"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them."
This list of names has been put together from various sources and represents whom we believe may have served and died whilst in the RN Commandos. Many are listed by shore unit and not as RN Beach Commandos on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) database. Copies of official documents evidencing service in a Commando are necessary before the CWGC will amend their records. If such details are held by you please contact us so we can provide them to the CWGC. Able Seaman Reginald John William BAILEY Petty Officer Kenneth BEVIS Petty Officer Thomas Devlin BRIGGS Able Seaman Charles Edward CHAMBERLAIN Petty Officer Eric Frank COVENEY Able Seaman John David Ferguson CULLENS Sub Lieutenant Alan DAVIS Able Seaman Edward Christopher EDDY Able Seaman Roland ENEFER Able Seaman George FAIRWEATHER Able Seaman Robert William GOARD Sub Lieutenant Frederick Howard GRIFFITHS Able Seaman Robert HALL Leading Seaman Harry HALLOS Sub Lieutenant C.W.H. HASLETT Able Seaman Jack Percy HAYWARD Stoker Leonard Matthew HILLS Sub Lieutenant A.B. HODGSON Able Seaman Douglas A. HONEYWOOD Petty Officer James HOUGH Able Seaman Henry Kent HUGMAN Sub Lieutenant Edward Armstrong MACDONALD Able Seaman George McGRANN Able Seaman Edward MOONEY Leading Seaman Patrick MORAN Able Seaman William John MURRAY Able Seaman Desmond Gordon Anthony O'CONNOR Able Seaman John Joseph O'NEILL Leading Seaman T.P. PALMER Leading Seaman Edward John PEASLEY Able Seaman Fred POMFRET Able Seaman John Kevin REED Able Seaman John James SOALL Able Seaman Dennis Charles THACKRAY Leading Seaman Alfred TIDDER Able Seaman William R. TURNBULL Lieutenant Henry Albert VENN Able Seaman William McNaughton WELSH Able Seaman John William WHITTINGTON Able Seaman Sydney WOOD We will Remember them and all ranks who served in the Commando and have since passed on in the passage of time, who are also remembered by their proud families and comrades.Below is an A-Z view of the Roll of Honour with information about each of the Fallen.
Displaying 1 - 38 of 38Able Seaman Reginald Bailey died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/127.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Petty Officer Kenneth Bevis, RN Beach Commando 'O' , died at Elba [1][2]. He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches for "distinguished service in operations carried out in the face of determined opposition from the enemy which led to the capture of the island of Elba"[3].
Extract from the Birmingham Mail newspaper 1945
"P.O. RN Commando, Elba June 1944 Mention in Despatches. No Morning dawns, No night returns, But what we think of you. Proudly remembered by Mom, Dad"[4].
Petty Officer Thomas Briggs died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Able Seaman Charles Chamberlain died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/128.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire
Petty Officer Eric Coveney died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Register of Births Eastry Kent district 1918.
Able Seaman John Cullens died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Sub Lieutenant Alan Davis died during operations at Elba [1][2]. He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches for "distinguished service in operations carried out in the face of determined opposition from the enemy which led to the capture of the island of Elba" [2]. He was an Assistant Beachmaster during the operation [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC
[2] London Gazette 36783, page 5088.
[3] Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire
Able Seaman Edward Eddy, RN Beach Commando, was killed during operations at Anzio. [Source: CWGC.]
Able Seaman Roland Enefer died during Operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/130.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Able Seaman George Fairweather died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/130.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Able Seaman Robert Goard, RN Beach Commando, died in Italy. [Source: CWGC]
Sub-Lieutenant Frederick Griffiths, RN Beach Commando 'O3', died on the 21st June 1944 of wounds inflicted on the 17th June 1944 at Elba..
Sources CWGC . The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.Able Seaman Robert Hall, RN Beach Commando ‘K’, died in Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
Leading Seaman Harry Hallos died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/131.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Able Seaman Jack Hayward died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/131.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Stoker Leonard Hills died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Register of Reports of Death - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/132.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Sources
[1] CWGC
[2] London Gazette 36783, page 5088.
[3] Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire
Able Seaman Douglas Honeywood died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Register of Reports of Death - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/132.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Able Seaman Henry Hugman died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Register of Reports of Death - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/132.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] London Gazette 36783, page 5088.
[3] Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Able Seaman George McGrann died during operations to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the island of Corsica.
Sources
CWGC.
The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Able Seaman William Murray died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/134.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Able Seaman Desmond O'Connor died during operations at Elba [1][2]. He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches for "distinguished service in operations carried out in the face of determined opposition from the enemy which led to the capture of the island of Elba" [3].
At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard.
Able Seaman John O'Neill died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/135.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Leading Seaman Terence Palmer died during operations at Elba [1][2]. He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches for "distinguished service in operations carried out in the face of determined opposition from the enemy which led to the capture of the island of Elba" [3].
At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard.
Leading Seaman Edward Peasley, RN Beach Commando 'H', died by drowning in a diving accident in Genoa, Italy [1][1a][2][Notes B].
He had earlier received a Mention in Despatches for outstanding services in planning and carrying out an operation in the Arakan, Burma, in close co-operation with the Army [3].
We have a photo of him as a RN Commando serving with 'H', also known as 'HOW', section. [2 +4] 'How' section operated in both the Arakan in 1944 and Genoa in 1945 [4].
Able Seaman Fred Pomfret died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Register of Reports of Death - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/135.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Leading Seaman Alfred Tidder died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/138.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Able Seaman William Turnbull during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard [3].
Extract from the Newcastle Evening Chronicle
"A/B W. R. Turnbull. R.N. (Commandos), son of Mrs. and the late Mr. C. Turnbull, of 4. Nixon Street, Newcastle. (C.M.F.*)" [4].
Able Seaman William Welsh died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/138.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Able Seaman John Whittington died during operations at Elba [1][2]. At the time of his death RN Commandos were involved in the operation to liberate the enemy held island of Elba, codenamed Operation Brassard. The operation was launched from the liberated island of Corsica [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Deaths of Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/138.
[3] The Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
Able Seaman Sydney Wood, RN Beach Commando ‘R2’, died during Operations at Normandy.[Source: CWGC]
Joe Rogers MM
No 2 Commando
Bob Mewett
No 12 & No 1 Commando
Mick Collins
No 5 Commando
