30 Cdo. AU Roll of Honour
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BANCROFT, John
BELCHER, Thomas Eaton
BENTLEY, Lennard
Marine Lennard Bentley died during operations at Normandy, France. He died when anti personnel bombs were dropped from enemy aircraft. Also killed were Lieutenant Ionides and Corporal Wright.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/127.
Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit, author Nicholas Rankin.)
COWAN, Kenneth

HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY, Herbert Oliver

IONIDES, Theodore Alexander Maurice
Lieutenant Theodore Ionides, a RNVR underwater weapons expert attached to 30 AU, died when anti personnel bombs were dropped from enemy aircraft. Also killed were Corporal Wright and Marine Bentley.
G.R.O. War Death Naval Officers Indices (1939 To 1948).
Linked content below.
Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit, author Nicholas Rankin.)
JEFFCOTT, Henry Raymond
Marine Henry Jeffcott died during operations at Normandy.
MCDAID, Francis
O'CALLAGHAN, Frank John
ROBINSON, Anthony Denzil

SANDERSON, Herbert William
Marine Herbert Sanderson died during operations in France.
SHAW, Geoffrey
Marine Geoffrey Shaw died during operations at Le Havre. Also killed on that day from his unit and buried at Sanvic was Captain Huntington-Whiteley.
WRIGHT, Leo Arthur Philip
Corporal Leo Wright died during operations at Normandy, France, when anti personnel bombs were dropped from enemy aircraft. Also killed were Lieutenant Ionides and Marine Bentley.
Source
CWGC.
Registers of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/139.
Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit, author Nicholas Rankin.)
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