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BAIN, James Sydney

Acting Temporary Company Sergeant Major
PLY/X 746
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Company Sergeant Major James Bain died during operations at Sarande, Albania. Son of David D. and Clara Bain; husband of Phyllis May Florence Bain, of Plymouth, Devon.
 
Sources
CWGC.

BANTING, Gareth Bernard (Reverend)

Captain Chaplain 4th Class
159706
No 2 Commando
Royal Army Chaplains' Department
Killed in action or died of wounds
Reverend Gareth Banting joined No.2 Commando on 24 November 1943. Captain (Reverend) Banting, Padre of No 2 Commando, died of wounds during operations at Sarande, Albania. Son of Revd. Edgar Banting and Charlotte Emily Banting, of Plumtree Rectory, Nottingham. M.A. (Cantab.).

GEE, Harold

Corporal Harold Gee No.2 Commando
Harold Gee 2 Commando
Corporal
3864592
No 2 Commando
The Loyal Regt. (North Lancashire)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Harold Gee from Billinge near Wigan died of wounds during operations at Sarande, Albania.
Extract from the No 2 Cdo War Diary
11th October 1944

MOORES, Jack Ernest

Grave of Jack Ernest Moores 2 Commando
Sergeant
5767479
No 2 Commando
Royal Norfolk
Killed in action or died of wounds

Sergeant Jack Moores died during operations at Spilje Bay, Albania. Son of Walter and Alice Moores; husband of Vera Lucy Moores, of Cambridge.

PARSONS, George Alexander

Captain
162020
No 2 Commando
Somerset Light Infantry
Military Cross (MC)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant George Parsons joined No.2 Commando on 16 July 1943 and was posted to 2 Troop. He was awarded the Military Cross during operations at Salerno, Italy. On 9 October 1944 Captain George Parsons MC commanding 3 Troop was killed in action during operations at Sarande, Albania.

PINCHER, Ronald

Marine
PLY/X113394
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Ronald Pincher died during operations at Sarande, Albania. Son of Emily Jane Pincher and the late William Pincher, of Bilston, Staffs.

PRATT, George Stephen

Marine
CH/X3203
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine George Pratt died during operations at Sarande, Albania. Son of Mrs. A. Pratt, of Witney, Oxfordshire.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/135.

SALT, James Valentine

Marine
PO/X 114584
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine James Salt died during operations at Sarande, Albania. Son of James Charles Salt, and of Kathleen Salt, of Low Hill, Wolverhampton.
 
Sources
CWGC.

ST. ANGE, William James

Marine
PO/X 114352
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine William St.Ange died during operations at Sarande, Albania. Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. St. Ange, of Southampton and Eastleigh, Hampshire.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.

WHITEHOUSE, Peter Beckwith

Captain
100423
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Engineers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Peter Whitehouse RE, 2 Special Service Brigade Staff Officer, killed in action during operations in Albania with No.2 Commando. Son of Sir Harold Beckwith Whitehouse, and of Lady Whitehouse (nee Griffith), of West Brompton, London.
 
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