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Displaying 1 - 92 of 92'Brac - Operation Flounced'
Wednesday, May 31, 1944
Location
Island of Brac, formerly Yugoslavia
Croatia
43° 18' 17.6076" N, 16° 39' 9.756" E
- Lieutenant Colonel J.M.T.F. Churchill, D.S.O., M.C. embarked from Vis as the Commanding Officer of a Force consisting of 43RM Commando, some commandos from 2 Special Service Brigade HQ, the Raiding Support Regiment, a company of the 2nd Highland Light Infantry, and 111 Field Regiment R.A. This was a diversionary attack on the German Garrison of Brac to draw off German Forces who were launching an offensive against the Yugo-Slav National Army of Liberation in Bosnia.
'Special Service Roll of Honour'
The Fallen from the Special Service Brigade and Group
No. 1 Independent Company
1961 Return to Italy
Extract from Commando Association newsletter 33 issued Sept. 1961.
Calling All 2 Commando Brigade
It is with much pleasure that we print extracts from a letter received from ex. Cpl. A. A. H. (Bert) Cowell (2 Cdo Bde) who recently paid a return visit to old commando haunts in ltaly.
It is with much pleasure that we print extracts from a letter received from ex. Cpl. A. A. H. (Bert) Cowell (2 Cdo Bde) who recently paid a return visit to old commando haunts in ltaly.
"To those chaps who enjoyed the pleasures of the olive field and arches at the camp at Monopoli I can say that the field is still there. Olives are still growing, the flies are just as big, if not bigger, and the ants are still working hard.
A Return in 1973 to Yugoslavia
Written by Henry Brown OBE, Secretary of the Commando Association and first published in Commando Association newsletter 57 of September 1973. Image from our archive [view here] depicts Colonel Jack Churchill and his brother General Tom Churchill during the visit.
ADAMS, John
Signalman
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served in 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Glasgow.
Source
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 108 (1999).
ADDISON, Kenneth William
Marine
PO.X.110880
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Marine Kenneth Addison received a Mention in Despatches for courage, tenacity, and skill whilst serving with the Allied Armies in the Mediterranean.
Sources
London Gazette 37136, page 3191 dated 19 June 1945.
London Gazette 37136, page 3191 dated 19 June 1945.
ADDISON, Leslie Robert
Signaller
Brigade Signals
Les Addison served with 2 Cdo Bde Sigs.
(Image source: CVA Gallery Bde Sigs reunion 16th July 1988.)
AGNEW, J.F.
Corporal
5335029
No 2 Commando
Royal Berkshire Regiment
13 September 1941 member of the No.2 Commando Detachment to Gibraltar, and then Freetown via Ghana and Lagos, rejoining the main body of the commando seven months later.
- 11 September 1943 wounded during operations at Salerno, Italy.
Sources
ARCHER, G.L.
Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
HQ 2 Commando Brigade. [Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 1.]
ARCHIBALD, William Niven
Signalman
2591829
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Signalman William Archibald served in the Brigade Signals and 2 Special Service Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Falkirk, Scotland.
ARMSTRONG, Robert
Brigade Signals
Robert enlisted on the 12th June 1941 and then volunteered for the Commandos. After his commando training he served with the Special Service Brigade Signals Troop and 2 Commando Brigade Signals.
ASLEY, L.E.
Signalman
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
2 Brigade Signal Troop [Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 1].
BARLOW, E.J.
Sergeant
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Member of the Commando Association last known residing South Darenth, Kent.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 1.
BARLOW, John
Signalman
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Brigade Signals. 2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Bradley Fold, Bolton
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 98 (1994).
BATTERSBY, Frederick
Major
266078
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Major Battersby served in 2 Commando Brigade [1].
2 January 1943 commissioned Second Lieutenant, R.A.O.C. [2].
15 October 1946 (Captain) (R.E.M.E) relinquishes commission and granted the honorary rank of Major [3].
BENNETT, Gordon, S.
Signalman
Brigade Signals
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Bristol.
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 96.
BIRKBECK, John Edward Hilbert Blake
Captain
266374
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Army Chaplain's Department
Reverend John Birkbeck was granted an Emergency Commission on 2nd March 1943 as Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (Church of Scotland) [1].
Posted 2 Special Service Brigade, Land Forces Adriatic, from 30 November 1944 [2].
Posted 2 Special Service Brigade, Land Forces Adriatic, from 30 November 1944 [2].
BLACKLEDGE, J.
Signalman
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Wythenshawe, Manchester.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.
BLAKE, Alfred Lapthorn
Lieutenant Colonel
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Knight Commander Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
Military Cross (MC)
Mentioned in Despatches
Major Alfred Blake was posted to Brigade HQ (3rd Special Service Brigade) when the Special Service Group was restructured in August 1943 [1].
BULL, Harold James
Lance Sergeant
2578046
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Lance Sergeant Harold Bull from Liverpool served with 2 Commando Brigade Signals. Enlisted 2 September 1939; demobbed 31 January 1946. Member of the Commando Association later residing Mickleover, Derby.
Sources
BUTTERWORTH, J.
Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Prestwich, Manchester.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.
BUTTON, Richard James
Signalman
Brigade Signals
Richard Button served in 2 Commando Brigade Signals. Post war he joined the Commando Association.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion 2 in gallery.
CARLIN, Robert
Private
-
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-
Private Robert Carlin served in 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war in the late 50s he was married and residing in Ontario, Canada.
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 29 issued September 1959.
COWELL, Albert Arthur H.
Lance Corporal
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Lance Corporal Cowell served in 2 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Kingsbury, London.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 52 issued March 1971.
COX, Graham
Corporal
2586417
Brigade Signals
38v (Welsh) Divisional Signals T.A.
Corporal Graham Cox served in 1 Bde Sigs Troop Jan ’43 – Feb ’44; and 2 Bde Sigs Troop Feb ’44 - Nov ‘45.
CROUCH, Alfred John
Trooper
7952333
SBS
Special Air Service and Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Trooper Alfred Crouch, Special Boat Service, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached to 2 Commando Brigade, died during operations at Lake Comacchio.
CUMBERLAND, D.G.
Signalman
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Aberdare, South Wales.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.
CUNLIFFE, W.
Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Stockport, Cheshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.
CURRIE, John Robert Sanderson
Signalman
2578032
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Killed in action or died of wounds
Signalman John Currie, 2 Special Service Brigade Signals, died during operations in Italy. The date of his death coincides with Operation Partridge. He has no known grave. Son of Daniel James Currie and Mary Jane Currie.
DARLEY, H.
Lance Corporal
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing North Walsham, Norfolk.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DAVIES, William Kenneth
Lance Corporal
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-
Lance Corporal William Davies served in HQ, 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Aberystwyth.
Source
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 119 issued September 2004.
DAYMAN, Eric John
Gunner
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Artillery
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.
DE'ATH, Ian Dudley
Lieutenant Colonel
45RM Commando
40RM Commando
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Mentioned in Despatches
Lieutenant Colonel Ian De'ath died whilst serving at RMB Plymouth.
DRUMMOND, E.
Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Glasgow.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
EDWARDS, G.W.T.
Signalman
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Cheveley, nr. Newmarket.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
EVERETT, D.R.
Sergeant
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Mitcham, Surrey.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
FLEAR, Peter Hendry
Captain (later Lieutenant Colonel)
268232
No 9 Commando
Royal Corps of Signals
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Served during the war as a Captain in No.9 Commando and 2 Commando Brigade.
- 1st January 1969, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Flear, Royal Corps of Signals, on loan to the Malaysian Armed Forces, appointed O.B.E. (Military Division).
GIBSON, Robert Roy
Lieutenant
155079
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Cheshire Regiment
Military Cross (MC)
Lieutenant Robert Gibson, attached to Special Service troops, was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service in Italy.
Sources
London Gazette 36327, page 256.
HARRISON, G.
Signalman
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Halifax, Yorkshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
HATTON, Jack
Marine
PO/X.117594
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Marine Jack Hatton from Leigh in Lancashire received a Mention in Despatches for services in Italy between 1st April and 8th May 1945.
Source
London Gazette 37505, page 1441.
Notes
HAZLEDINE, Edward Humphrey
Sergeant
-
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-
Sergeant Edward Hazledine served in 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade HQ. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Cambridgeshire.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 118 issued February 2004.
HEAP, D.
Signalman
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
2 Brigade Signal Troop. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Bolton, Lancashire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
HENDERSON, John Patrick Leo
Major
117132
No 2 Commando
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Engineers
Military Cross (MC)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Major John Henderson MC, 2 Special Service Brigade, died during operations in Italy [1].
On the 8th May 1940 he transferred from the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry to the Royal Engineers retaining his seniority as 2/Lieutenant. [2].
HUGHES, Stanley Raymond
Fusilier
4130995
SBS
Special Air Service and 1st Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers
Military Medal (MM)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Fusilier Stanley Hughes M.M., SBS, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached to 2 Commando Brigade, died during operations at Lake Comacchio. Son of Edward Lloyd Hughes and Bertha Hughes; husband of Hilda May Hughes, of Stoneycroft, Lancashire.
HURLEY, Thomas, B.
Signalman
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
2 Brigade Signal Troop. Post war member of the Commando Association from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 87 (1988).
HUTTON, Thomas Reay
Driver
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Driver Thomas Reay Hutton served in 2 Commando Brigade Headquarters. Post war member of the Commando Association from Chesham.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 109 (Sept.1999).
JACKSON, C.W.
Private
6142393
Special Service Brigade
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Private Jackson was reported wounded 9 October 1944 during operations in Greece. Casualty lists record his secondary unit only as 'Commando'.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/83 and WO417/85.
JAMES, Clifford Vizetelly
Lieutenant (later Major)
174099
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Military Cross (MC)
Mentioned in Despatches
Lieutenant Clifford James, 2 Special Service Brigade Signals Officer, was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service during operations in Italy.
Recommendation
Salerno Bay 9-16 Sept. 1943.
JAY, Francis Hubert
Trooper
305985
40RM Commando
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Horse Guards
Killed in action or died of wounds
Trooper Francis Jay died during an enemy aerial attack against commandos based on the island of Vis. At the time of his death he was a signaller attached to 40RM Commando, 2 Special Service Brigade.
JOHNSON, Cyril
Sergeant
Brigade Signals
Cyril served with 2 Cdo Bde Sigs.
(Image source: CVA Gallery Bde Sigs reunion 16th July 1988.)
JOHNSON, J.W.
-
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-
Served in 2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Filey, Yorkshire..
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 110 issued March 2000.
JUPP, Clifford Norman
Captain
176804
No 2 Commando
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Fusiliers
Royal Artillery
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Mentioned in Despatches
8 March 1941 O.C.T.U. commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Fusiliers [1].
Served in No.2 Commando and 2 Commando Brigade [2][4].
KING, N.W.
Corporal
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing New Jersey, USA.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
KINSELLA, T.
Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Kilburn, London
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
KIRKHOPE, William Adamson Forbes
Signalman (later Second Lieutenant)
7662003 and 352648
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals & Camerons
Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
Signalman Kirkhope, 2 Special Service Brigade Signals, was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy [1].
Recommendation
Gulf of Salerno 13th September 1943
Recommendation
Gulf of Salerno 13th September 1943
KNIGHT, John E.
Signalman
2598133
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Signalman John Knight, 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals, was wounded 22 March 1944 during operations in Italy. Post war Secretary of the Birmingham Branch of the Commando Association.
Sources
LANCASTER, J.
Corporal
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Liverpool.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
LASSEN, Major, Anders Frederick Emil V. Schau, VC
Major
234907
SBS
Special Air Service Regiment
Victoria Cross (VC)
Military Cross (MC)
Bar to the Military Cross
2nd Bar to the Military Cross
Killed in action or died of wounds
Major Anders Lassen, MC and 2 bars, Special Boat Service, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached to 2 Commando Brigade, was killed during
LEWIS, Francis
Signalman
2574102
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Killed in action or died of wounds
Signalman Francis Lewis, 2 Special Service Brigade Signals, died during operations in Italy. The date of his death coincides with Operation Partridge. He has no known grave. Son of William and Mary Lewis, of Liverpool.
LEWIS, Hugh Howell
Lance Sergeant
2585875
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Military Medal (MM)
Lance Sergeant Hugh Lewis, 2 Special Service Brigade Signals, was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service during operations at Termoli, Italy. Post war member of the Commando Association from St Mellons, Cardiff.
MANSBRIDGE, Frederick, C.
Lance Corporal
Brigade Signals
-
Lance Corporal Fred Mansbridge served in 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals.
Post war member of the Commando Association who emigrated to Ontario, Canada.
MCNEIL, Thomas
Lance Corporal
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
Sources
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 89 (1989).
Addendum to Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 90 (1990).
MELVILLE, S.
Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served in 2 Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Capetown, South Africa, in 1950. He died in Rhodesia in 1957 as a result of a road accident.
Sources
MILLS, William Carley
Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal)
PO/X112087
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Corporal William Carley Mills from Bedlington Station, Northumberland, received a Mention in Despatches for services in Italy between 1st April and 8th May 1945.
Source
London Gazette 37505, page 1441.
Source
London Gazette 37505, page 1441.
MITCHELL, Ronald England
Major
79658
No 2 Commando
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Hertfordshire Regiment
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Territorial Decoration (TD)
Captain Ronald England Mitchell joined the strength of No.2 Commando on 5 March 1941 and appointed Administration Officer [1].
February 1944 attached to HQ, 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade [1].
MORLEY, S.
Gunner
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Artillery
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Wallsend-on-Tyne.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
MURCUTT, Frederick George Halls
Captain
155277
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Commando Basic Training Centre
Royal Engineers
Military Cross (MC)
Frederick Murcutt was awarded the MC for his gallantry whilst a Lieutenant serving in Tunisia. He went on to serve with 2 Commando Brigade.
OPHER, F.H.
Signalman
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing New Malden, Surrey.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
PALMER, George Harold
Lance Sergeant
Brigade Signals
Lance Sergeant George Palmer served in the Signals Section of 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade.
Source
CVA obituaries.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 114 issued March 2002.
PERRY, Cyril Henry
Temporary Captain
262361
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Armoured Corps
Mentioned in Despatches
Territorial Efficiency Medal
Served in 2 Brigade and Group HQ. Mentioned in Despatches in recognition of distinguished service in Italy. Member of the Commando Association residing Queensland, Australia.
Sources
PETERS, Thomas, W.
Major
-
Special Service Brigade
-
Major Thomas Peters served in 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade and also 4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Sidmouth, Devon.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 112 issued March 2001.
PIRIE, James
Captain
267968
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Engineers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain James Pirie, Royal Engineers, was attached to 2 Special Service Brigade at the time of his death.
Notes
During this period the Brigade were involved in operations against the German garrison on the Island of Brac.
RAYMENT, Bryan, Antony
Captain
137138
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Army Service Corps
Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Commissioned 16 July 1940. Served in 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade.
5 December 1947 War Substantive Lieutenant relinquished commission and granted honorary rank of Captain. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Johannesburg, South Africa.
REEVES, William George
Lance Corporal
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Christchurch, Dorset.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 100 (1995).
[Image] CVA Gallery Bde Sigs reunion 16th July 1988.
RICHARDS, L.
Signalman
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Lewes, Sussex.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
RIMMER, Joseph, L.
Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Special Service (Commando Brigade). Post war member of the Commando Association from Southport, Merseyside.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.
ROBERTS, Edward
Corporal
5884746
SBS
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Hampshire Regiment 5th Bn.
Special Air Service Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Edward Roberts, Special Boat Service, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached 2 Commando Brigade, died during operations at Lake Comacchio.
Son of Leslie D. and Annie H. Fraser, of Parkhead, Glasgow.
Sources
CWGC.
SANDERSON, H.B.
Corporal
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing London SE4.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.
SEYMOUR, Terence
Temporary Corporal
PLY/X103513
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Corporal Terence Seymour, from Barry Docks South Wales, received a Mention in Despatches for services in Italy between 1st April and 8th May 1945.
Source
London Gazette 37505, page 1441.
Notes
SHAW, Donald
Marine
PO/X.103907
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Marine Donald Shaw from Huddersfield received a Mention in Despatches for services in Italy between 1st April and 8th May 1945.
Source
London Gazette 37505, page 1441.
Notes
STOKES, Albert
Lance Corporal
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Taunton, Somerset.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 71 (1980).
TAYLOR, Samuel James
Marine
PO.X.108092
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Marine Samuel Taylor received a Mention in Despatches for courage, tenacity, and skill whilst serving with the Allied Armies in the Mediterranean.
Sources
London Gazette 37136, page 3191 dated 19 June 1945.
London Gazette 37136, page 3191 dated 19 June 1945.
THORNE, John
Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Private John Thorne served in 2 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association.
Extract from Commando Association newsletter 57
TOD, Ronald John Frederick (Brig)
Brigadier
32187
No 9 Commando
No 6 Independent Company
No 11 Independent Company
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Bar to the Distinguished Service Order
Commissioned into the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders in 1925. Served in No 6 Independent Company and was Officer Commanding No 11 Independent Company in 1940 and later took command of No 9 Commando in 1942. Awarded DSO, and later a Bar to the DSO, each for "gallant and distinguished s
VERRI, Alexander
Corporal
5337321
No 2 Commando
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Military Medal (MM)
Corporal Alexander Verri was awarded the MIlitary Medal for gallant and distinguished service during operations on the Island of Brac in the Adriatic. He was captured during the raid on 3 June 1944 and imprisoned in Germany.
Recommendation
VIANEST, J.A.
Signalman
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
2 Brigade Signal Troop.
WAKEFIELD, Edward Roger
Captain
138709
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
General List
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Edward Wakefield was killed whilst attached to 2 Special Service Brigade during an operation involving Nos. 40 and 43RM Commando and Partisan forces, against German forces on the island of Brac.
He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches in 1945.
WARDLE, Reginald
Lance Corporal
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
No 4 Commando
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade and No.4 Commando. Post war member of the Commando Association from Sandford, Tasmania.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.
WHITEHOUSE, Peter Beckwith
Captain
100423
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Engineers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Peter Whitehouse RE, 2 Special Service Brigade Staff Officer, killed in action during operations in Albania with No.2 Commando. Son of Sir Harold Beckwith Whitehouse, and of Lady Whitehouse (nee Griffith), of West Brompton, London.
Sources
WOOLNOUGH, Bryan Owen
Signalman
2600497
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Served in 2 Commando Brigade Signal Troop.
Member of the Commando Association.
12 June 1976 Chief Inspector, Metropolitan Police, appointed M.B.E. (Civil Division).
Sources
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