3 Cdo Bde Operations in Burma
Location
Myanmar
21° 54' 50.274" N, 95° 57' 22.4028" E
The following reports relate to the operations of the Commando Units attached to 3 Commando Brigade.
No 5 Commando
5 Cdo. Roll of Honour
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5 Commando
History of the Unit
5 Commando Nominal Roll
In 1946 the Army Council decided that the Army Commandos were to be disbanded and no provision was allowed or made for any depository or office which would have at least contained a complete Roster of Names of the men who served in the various units.
5 Commando, Formation in 1940
scan of letters documenting the formation of No5 Commando in 1940
5 Commando, Officers in 1940
Scan of original document listing the first Commanding Officer and Troop Leaders of No5 Commando on its formation in 1940. Listed are prospective subalterns for each troop.
BETTS, Arthur
Pte. Betts, No 5 Commando HQ, was killed during operations at Maungdaw.
[Source: Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.]
BEVAN, William James
Pte Bevan, No 5 Commando HQ, was killed during operations at Maungdaw.
[Source: Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.]
BEVERIDGE, Robert
Sgt Beveridge was killed during the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on HMS Campbeltown.
BISHOP, John Franklin
Pte Bishop, No 5 Commando HQ, was killed during operations at Maungdaw.
[Source: Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.]
BLAKEMORE, John
Sgt Blakemore was killed during operations in Madagascar
BRADFORD, Alan Charles
Pte Bradford, 5 troop, was killed during operations at Maungdaw.
[Source: Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.]
Read this Letter from the War Office to his Family and view other Correspondence.
BROTHWOOD, John T.V.W.
The circumstances of the death of Dvr. Brothwood are not as yet known by this archive.
(Source for Operation Claymore: CVA gallery.)
BROWN, Frederick Harold
LSgt Brown was killed in the UK by gunshot wound.
The War Diary for No 5 Commando in June 1943 has the following entries:
2 June: Troop training - street fighting practice - minefield clearing - map reading and compass work.
3 June: The death occurred by gunshot of L/Sgt FH Brown 833166 at Sandown.
BRYANT, Sydney
Lt Bryant was killed during operations in Kangaw.
[Source: Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.]
BUDD, Lionel
Gnr Budd, 5 troop, was killed during operations at Maungdaw.
[Source: Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.]
BURTINSHAW, Robert James Glover
Lt Burtinshaw was killed during the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on HMS Campbeltown and OIC of a demolition team.
He received a posthumous MiD for his "gallant and distinguished services in action against the enemy during the raid."
Sources: London Gazettes Supp. 37162; Page: 3494 and Supp. 37629; Page: 3273 (errata).
CARR, Francis Arthur
Sgt. Carr was awarded the DCM for his gallantry during the raid at St Nazaire. He was the senior NCO in the demolition party led by Lieut Burtinshaw on board HMS Campbeltown.
[Source; London Gazettes Supp. 37162, page 3493.]
CHAMBERS, Philip Arthur John
Gnr Chambers, 2 troop, was killed during operations at Maungdaw.
[Source: Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.]
CHURCHILL, John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming (Lt Col)
After a brief spell as 2i/c No 5 Commando, the then Major Churchill moved to 2i/c No 3 Commando. Shortly after Lt Col Newman was taken prisoner at St Nazaire in 1942, Major Churchill was promoted Lt Col. to replace him as OC No 2 Commando. Lt Col Churchill remained OC until he was also taken prisoner in 1944.
An account by Bob Bishop No 2 Commando from his history of No 2:
CLIFFORD, Frederick Henry
Pte Clifford was killed during operations in Madagascar.
COLLINS, Michael Vincent
Mick Collins, 5 troop, met his good friend and Commando Pal, Geoff Hill, at the King's Royal Rifle Corps recruiting office as they were enlisting. They later volunteered for special service in the Commandos together, trained at Achnacarry together and were paired up as Commando Pals. They fought side by side in Burma where they were both WIA on 23 March 1944. Post WWII they remained in close friends and stayed in contact until Mick sadly died in February 1956.
COOK, Henry John
Rfn Cook , No 5 Commando HQ, died in Hong Kong.
COOKE, Charles Harry
Pte Cooke was killed during operations in Madagascar.
DICKSON, Alexander
Tpr Dickson, 5troop, was killed during operations at Maungdaw.
[Source: Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.]
EATON, Frank
Spr Eaton 5troop, was killed during operations at Maungdaw.
[Source: Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.]
EDWARDS, Henry E.
The circumstances of the death of LCpl Edwards are not known as yet by this archive.
EDWARDS, Ronald
Cpl. Ronald Edwards was killed after Nos 5 and 1 Commando had merged to form 1/5 Commando.
"The funeral was of one of our colleagues whose life came to a tragic end when he fell from quarters in Kowloon. I am not sure whether it was Mody Road but it was thereabouts. He was buried at Happy Valley Ceremony with full honours. I did attend and am somewhere amongst the others in the picture at the cemetery."
(Source: Dougie Neish of No 1 and 1/5 Cdo. in a message to the CVA, 2010.)
FERGUSON, William
Sgt Ferguson was killed during the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on HMS Campbeltown.
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