BAILEY, Lionel James
No 4 Commando
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Lionel Bailey, 'C' troop, died during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
'4 Cdo. Roll of Honour'
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BALL, Joseph
No 4 Commando
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Died on war service
Fusilier Joseph Ball was shot and killed in circumstances that remain to this day somewhat lacking of any official acount. It is believed that the fatal shot was fired by a patrol of the Dutch Navy.
Photos of his funeral are in our gallery. [Go to gallery.]
BARRASS, Nicholas William
No 4 Commando
Royal Artillery
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Nicholas Barrass died during operations in Holland. Whilst engaged in a house clearance at Flushing he was killed by a sniper who fired from an adjacent building. Commissioned from the ranks as Second Lieutenant on 2 October 1943.
BENNETT, Hector Allan
No 4 Commando
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Hector Bennett died during operations at Normandy.
BISHOP, John
No 4 Commando
Somerset Light Infantry
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal John Bishop died during operations at Dieppe.
BORGMAN, Robert Bernard John
No 4 Commando
Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Robert Borgman died during the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 268.
Sources
CWGC
St Nazaire Society website.
BURKITT, Frederick
No 4 Commando
Sherwood Forresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Frederick Burkitt died during operations at Normandy.
BURNESS, Michael Frederick
No 4 Commando
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Michael Burness died during operations at Normandy on D Day.
His brother 129290 Lt. Arthur Donald Burness also died serving with the Royal Artillery, attd. 661 A.O.P. Sqdn. Royal Air Force.
Source: CWGC
BURY, Frank James Lindsay
No 4 Commando
Royal Norfolk Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Frank Bury died during operations in Normandy. He was a former pupil of Eton school and studied at Trinity College.
Sources
CWGC.
CAWTHRAY, Eric
No 4 Commando
Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Trooper Eric Cawthray died during operations at Normandy on D Day.
CHITTY, John Albert
No 4 Commando
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Lance Sergeant John Chitty, 'C' troop and a veteran of the Dieppe raid, died by drowning during a training exercise codenamed Exercise Brandyball. This was a mock seaborne raid on cliffs near Zennor, St Ives, Cornwall known as The Brandys.
CLARKE, Patrick Joseph
No 4 Commando
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Fusilier Patrick Clarke died during operations at Normandy.
COLLINS, George
No 4 Commando
Lancashire Fusiliers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Fusilier George Collins died during operations at Normandy.
COOK, John Barrington
No 4 Commando
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Rifleman John Cook died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
COULSON, Garnett
No 4 Commando
Royal Engineers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sapper Garnett Coulson died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 268.
COX, Frederick Ernest
No 4 Commando
Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Trooper Frederick Cox died during operations at Normandy.
CRAIG, George McKinlay
No 4 Commando
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Rifleman George Craig died of wounds sustained during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/76 and WO417/81.
DONKIN, Henry
No 4 Commando
South Lancashire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Henry Donkin, 'F' troop, a veteran of Dunkirk, was shot and killed whilst engaging the enemy during operations at Flushing.
Sources
CWGC
The Fighting Fourth by Maj James Dunning.
ELMS, Frank
No 4 Commando
Northamptonshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Second Lieutenant Frank Elms died during operations at Normandy, France.
A serving Police Officer in Northampton he volunteered for the Armed Forces in 1941 serving in the Royal Air Force before joining the Commandos.
Extract from the No 4 Commando War Diary
Extract from the No 4 Commando War Diary
FARNESE, Orlando Raffaele
No 4 Commando
Royal Army Medical Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Orlando Farnese died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
FRASER, George
No 4 Commando
Lovat Scouts
Military Medal (MM)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Sergeant George Fraser MM, 'A' troop, died during operations at Normandy [1].
Recommendation for Military Medal
GARTHWAITE, William Owen
No 4 Commando
The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private William Garthwaite, 'C' troop, died during operations at Dieppe.
GILLON, Douglas
No 4 Commando
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Douglas Gillon died during operations in the Netherlands.
GOFF, Samuel Watson
No 4 Commando
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Samuel Goff, 'C' troop, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, was reported wounded and missing during operations in Normandy, later reported died of wounds.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/80 (2 reports).
Linked Content below.
GOOCH, Frederick Maurice
No 4 Commando
East Surrey Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Frederick Gooch died during operations at Dieppe.
GROOM, James George
No 4 Commando
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private James Groom died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
GULVIN, Peter James
No 4 Commando
Middlesex Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Peter Gulvin died of wounds sustained during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/76/77.
HAIG-THOMAS, David
No 4 Commando
No 14 Commando
Royal Army Service Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant David Haig-Thomas, No. 4 Commando 'C' troop, died during operations at Normandy on D Day. [1].
- Appointed to 1 troop No.14 Commando on 3 December 1942 on formation of the unit. No.1 troop was the canoe troop. [2].
HARVEY, William Young
No 4 Commando
Royal Artillery
Killed in action or died of wounds
Gunner William Harvey was killed by enemy machine gun fire during operations at Flushing.
HECKMAN, Edward Percy Henry
No 4 Commando
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Edward Heckman died during operations at Dieppe.
HELLYER, Kenneth George
No 4 Commando
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Private Kenneth Hellyer died in a training exercise accident.
HILL, Edward Arthur
No 4 Commando
Royal Artillery
Gunner Edward Hill was shot and killed during operations at Flushing.
Sources
CWGC.
Bill Harvey, CVA Forum Message.
HINDE, Albert Leslie
No 4 Commando
Royal Artillery
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Bombardier Albert Hinde from Sheffield died as a result of an accident in Scotland. He was attested into the Royal Artillery on 17 February 1930 and had served in India and later at Dunkirk with the British expeditionary Force. After joining No.4 Commando he took part in the Lofoten Islands raid.
HOODLESS, Donald Samuel
No 4 Commando
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Lance Corporal Donald Hoodless, 'C' troop and a veteran of the Dieppe raid, died by drowning during a training exercise codenamed Exercise Brandyball. This was a mock seaborne raid on cliffs near Zennor, St Ives, Cornwall known as The Brandys.
HOOPER, Owen Gerrard
No 4 Commando
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Owen Hooper died of wounds during operations at Flushing, Holland.
HUGHES, Walter James Frederick
No 4 Commando
Essex Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Walter Hughes died during operations in Normandy.
HUTCHINSON, David
No 4 Commando
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private David Hutchinson died during operations at L'Epine, France.
Sources
CWGC.
CVA Forum message.
HUTCHISON, Edward Alexander Jackson Clark
No 4 Commando
Kings Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Edward Hutchison, 8 Troop, No 1 section, B sub section, died during operations in The Netherlands.
Sources
CWGC
Westminster Abbey Roll of Honour
IVES, Albert Frank
No 4 Commando
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Albert Ives died of wounds received on 8 June 1944 during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
JENNINGS, Harold Charles Henry
No 4 Commando
Middlesex Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Harold Jennings died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
KEENAN, James
No 4 Commando
Royal Ulster Rifles
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal James Keenan died during operations at Dieppe.
KNIGHT, John Henry
No 4 Commando
Durham Light Infantry
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private John Knight died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
LAING, David
No 4 Commando
Black Watch
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant David Laing, 'E' troop, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, died during operations at Normandy.
LAUX, Pierre
No 4 Commando
Devonshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Pierre Laux died during operations at Flushing, Holland.
A full report after the operation records the following under 3 Troop, page 24:
LLOYD, Frank
No 4 Commando
Grenadier Guards
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Sergeant Frank Lloyd died during operations at Normandy.
MACDONALD, John Alexander
No 4 Commando
Royal Armoured Corps (1st Royal Dragoons)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant John Macdonald, 'F' troop, died during operations at Dieppe.
MACKENZIE, Alistair Campbell
No 4 Commando
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Lieutenant Alistair Mackenzie died in an accident at Troon.
Educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, he entered the University to take Economics, and became an enthusiastic member of the O.T.C., distinguishing himself in shooting. He took part in the Lofoten Islands raid.
MASKELL, Frederick George
No 4 Commando
Royal Norfolk Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Frederick Maskell died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
MAULE, Stanley
No 4 Commando
Royal Engineers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Stanley Maule died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
MAYBURY, John
No 4 Commando
Grenadier Guards
Corporal John Maybury, 2 troop, was shot and killed during Operations Intemperate 1 and 2, against the German occupied island of Schouwen, Holland [1][2][3].
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June 1944 (Lance Corporal) (No.4 Commando) wounded at Normandy [4].
McGANN, Stanley
No 4 Commando
South Lancashire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Stanley McGann died in the UK of wounds received during operations at Dieppe.
MERCER, Duncan Thompson
No 4 Commando
The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Duncan Mercer was reported missing on 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe. He died of wounds on 24 August 1942. He has no known grave.
MEREDITH, William Gordon
No 4 Commando
Welch Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private William Meredith died during operations at Normandy.
MILLS, Alexander
No 4 Commando
South Lancashire Regiment
Lance Corporal Alexander Mills died during operations at Dieppe.
MOSS, John
No 4 Commando
The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
Killed in action or died of wounds
John Moss, serving under the alias of Taylor, died during operations at Dieppe.
MULLEN, Brian Joseph
No 4 Commando
Royal Engineers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Brian Mullen died during operations at Normandy on DDay. A talented artist and photographer LCpl Mullen had previously taken part in the Lofoten and Dieppe raids.
MUNNS, Leonard Cyril
No 4 Commando
Leicestershire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Leonard Munns died during operations at Normandy, France.
The son of Mrs. E. J. Munns, of Leicester, Leonard was a serving Police Officer who had volunteered for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes. In 1939 Leonard was a Probationary Police Constable residing at 83 Checketts Road, Leicester.
Sources
MYNHEER, Frederick Robert Charles
No 4 Commando
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Frederick Mynheer was reported missing 20 June 1944 presumed killed in action Normandy, France. He has no known grave.
NOTMAN, John
No 4 Commando
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private John Notman died during operations at Le Hauger, Normandy.
Extract from the Dumfries and Galloway Standard
Published Saturday 15 July 1944
ONG, Robert William
No 4 Commando
Suffolk Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Robert Ong died during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/78.
ORCHIN, Stanley Frederick
No 4 Commando
East Surrey Regiment
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Lance Corporal Stanley Orchin died in a training exercise accident.
OVENDEN, Roderick Joseph
No 4 Commando
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Roderick Ovenden, 'F' troop, died during operations at Normandy, France.
PALMER, Victor James
No 4 Commando
Dorsetshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Victor Palmer died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
PARK, John
No 4 Commando
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Sergeant John Park was a veteran of the Dieppe raid. At the time of Sgt. Park's death units from his Commando were engaged on raids along the French coast (Hardtack raids). It is believed he may have drowned during one such raid at Gravelines, France.
PASQUALE, Joseph
No 4 Commando
Royal Army Medical Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Joseph Pasquale, a veteran of Dieppe, died when a mortar shell exploded near him during operations at Normandy on DDay.
PATMORE, William
No 4 Commando
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private William Patmore died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
PENNINGTON, Harold Hammond
No 4 Commando
Hampshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Harold Pennington, B.A. (Oxon.). Kitchener Scholar and Rugby Football Blue, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire.
PETTIWARD, Roger Gamelyn
No 4 Commando
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Roger Pettiward, 'F' troop, died during operations at Dieppe in 1942.
RIDLAND, Ian Robert Manson
No 4 Commando
Royal Scots
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Ian Ridland died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
SADLER, William Jack
No 4 Commando
Gloucestershire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private William Sadler died in the UK of wounds received during operations at Normandy.
Sources
CWGC
Westminster Abbey Commando Roll of Honour file ref. National Archives DEFE/2/843.
SHAW, Frank
No 4 Commando
Royal Artillery
Killed in action or died of wounds
Gunner Frank Shaw, 'C' troop, died during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Linked Content below.
SIBLEY, James Sydney
No 4 Commando
Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Trooper James Sibley died during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/97.
SIEVEWRIGHT, John
No 4 Commando
Seaforth Highlanders
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private John Sievewright, 'C' Troop, died during operations at Normandy, France, after volunteering to go forward to assist his seriously injured troop officer Captain Style.
Sources
CWGC.
The Fighting Fourth by Major James Dunning.
Linked Content below.
SKINGLEY, Sidney
No 4 Commando
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Sidney Skingley, 'C' troop, died during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Linked Content below.
SMALLMAN, Sydney
No 4 Commando
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Sydney Smallman died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
Sources
CWGC.
[Image] From family via Forum posting by Stephane Saint-Martin.
SMITH, Fred
No 4 Commando
Royal Artillery
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Gunner Fred Smith died of wounds during operations at Normandy, France. He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches for "gallant and distinguished service in Normandy."
Source
CWGC
London Gazette 36720, page 4474.
STODDART, John
No 4 Commando
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private John Stoddart died during operations at Flushing, Holland.
STOUT, Kenneth Andrew
No 4 Commando
Dorsetshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Kenneth Stout died during operations at Normandy.
SUTTON, George Henry
No 4 Commando
East Yorkshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private George Sutton, from Hull, died during operations at Dieppe. In a letter to his parents Lord Lovat wrote, " Your son fought magnificently and died in the hour of victory. No man can do more. He is a credit to his Commando and his Country. "
A former pupil of Scarborough Street School, he had been in the Army for over 2 years.
TRAVERS, Oliver Plunkett
No 4 Commando
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Oliver Travers died during operations in Normandy.
TUCKER, George Arthur
No 4 Commando
Royal Corps of Signals
Killed in action or died of wounds
Signalman George Tucker died during operations at Dieppe.
Commonwealth War Grave Commission inscription
"Killed in action and buried at the time in Ste. Marguerite-Sur-Mer Churchyard whose grave is now lost. Their glory shall not be blotted out."
"Killed in action and buried at the time in Ste. Marguerite-Sur-Mer Churchyard whose grave is now lost. Their glory shall not be blotted out."
TYSON, Robert
No 4 Commando
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Robert Tyson, 'C' Troop, died during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Linked Content below.
WALKER, Alfred John
No 4 Commando
South Lancashire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Sergeant Alfred Walker, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, died during operations at Flushing.
It was while marshalling the prisoners into loading parties that L/Sgt. A. J. Walker was fatally wounded by a shell which burst on the Oranje Molen promontory.
Sources
CWGC.
WALL, Jack
No 4 Commando
Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Trooper Jack Wall died during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/78.
WALTERS, John Robert
No 4 Commando
Grenadier Guards
Killed in action or died of wounds
Guardsman John Walters died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
WARD, Arthur William
No 4 Commando
South Staffordshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Arthur Ward died during operations at Normandy, France.
Arthur served in the Wolverhampton Police Force for 3 years before the war and volunteered for the Commandos as part of one of the Police Intakes.
In 1939 he was a Police Constable residing at 74 Springfield Road, Wolverhampton.
WATTERS, Joseph
No 4 Commando
Royal Ulster Rifles
Killed in action or died of wounds
Rifleman Joseph Watters died during operations at Dieppe.
WELLESLEY-COLLEY, Phillip Anthony
No 4 Commando
South Nottinghamshire Hussars, Royal Horse Artillery
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Phillip Anthony Wellesley-Colley died during operations at Normandy, France.
1929 to 1936 attended Downside School.
1937 joined the South Nottinghamshire Hussars T.A.
1940 posted to the Middle East. Injured and hospitalised playing rugby after which he volunteered for the Commandos.
1937 joined the South Nottinghamshire Hussars T.A.
1940 posted to the Middle East. Injured and hospitalised playing rugby after which he volunteered for the Commandos.
Sources
WELLS, Patrick Anthony
No 4 Commando
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Died on war service
Private Patrick Wells died when his firearm was accidentally discharged whilst being cleaned.
Sources
CWGC
His daughter Sheila Wells.
WHATLEY, John
No 4 Commando
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal John Whatley was reported wounded and missing on 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France. It was later confirmed that he had been killed in action.
His brother Flying Officer William Denman Whatley also died in the war.
WILLIAMSON, Thomas Edwin
No 4 Commando
Royal Artillery
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Thomas Williamson died during operations at Normandy on DDay
YOUNGMAN, Ronald Herbert
No 4 Commando
Middlesex Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Ronald Youngman died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
Note
His age above is that shown on the CWGC record, however his family state he was only 19 when he died.
(Source: His son Ron.)
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French who were attached to No 4
Please note that some names are listed on the Roll of Honour for No 10(IA) Commando 1+8 troops.