The Legion of St. George was a small breakaway group from the fascist National Front that operated in London's East End 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.
No public records exist about the group, other than those written by Special Branch.
HN303 ‘Peter Collins’ was tasked by his managers to infiltrate the Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP).Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP)Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) is a Trotskyist group established in the 1940s as ‘The Club’, a faction of the Revolutionary Communist Party advocating for entryist tactics in the Labour Party and in trade unions. WRP was infiltrated by HN303 'Peter Collins' and HN298 'Michael Scott'. WRP still exists and publishes its daily paper, The News Line, online.Full page: Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) The WRP then asked Collins to attend right-wing meetings in London's East End.
The Inquiry did not hear which WRP members asked Collins to infiltrate the Legion of St George, why the group selected Collins for that mission, or how he approached that task.
Collins’ profile includes his limited reporting on the Legion of St. George and the reasons SDS management gave for ending his deployment.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. Full page: HN303 'Peter Collins'
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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. Full page: HN303 'Peter Collins'
