No 5 Independent Company
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No.5 Independent Company formed from 56th London Division. Part of Scissors Force, a section of the British Expedition to Norway in May 1940.
AINSLEY, Ernest
Fusilier
No 5 Independent Company
8th Bn Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Fusilier Ernest Ainsley, No. 5 Independent Company, died during operations in Norway as part of Scissors Force.
BARRON, Robert James
Known as:
Robbie
Sergeant (later Major)
No 2 Commando
London Scottish The Gordon Highlanders
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Mentioned in Despatches
Sergeant Robert Barron, 1 troop, was one of the Commando contingent who participated in the St. Nazaire raid on ML 446. Evacuated back to the UK [1].
General Service [3].
- May 1935 T.A. 1st Bn. London Scottish.
- Sept. 1939 embodied 1st Bn. London Scottish.
BAYLISS, Leonard Frank
Known as:
Len
Lance Sergeant
No 2 Commando
Royal Fusiliers
Lance Sergeant Len Bayliss, 3 Troop, was in Lieutenant John Roderick's Assault Party on HMS Campbeltown during the raid on St Nazaire. Wounded and prisoner of war.
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DIXON, Herbert
Known as:
Bert, Herbie
Fusilier
No 2 Commando
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Herbert Dixon enlisted with the Buffs on 15 March March 1940. He then volunteered for No.5 Independent Company. After joining No.2 Commando he was posted to 6 troop. Late 1943 when the Commando was restructured he was moved to 5 troop. There are group photos of him and others in the 5 troop album.
FLAVELL, Roy Russell
Gunner
No 5 Independent Company
Royal Artillery
Killed in action or died of wounds
Gunner Roy Flavell, No. 5 Independent Company, died during operations in Norway as part of Scissors Force.
JENKINS, Morgan
Second Lieutenant
No 2 Commando
No 5 Independent Company
Welch Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Second Lieutenant Morgan Jenkins was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later confirmed killed in action. He embarked for the raid on motor launch ML 268 and has no known grave.
Son of Morgan and Mary Jenkins; husband of Edna (nee Kennedy), of Tottenham, London.
PEYTON, Thomas Grenville Pitt
Lieutenant
No 2 Commando
No 5 Independent Company
Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Thomas Peyton, 6 troop, was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later confirmed killed in action. He has no known grave.
Son of Ivor Eliot Peyton and Dorothy Helen Peyton, of Englemere Wood, Berkshire.
Attended Eton College from 1934 - 1939.
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