‘Commando Roll of Honour St Nazaire’

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Below are the names of the Commandos who were killed during the raid at St Nazaire. Click on the names for more information. 
 
Read more about the raid here on our website Operation Chariot and on this link to the website of the St Nazaire Society.
 

No 2 Commando

Pte. M.D.Aird Pte. J.E.H. Gwynne Pte T. McCormack
Capt. D.L. Birney LSgt. P. Harkness RSM A. Moss
LCpl. E.J. Bryan LSgt. M. Harrison Pte. A.W. Neal
Rfn. R.E.D. Burns LCpl. W. Hay LCpl. K.A. Paterson
LCpl. J. Coughlan LCpl. W.B. Heather Lieut. T.G.P. Peyton
Pte. H.P. Cunningham Sgt. S. Hempstead Rfn. T.Y. Roach
Pte. T. Diamond Capt. E.S. Hodgson Gdsm. S. Robinson
LCpl. J. Donaldson LCpl. G.H. Hudson Cpl. W.A. Spaul
Sgt. L.F. Eldridge 2/Lieut. M.  Jenkins Sgt. G. Taylor
Cpl. N.L. Fisher Pte. F. Kelly Cpl. R.M. Tomsett
LCpl. A.E. Garratt Gdsm. J.F. Lewis Lieut. J.E. Vanderwerve
LSgt. W. Gibson Fus. A.J. Lucy Gdsm. G.W.  Walton
Fus. L.G.W. Goss LCpl. H. Mather
Lieut. P. Walton
Gdsm. W.E. Grose Pte. J. Maylott Fus. R.S. Woodman

No 1 Commando

Sgt. T.F. Durrant
Cpl. F. Llewellyn
Pte. E.C. Tomblin
 

No. 3 Commando  

Lieut.  M. Woodcock
Pte. J.D. Boyce
 

No. 4 Commando

Capt. H.H. Pennington
L/Cpl. R.B.J. Borgman
Spr. G. Coulson
 

No. 5 Commando

Lieut. C.J.  Smalley
Lieut. R.J.G. Burtinshaw
Sgt. R. Beveridge
Sgt. W. Ferguson
Sgt. G.E. Ide
L/Sgt. B.L.  Johnson
L/Cpl. G.S. Stokes
 

No. 9 Commando

L/Sgt. R.E. Jameson
Cpl. J. Deans
L/Cpl. L. Burgess
L/Cpl. R. Duncan
Pte. J. Shenton
 

No. 12 Commando

Cpl. A.H. Blount
Cpl. S.E. Chetwynd
Cpl. H.H.  Jones.
 

Special Service Brigade HQ

Lieut. (T/Capt) W.H. Pritchard
 

We will remember them

On Wednesday 1st April 1942 a ceremonial funeral was held to inter the dead from both sides, in a field at Escoublac, near to the German Naval HQ. The prisoners were invited to send a party to attend. Lt. Hopwood, Sgt Colin Jones and Pte. Les Whelan represented 5 Troop, No.2 Commando and the Liverpool Scottish. Some photos of individuals killed during the raid can be found in the Commando Units Albums. View the images of the funeral in our Gallery. [go to gallery]

 

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