The Legion of St. George were a small breakway group from the fascist National Front who existed in the east end of London in 1976.During the Second World War, a small group of British men volunteered to fight for Nazi Germany. They were known as the Legion of St George (or the British Free Corps). A request by the Undercover Research Group to the Searchlight archives found no information about any group of this name in the 1970s. There was also a fascist grouping known as the 'League of St George' who were active c.1974 but again are not thought to be related.
There are no public records about them, other than those written by Special Branch.
HN303 'Peter Collins' was tasked by his managers to infiltrate the Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP). At the behest of the WRP, Collins was asked to attend right-wing meetings in the east end of London.
The Inquiry did not hear whom from within the WRP asked Collins to infiltrate the the Legion of St George, nor why the WRP group chose him to do so, or how he went about his task.
Collins' limited reporting on this group as well as the reasons given by SDS management for ending the deployment are discussed in his profile.
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HN303 'Peter Collins' profile.HN303 'Peter Collins'‘Peter Collins’ is the cover name of a former undercover officer who joined the Special Demonstration Squad in 1973. He infiltrated the Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) from January 1974 until 1977. Uniquely, for an SDS undercover deployed in the 1970s, he also infiltrated the far-right Legion of St George and National Front in 1975. However, this was at the behest of the WRP, not the police. He is dead and his real name has been restricted.
