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===Participants on second attempt=== Names of the soldiers who are known to have participated in the raid: * Major [[Geoffrey Appleyard]]<ref name="Guille">{{cite web |last1= Guille |first1=RJ |title=75TH Anniversary of Commando Raid on Sark 3rd October 2017 Operation Basalt β Commando Raid on Sark β 3/4 October 1942 (Letter) |url=https://www.combinedops.com/SSRF.htm |website= Combined ops |access-date=10 October 2021 |date=3 October 2017|postscript=(see the photo of Operation Basalt memorial stone on Sark in article)}}</ref><ref name=ELOB/>{{rp|197}}{{Efn | Page 197 of Eric Lee's book does not have a complete list of the men involved. Lee states in Appendix 3 that "After more than seven decades I have reached the conclusion that we might never know with absolute certainty who were the twelve men in the SSRF and No. 12 Commando who landed on Sark that night."}} * Captain Philip Pinckney (later of 2nd SAS β see also [[Operation Speedwell]])<ref name="Guille"/><ref name=ELOB/>{{rp|197}} * Lieut. [[Anders Lassen]] (later Major, [[Victoria Cross|VC]], [[Military Cross|MC]] β see also [[Operation Roast]])<ref name= "Guille" /><ref name=ELOB/>{{rp|197}} * Patrick Dudgeon<ref name="Guille"/><ref name=ELOB/>{{rp|197}} * Colin Ogden Smith<ref name="Guille"/><ref name=ELOB/>{{rp|197}} * Bruce Ogden Smith<ref name="Guille"/><ref name=ELOB/>{{rp|197}} * Graham Young<ref name="Guille"/><ref name=ELOB/>{{rp|197}} * James Edgar<ref name="Guille"/><ref name=ELOB/>{{rp|197}} * Sergeant Horace 'Brummie' Stokes (later of 2nd SAS β see also Operation Speedwell)<ref name="Guille"/> * Corporal Flint<ref name=ELOB/>{{rp|197}} * Bombardier Eric Forster<ref name=ELOB/>{{rp|197}} * Sergeant Joseph "Tim" Robinson (later of 2nd SAS β see also Operation Speedwell)<ref name="Guille"/> A Private Redborn claimed to be on the raid, however no official records of anyone under this name exists.<ref name=ELOB />{{rp |199}} {{Efn | Alone of all the possible participants in this raid, Redborn's name appears in no official records. The first reference to him appears in Suzanne Lassen's book about her son Anders, published just after the war. Redborn may therefore be a cover name for a commando who was seeking to protect his identify, as all the men had signed the Official Secrets Act.}}
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