BURGESS, Neville Arthur
Able Seaman Neville Burgess was one of the raiding party at Kopervik, Norway (Operation Checkmate). He was captured and later executed at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
14 Cdo. Roll of Honour
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The Fallen from No.14 Commando
Lieut. John GODWIN
Petty Officer Alfred John ROE
Petty Officer Harold HISCOCK
Able Seaman Keith MAYOR
Able Seaman Neville BURGESS
Able Seaman Andrew Anthony WEST
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Sergeant Cox was attached from No. 12 Commando and is remembered on their Roll of Honour. Click on his name for more.
Below is a view of the Roll of Honour with information about each of the other men.
GODWIN, John
Lieutenant John Godwin, a veteran of Operation Crackers * [view], was an Argentinian in the RNVR. He was Commanding Officer of the raiding party at Kopervik, Norway (Op. Checkmate). After the raid he was taken prisoner, taken initially to Haugesund, and later executed at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
HISCOCK, Harold
Petty Officer Harold Hiscock, a Canadian from Newfoundland, was one of the raiding party at Kopervik, Norway (Operation Checkmate). He was captured and later executed at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
MAYOR, Keith
Able Seaman Keith Mayor was one of the raiding party at Kopervik, Norway (Operation Checkmate). He was captured and later executed at Belsen Concentration Camp having been transferred there from Sachsenhausen.
ROE, Alfred John
Patty Officer Alfred Roe was one of the raiding party at Kopervik, Norway (Operation Checkmate). He was captured and later died of typhus at Belsen Concentration Camp having been transferred there from Sachsenhausen.
WEST, Andrew Anthony
Able Seaman Andrew West was one of the raiding party at Kopervik, Norway (Operation Checkmate). He was captured and later executed at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
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