page_title: Derek Mills-Roberts
hierarchical_section_title: Derek Mills-Roberts
caption_attribution_description: RAID ON VAAGSO, 27 DECEMBER 1941. British commandos in action during the raid. (Operation Archery)
context_page_description: Brigadier Derek Mills-Roberts, CBE, DSO and bar, MC was a British commando who fought with the 1st Special Service Brigade during World War II. In a quirk of military history, he became the only Allied soldier to strike a German Field Marshall with the latter's own staff-of-office – when Mills-Roberts beat Erhard Milch over the head with the just-surrendered marshal's baton.
context_section_description: Brigadier Derek Mills-Roberts, CBE, DSO and bar, MC (23 November 1908 – 1 October 1980) was a British commando who fought with the 1st Special Service Brigade during World War II.  In a quirk of military history, he became the only Allied soldier to strike a German Field Marshall with the latter's own staff-of-office – when Mills-Roberts beat Erhard Milch over the head with the just-surrendered marshal's baton.
caption: Staged representation of British commandos in action.
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