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Displaying 301 - 329 of 329UNTHANK, Thomas Glaves
Marine
EX/3424
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Thomas Unthank died during the period his Commando were engaged in operations at the River Aller in the vicinity of the village of Hademstorf.
VENNER, J.
Marine
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Served in ' B' Troop. Last known residing St. Leonards on Sea, East Sussex.
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 87 (1988).
WALES, Frederick Edward
Marine
PO/X 120575
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Frederick Wales, 'A' Troop, died when hit by enemy machine gun fire during operations at Brachterbeek. His Section Officer, Lieutenant Robert Cory, and Marine Wheeler were wounded.
Sources
CWGC.
WALKER, James
Marine
EX/3379
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine James Walker died during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.
WALKER, James Walter
Marine
EX/4267
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine James Walter Walker, 'E' Troop, died during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.
WATSON, Gilbert
Marine
CH/X 114698
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Gilbert Watson, 'E' Troop, was killed in acion on the beach at Normandy, France. Son of David and Annie Watson, of Highfield, Co. Durham.
WATSON, John Arthur
Corporal
EX/4269
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal John Watson was reported missing presumed killed in action during operations at Normandy. He has no known grave. Son of Arthur and Hannah Isabel Watson.
WEBSTER, Windsor Ian
Marine
CH/X114153
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Also served 3 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Cambridge.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 98 (1994).
WESTON, Frederick Leslie, S.
Colour Sergeant
PLY/X3239
41RM Commando
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Post war member of the Commando Association residing Tadley, Basingstoke.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 101 (1995).
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
WHARTON, James Daniel
Colour Sergeant
EX/4271
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Colour Segeant James Wharton died during the period his Commando were engaged in operations at Stolzenau and Leese (River Wesser crossing).
WHEELER, -
Marine
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Marine Wheeler, 'A' Troop, was wounded 23 January 1945 by enemy machine gun fire during operations at Brachterbeek. His Section Officer, Lieutenant Robert Cory, and Marine Wales were also wounded. Marine Frederick Wales later died of his wounds.
Sources
WHITAKER, Frank
Marine
CH/X 3815
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Frank Whitaker died at sea during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Frank and Ellen Ann Whitaker, of Burnley, Lancashire.
Sources
CWGC.
WHITBURN, William, C.W.
Corporal
EX/ 936
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Corporal William Whitburn from Acton, London, was wounded in France. His wife was from Hawick.
WHITE, Brian Granville
Captain
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Brian White, the Adjutant of the Commando since its formation, died during operations at Normandy.
Sources
CWGC.
The book A Plain Russet-Coated Captain by Capt. John Day.
WHITE, Ronald Douglas
Sergeant
PO/X 1898
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant Ronald White died during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.
WHITEHEAD, R.H.
Marine
CH/X111121
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
*Possibly Robert Harvey WHITEHEAD (born 1924).
Source:s
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111.
WHITNEY, Robert Desmond
Marine
PLY/X 108404
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Died on war service
Marine Robert Whitney died from natural causes (septicemia) at West Glamorgan Hospital, Neath.
Sources
[1] CWGC
[2] British Armed Forces Deaths / National Archives file ADM 104/138.
[3] Image of headstone in gallery.
WILCOX, Reginald Alan
Marine
PO/X 102113
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Reginald Wilcox, 'E' Troop, died during operations at Normandy.
WILD, Frank
Marine
CH/X 101138
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Frank Wild died during operations at Bell Isle, Osen, Netherlands. Son of George Thomas Wild and Ada Isobel Wild, of Lee, London.
Sources
CWGC.
No.45 RM Commando War Diary / List of casualties Operation Bell Island II.
WILLIAMS, Derrick Lovell
Chaplain 4th Class
297476
45RM Commando
Royal Army Chaplains Department
Died on war service
Reverend Derrick Lovell Williams, M.A., had been Curate of Christchurch, Stepney, during the London Blitz and was noted for his rescue work.
WILLIAMS, Robert
Marine
PLY/X 106817
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Robert Williams died at sea during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Ellis Thomas Williams and Margaret Elizabeth Williams, of Denbigh.
Sources
CWGC.
WILSON, Sidney William
Marine
CH/X 110612
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Died in service
Marine Sidney Wilson of 10 Priory Road Cambridge died from burns sustained when a military truck in which he was travelling overturned and caught fire at Broadbridge Heath near Horsham. Twenty three other Royal Marines were injured.
Sources
WILSON, William Alan
Sergeant
EX/4194
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant William Wilson, 'E' Troop, died during operations at the village of Wangelau on the road from Lauenberg to Lubeck. After a short artillery barrage 'A' and 'E' Troops entered the village and took 130 prisoners.
WINSTON, Peter Stanley
Lieutenant
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Peter Winston died during operations at Bell Isle*, Osen, Netherlands. Son of John Henry Ernest and Winifred Winston, of Sanderstead, Surrey. Educated at Whitgift School, Croydon. Commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant 6 November 1943.
Sources
WODCKE, A.E.
Private
7263275
45RM Commando
Royal Army Medical Corps
R.A.M.C. attached 45RM Commando was reported missing 7 June 1944 during operations at Normandy believed prisoner of war later confirmed no longer missing.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77 and 82.
WORSLEY, Stanley
Marine
PO/X121876
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Stan Worsley a warehouseman from Salford was attested into the Royal Marines 19 October 1943 and later joined 45RM Commando 'E' Troop.
07.06.1944 prisoner of war during operations at Normandy, France.
16.04.1945 escaped from captivity to allied lines.
WRIGHT, Alfred
Marine
PO/X 3893
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Alfred Wright, 'E' Troop, died during operations at Normandy.
WRIGHT, Trevor Desmond
Lieutenant
178439V
45RM Commando
South African Tank Corps
Military Medal (MM)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Trevor Wright, SA Forces attached to 45RM Commando, died [1] during the period the Commando were engaged in operations at Osnabruck.
YAXLEY, Robert
Marine
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Served in 'E' Troop.
Sources
[Image] Clive Yaxley (son).
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