The Folboat Section was established as its own independent unit, the Special Boat Squadron, later the Special Boat Service (SBS), on March 17, 1943. By the time Jellicoe acquired Lassen for the SBS, he had already earned the first of eventually three Military Crosses. Then, “SBS, SBS, Major Lassen wounded. Anders Lassen was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, but it was the only recognition that the Special Boat Service got out of the war. The Special Boat Service was disbanded in September 1945, then was later reestablished in the Royal Marines (see image above).

Source: The North Africa Journal October 13, 2019 00:00 UTC