Dudley Clark: I believe I mentioned the name of Commando's from the start...

Dudley Clark mentioned in his official report which he wrote on 30-10-1942 that he suggested the name 'Commando's' from the very start.
He says he suggested this to General Dill... (see also Charles Messenger, The Commando's 40-46)
Dudley Clark is well mentioned as 'the men' who named the term "Commando" at that time... That is ofcourse if this is true, Because

Dill became his CIGS on the 10th of june 1940....

In the letters send on 9th of june to all commands for volunteers in the Uk there is already mention of the word 'Commando'.

So how is it the possible that Clark suggested the word Commando to Dill and was approved (with in mind that Dill arrived on the 10th) when the letters send to all command for vulunteers had already been send a day before....

And Dewings account is from 13-6-1940 and was more or less a more detailed explanation to the letters send out on the 9th...

Is Clark making a mistake and does he mean General Ironside instead of Dill?????

It also seems that there was a meeting on the 6th of June of the Ciefs of Staff talking about stiking Coy's.
Can any one help me out with this account of the 6th???

Can you tell us where you got the date of the 10th June 1940 as Dill's appointment to CIGS. Most have it as being a few weeks before, and in fact there are papers that suggest it was earlier than your date.

Had not General Sir Edmund Ironside "fallen out of favour" with Churchill after the Norwegian campaign in April 1940 and was replaced as CIGS by Dill in May 1940

To confirm see this newspaper article : http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/92655439

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Charles Messenger, The Commando's... page 26. Messenger is normaly very accurate but in this case it has to be 27th of May,

The London Gazet of 28th May 1940 mentioned : Gen.Sir John Dill, etc etc, from VCIGS to be CIGS 27th May 1940...

THanks guys for solving this, so Clarke was indeed speaking to Dill then