions, the book is a thorough collection of the diaries of trooper Frank Jopling, the navigator of a patrol of Long Range Desert Group, the famous special force unit devoted to harassing enemy lines of communication and to reconnaissance behind enemy lines.
		Jopling joined the LRDG in its very first days in summer 1940, and remained in service until its capture in September 1942 after the successful Barce raid.
		The diary gives a deep insight in everyday life for LRDG members, in the though work of the driver and navigator, and in the dangerous reconnaissance and attack operations.
	www.centralreview.com /ItemId/0850529557 (229 words)

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		Desert Warfare: Being the Chronicle of the Eastern Soudan Campaign.
		Desert Warfare: From Its Roman Origins to the Gulf Conflict.
		Wilson, Charles W. From Korti to Kartum: A Journal of the Desert March from Korti to Gubat and the Ascent of the Nile in General Gordon's Steamers.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/mil_hist_inst/d/desert3.asc (766 words)

	Desert Explorer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A son's biography of his father, has been researched mainly from family memorabilia, a collection of unique photographs of desert expeditions in the 1920s and 30s, contemporary newspaper articles, some letters and a pocket diary kept throughout four and a half years of captivity and release.
		The historic first Long Range Patrol reconnaissance into Italian territory in August 1940 across the Sand Sea was in two borrowed Egyptian Army 30 cwt Chevrolet trucks driven by Pat Clayton and Abu Fudail, one of his former Desert Survey drivers who had started driving Ford Model "T"s in the desert with him 1926.
		The Long Range Desert Group's raid in January 1941 on Murzuk Fort and Airfield in the Fezzan started 1000 miles away in the Citadel in Cairo.
	www.self-publishing.co.uk /books/desert (575 words)

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