Argenta Gap War Cemetery, Italy
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Displaying 1 - 43 of 43ALTRINGHAM, Ronald Leslie
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Ronald Altringham died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/127.
BREMNER, Alexander
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Alexander Bremner died during operations in Italy (Lake Comacchio).
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/128.
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/128.
[Image] The War Illustrated magazine.
BROWN, John
No 9 Commando
The East Yorkshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private John Brown died during operations in the region of Lake Comacchio and Argenta.
BUSTARD, Leslie Mears
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Leslie Bustard died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/128.
COLBY, Gordon David
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Gordon Colby died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
COOMBER, Arthur William George
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Arthur Coomber died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
CORCORAN, James Ernest Bertram
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal James Corcoran died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
CROUCH, Alfred John
SBS
Special Air Service and Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Trooper Alfred Crouch, Special Boat Service, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached to 2 Commando Brigade, died during operations at Lake Comacchio.
DIMARCO, Paul
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Colour Sergeant Paul DiMarco died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
An account by Ron Perry of the action
FOSTER, Ronald Thomas
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Ronald Foster died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
GARDNER, James
No 9 Commando
Manchester Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal James Gardner died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
GARSON, Andrew
43RM Commando
royal ma
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Andrew Garson died in Italy. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in operations at Lake Comacchio and Argenta.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
HAMSTEAD, Edward Oliver
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Edward Hamstead died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. He had earlier received a Mention in Despatches for outstanding service while operating with the Allied Armies in Italy, rank shown as Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal)*.
Sources
CWGC.
HARVEY, William Joseph Alphonso
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Colour Sergeant William Harvey, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
HAYS, Robert Griffen
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Robert Hays died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
HILL, Henry William
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant Henry Hill died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. He received a Mention in Despatches for "gallant and distinguished service while operating with the Army in Italy."
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.
HOBBS, Victor Frederick
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Victor Hobbs died during operations at Lake Commachio, Italy.
An account by Ron Perry of the action
HUGHES, Stanley Raymond
SBS
Special Air Service and 1st Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers
Military Medal (MM)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Fusilier Stanley Hughes M.M., Special Boat Service, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached to 2 Commando Brigade, died during operations at Lake Comacchio.
Sources
HUNTER, Cpl. Thomas Peck, VC
43RM Commando
Royal Marines
Victoria Cross (VC)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
INGRAM, Richard George
43RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Richard Ingram died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/132.
JAMES, George Henry
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal George James died at 214 Field Ambulance, Italy. At the time of his death his commando were engaged in operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/132.
KITHER, Harry Thomas
No 9 Commando
Royal Artillery
Military Cross (MC)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Harry Kither MC, from Longcot Shrivenham near Swindon, died during operations at Lake Comacchio and the Argenta Gap. He had been awarded the Military Cross "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy."
Sources
CWGC.
London Gazette 37162, page 3494.
LASSEN, Major, Anders Frederick Emil V. Schau, VC
SBS
Special Air Service Regiment
Victoria Cross (VC)
Military Cross (MC)
Bar to the Military Cross
2nd Bar to the Military Cross
Killed in action or died of wounds
Major Anders Lassen, MC and 2 bars, Special Boat Service, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached to 2 Commando Brigade, was killed during operations at Lake Comacchio. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
LITTLE, William Armstrong
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine William Little died in Italy. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
MCGLASHON, Dennis Patrick
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Dennis McGlashon died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
MOLE, Geoffrey E.
40RM Commando
Royal Army Medical Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Geoffrey Mole, RAMC attached to 40RM Commando, died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
MOODY, Edwin John
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Edwin Moody died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.
NASH, Alec
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Alec Nash died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.
Births Registered April, May, June 1921 in Clutton, Somerset.
PAIN, Leonard James
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Leonard Pain died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives files ADM 104/135.
PEGRUM, John David George
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant John Pegrum died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Notes
The Navy Lists show a Lieut. J.D.G. Pegrum on the roll of Officers of 42RM Commando in 1944. [view].
PITT, Edward Albert
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Edward Pitt died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
PORTER, Norman Maund
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Major Norman Porter died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
ROBERTS, Edward
SBS
Special Air Service & Hampshire Regiment 5th Bn.
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Edward Roberts, Special Boat Service, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached to 2 Commando Brigade, died during operations at Lake Comacchio.
RUTTER, Robert
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Robert Rutter died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
SCOTT, William James
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant William Scott died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
SIMPSON, Samuel
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Samuel Simpson died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
SMALLBONE, Nelson Arthur Michel
No 2 Commando
Royal Fusiliers (City of London)
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant Nelson Smallbone, 6 troop, died 11 March 1945 during operations in Italy [1][2].
- Mentioned in Despatches for "gallant and distinguished services in the field."[3].
- 3 September 1943 (Corporal) wounded during operations in Italy (Salerno) [4].
Sources
SUTCLIFFE, Kenneth George
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Kenneth Sutcliffe died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
SWIFT, Harold
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Harold Swift died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
TANNER, John Andrew
No 9 Commando
Middlesex Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal John Tanner was killed in action on 15 April 1945 during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. The previous year on 20 March 1944 he was wounded (recovered) during operations in Italy.
WATTS, Albert
No 9 Commando
Royal Army Service Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Driver Albert Watts, from Manchester, died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
WEDGWOOD, Paul Neville
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Paul Wedgwood died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
WOODALL, John William
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal John Woodall died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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