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'Special Service Roll of Honour'
ABRAHAMS, E.F.
BAILEY, Arthur Charles
Gunner Arthur Bailey was found dead on Westhampnett Lane Chichester, a road leading to Goodwood. Ambulance men at the scene found that he had fractured his skull and it was later ascertained that he had fallen from a lorry in which he was a passenger.
BARNES, C.
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BASHAM, R.V.
BATT, F.C.J.
BEAUMONT, John, R.
Also served in the Holding Operational Commando and Commando Group Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Easton near Norwich.
BELSTEN, F.G.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 2].
BERRY, H.B.
BETCHETTE, E.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 2].
BILLINGS, E.S.
BIZZELL, E.G.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 2].
BLAKE, Alfred Lapthorn
BOULD, E.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 2].
BOW, A.J.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 2].
BRYANT, P.R.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Weymouth.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.
BUCKLEY, D.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Wavertree, Liverpool.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.
BURGOINE, Walter Leonard
BUTCHER, L.R.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Hemel Hempstead.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.
BYE, Francis Clifford Edward
- May 1966 to July 1967 Commanding Officer 45 Commando [2].
CHAMBERS, D.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 3].
CHANTLER, Arthur James
Source: Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 118.
CHAPMAN, D.T.
CHAPMAN, J.E.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 3].
CHARLTON, Thomas Albert
CLARKE, Kenneth Edward
CLINTON, A.E.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Erdington, Birmingham.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.
COGGS, J.H.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Catford, London.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.
COOKE, A.L.
COOPER, George
Post war member of the Commando Association from Leicester.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 79 (1984).
COOPER, S.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Stoke on Trent.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.
CORBYN, C.F.
Brigade Signal Troop. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Fulham, London.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.
COURT, Edward George Bertram
COX, S.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Liverpool.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.
CRANE, V.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing South Croydon.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.
CRESSWELL, Thomas Anthony
Private Thomas Cresswell died overseas and is buried in Germany. The headstone at his grave states, "First on the rope. A beloved son. Died in life saving attempt."
CROOKS, A.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Leigh, Lancashire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.
CUBITT, Leonard
CURNOW, M.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
CURRAN, P.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Galashiels.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DAKIN, T.W.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Pontefract, Yorkshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DALY, Thomas
Thomas Daly served in No.12 Commando HQ from April 1941 and after No.12 was disbanded on the staff at the Holding Operational Commando until April 1946.
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DAVIDSON, D.J.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Chepstow.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DAVIES, D.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Pontllanfraith near Newport.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DAVIES, J.B.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing London EC1.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DAWSON, Arthur James Welfare
DIAMOND, G.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Bolton, Lancashire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DICKSON, R.A.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Hull, Yorkshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DIXON, G.L.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Abbey Wood, London SE22.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DOBBIE, D.S.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Troon, Ayrshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DOGGETT, S.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Binfield, Berkshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DOVEY, Albert Peter
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DOYLE, James, B.
DUCKHAM, Stanley Charles
DUDGEON, A.B.
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Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DUNN, R.J.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Axminster, Devon.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
EARWAKER, Ernest Frederick John
EBSWORTH, H.R.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Alva, Clackmannanshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
EFFEMEY, E.A.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Romsey, Hampshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
ELLIS, James
ELLISON, William, G.
FARRER, V.L.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Kentish Town, London.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
FLETCHER, D.W.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Westcliff on Sea.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 5.
FLETCHER, T.
FOSTER, J.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing North Leverton, Retford, Notts.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 5 (1974).
FREEMAN, John Haughton
GARRAWAY, John Harry
GODFREY, Christopher James
GOODSIR, David Brodie
GRAHAM, Bernard
HANSEN, Thieda Donald
HARDACRE, C.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
HARDMAN, A.F.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Hall Green, Birmingham.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
HARRINGTON, C.
Post war member of the Commando Association from Oldham, Lancashire.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.
HARRIS, J.T.W.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Yiewsley, Middlesex.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
HARRISON, Charles Rowley
Post war member of the Commando Association from Play Hatch, Reading.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 95 (1992).
HATTER, Alfred William
HATTON, R.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Llanishen, Cardiff.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
HENDRY, Thomas
Private Thomas Hendry died as a result of an accident.
HILL, Henry
Post war member of the Commando Association from Warrington.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.
Holding Operational Commando
The Holding Operational Commando (HOC) was based at Wrexham.
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HOLMES, S.
HOWE, Ronald, T.G.
Post war member of the Commando Association from Rhoose, Glamorgan.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.
HUGHES, Leslie
HUMPAGE, Wilfred Arthur James
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Quinton, Birmingham.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
HUNT, C.H.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Totton, Southampton.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
HURST, Arthur
JEWELL, W.A.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Billericay, Essex.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
JONES, F.T.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Carshalton, Surrey.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
JUDE, G.F.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing West Croydon, Surrey.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
KAYE, John
KELLY, M.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
KIRBY, R.H.W.
LAW, J.A.G.C.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Thame, Oxon.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
LOWNDES, D.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Leicester.
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Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
LUTTON, A.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Worcester.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
LYMAN, J.A.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing West Bromwich.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
LYNCH-STAUNTON, Anthony Cormick
MACALPINE, Ian Ferguson
MACKENZIE, Hugh
MAGENNIS, William
MANSFIELD, Arthur Stephen
MCGONIGAL, Ambrose Joseph
METCALF, K.W.
NEALE, Arthur
NEWTON, M.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Ryton-on-Tyne, Co.Durham.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
NICHOLL, J.E.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Folkestone, Kent.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
PAGE, G.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Bradford, Yorkshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
PARSONS, James, M.
Post war member of the Commando Association. Vice Chairman of their General Committee from 1997 to 1999, and Chairman 1999/2000.
Commando Association newsletters 104, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111.
PEMBERTON, H.J.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Northfield, Birmingham.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
PENNEY, Raymond Alfred Frederick
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PLEDGE, A.J.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Ongar, Essex.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
RAPER, S.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Darlington, Co. Durham.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
REED, A.J.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Barry, South Wales.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
REEDMAN, H.E.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Norwich.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
RICHARDSON, H.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Largs, Ayrshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
RUDLAND, J.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.
RUTHERFORD, J.G.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Philadelphia, County Durham.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.
RYALL, S.G.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 10].
SAVILLE, D.R.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing London E17.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.
SCOTT, B.
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Poplar, London.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.
SILLITOE, Frederick Roy
- 1956 (Captain) (42 Commando RM) Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished services in operations at Suez between October and December [2].
SIMPSON, D. (Fus)
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 10].
SMILES, Thomas Browell
SMITH, Raymond Albert
Post war member of the Commando Association from Hythe, Kent.
SOLLIS, G.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 10].
SORRELL, G.K.
Civil occupation: Machine Shop Engineer. Post war member of the Commando Association.
Commando Association newsletter 20 (1955).
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.
STAINTON, Leonard James
Source: Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 116 (2003).
STARLING, D.C.B.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 10].
STOCKLEY, Gordon Herbert
- October 1944 Acting Major, Holding Operational Commando
- December 1944 Acting Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding Officer 44 RM Commando.
TARRANT, George Francis
Private George Tarrant died in the UK. His status at the Holding Operational Commando is not known. He is buried in a joint grave with Rfn. George William Tucker, aged 31, Royal Ulster Rifles.
[Source: CWGC Grave Registration report]
TAYLOR, Thomas, J.
Post war member of the Commando Association from Liverpool, Merseyside.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.
TERRY, Bernard
Private Bernard Terry was killed in a car accident in the UK.
THOMPSON, George Howarth
Post war member of the Commando Association residing Burnley, Lancashire.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 92 (1991).
TURNER, W.N.
VICKERS, E.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legion 11].
WARWICK, Robert, A.
Served 1 Brigade Signals, No.6 Commando, and HOC. Post war member of the Commando Association from Plymouth, Devon.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 116 (2003).
WETJEN, John Basil
WILLIAMS, D.J
Lance Corporal Williams was wounded on 9 August 1944 during operations in North West Europe.
WOOLLEY, Arthur Rupert
- Promoted Temporary Captain April 1940, Acting Temporary Major November 1941, and Second in Command of 5th RM Bn. June 1942.
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