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10 Commando Nominal Roll

In 1946 the Army Council decided that the Army Commandos were to be disbanded and no provision was allowed or made for any depository or office which would have at least contained a complete Roster of Names of the men who served in the various units. 

BERKLEY, A.

Corporal
No 10 Commando
Dutch Forces
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Berkley, who had served with 2 (Dutch) troop of the Commando, died during operations with the Prinses Irene Brigade.
Extract from the Prinses Irene Brigade website

DE JONG, Albertus

Albertus De Jong 2 Troop 10 Commando
Private
8046
No 10 Commando
Died on war service
Private Albertus De Jong, 2 Troop (Dutch) No.10 (Inter Allied) Commando, died when his jeep crashed into a ditch at Apeldoorn, a town in the centre of Holland. 
  • September/October 1944 recruited in the South of Holland when that was liberated to form what became known as The First Reinforcement consisting of 72 men.

DE WAARD, Willie

Willie De Waard 10 Commando 2 Troop
Sergeant
132
No 10 Commando
-

Sergeant Willie De-Waard, No.10 (IA) Commando 2 Troop 'Dutch' was wounded and taken prisoner of war on 24 September 1944 during operations at Oosterbeek, Holland. He was one of the twelve Dutch commandos who were attached to the 1st Airborne for Operation Market Garden at Arnhem.

LINZEL, Jan

Jan Linzell 10 Commando
Captain
No 10 Commando
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Captain Jan Linzel was was awarded the M.B.E. (Military Division) in 1946. He had been a member of 2 (Dutch) Troop of No.10 Inter Allied Commando from its formation in 1942 and took command in 1943 until the Troop was disbanded in August 1945.
 
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SMOLENAARS, Hans

Private
8084
No 10 Commando
Dutch

Hans Smolenaars was a member of the 1st Reinforcement of No. 2 Dutch Troop. They were recruited when the South of Holland was liberated in the autumn of 1944.

Van ROSENDAEL, Hubert Jan Jacques

Known as: 
Jack
Sergeant
No 10 Commando
Dutch Forces
Killed in action or died of wounds

Sgt. Jack van Rosendael, who served in 2 (Dutch) troop of the Commando, was killed  by the explosion of a German V1 rocket  whilst an instructor to the Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten (Interior Forces) at Princenhage, a small town in the neighbourhood of Breda. (Source: Dutch Commando Museum.)

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