Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat

Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, was a Scottish peer and British Army officer closely associated with the wartime Commandos. By D-Day he commanded 1st Special Service Brigade, whose units landed on Sword Beach and advanced inland to reinforce airborne troops around the Orne and Caen Canal bridges.

Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat was a British Commando commander who led 1st Special Service Brigade ashore at Sword Beach on D-Day. Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat was born in Beaufort Castle, Scotland and died in Scotland.

In Sir Max Hastings’ Sword, Rather than repeating the broad campaign structure of Overlord, Hastings concentrates on individual soldiers and small units while revisiting the failure to capture Caen on the first day. Lord Lovat and other commanders appear beside men whose ambitions were simply to survive and return home.