Brigadier Derek Mills-Roberts, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (23 November 1908 – 1 October 1980) was a British commando who fought with the 1st Special Service Brigade during the Second World War.
In the successful raid, the commandos destroyed a significant number of fish-oil factories, petrol dumps and 11 ships.
[2] The raid, a small scale invasion mounted by Canadian infantry and British commandos against Adolf Hitler's Atlantic Wall, was a complete failure and the units involved suffered very heavily.
Lovat and Mills-Roberts's involvement in the raid was to secure the opposing flanks of the landing area and to destroy coastal batteries.
Mills-Roberts was awarded the Military Cross on 2 October 1942 "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the combined attack on Dieppe".
6 Commando Unit captured the port of Ouistreham and linked up with the 6th Airborne Division on the eastern flank of Sword.
Mills-Roberts was awarded a Bar to his DSO on 21 June 1945 "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North-West Europe".