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Displaying 1 - 11 of 11ALEXANDER, John MacAlister
No 1 Commando
Fusilier John Alexander died during operations in North Africa.
Sources
CWGC.
British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/55.
RWF Enlistment Registers Ref 8613s RWF Museum.
Notes
Middle name spelt as on CWGC record. Spelt as McAlister on Enlistment Register above.
BARLOW, Albert John
No 6 Commando
Sergeant Albert Barlow died during operations in North Africa.
BARRY, John
No 2 Commando
Private John Barry died [1] of wounds received at Dragone Hill, Salerno, on the 13th September 1943. He died at 67 General Hospital CMF [2].
BIRCH, Joseph
No 6 Commando
Private Joseph Birch died during operations in North Africa.
BLOWER, Alfred
No 2 Commando
Private Alfred Blower, 4 troop, died [1] of wounds received at Dragone Hill, Salerno, on the 13th September 1943 [2]. He died at 67 General Hospital CMF [2] .
Extract from the Liverpool Evening Express - Friday 08 December 1944.
Private Alfred Blower (26), The King’s Regiment (Liverpool), serving with a Commando unit, of Fontenoy Street, Liverpool, 3, has been killed in action in Italy. He was an old boy of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Toxteth. [3]
CLIFFORD, Frederick Henry
No 5 Commando
The full circumstances of the death of Private Frederick Clifford are not known by this archive.
DAVIDSON, Douglas Malcolm
No 1 Commando
Captain Douglas Davidson MC died of wounds sustained on the 14th March whilst leading a patrol and being engaged by the enemy. The location for the entry recorded in the War Diary shows Sidi es Siah. (Source: No 1 Commando War Diary March 1943.)
He was awarded the MC for his gallantry in North Africa. (Source: London Gazette Supplement 35987, page 1846.)
KENT, William Henry
No 6 Commando
Private William Kent died during operations in North Africa.
MCGEE, Edward James
No 6 Commando
Corporal Edward McGee died during operations in North Africa.
MCNALLY, Victor
No 6 Commando
Lance Corporal Victor McNally died during operations in North Africa.
His brother, Fusilier McNally, served in No 5 Commando.* Sources CWGC *Commando Association newsletter 6 issued March 1948RITCHIE, William Dunbar
No 1 Commando
Private William Ritchie died during operations in North Africa.
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