48RM Commando

This was the last WW2 Commando unit to be raised. The planning for DDay required one additional Commando unit and it was decided to use the 7th Battalion, Royal Marines, for this purpose, with any shortfall in numbers to be filled by Marines serving in 2nd Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO2), Royal Marines. Both these units returned from overseas deployments and disembarked in the Clyde 10 February 1944.

The 7th Bn. had been overseas since September 1942 and had had considerable experience in combined operations. During the preparations for the invasion of Sicily, it was at, and helped to run, the Combined Training Centre at Kabrit. Subsequently it was formed into 31 Beach Brick and landed with the first wave at 0400hrs 10 July 1943. The Unit then fought through the Sicilian Campaign as infantry, notably in the mountainous country and in the Catanian plain around Gerbini, and were later used in the local protection around the naval base at Taranto.

48 Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines, was raised at Deal between 2–13 March 1944 under the command of  Lt Col James Louis Moulton, RM. The Commando immediately moved to the Commando Basic Training Centre at Achnacarry to take part in an 18 day course, shortened due to time constraints, of Commando training.  The course ended on the 3rd April 1944 after which the Commando moved to billets in Gravesend.

During the D Day operations,  they landed on Nan Red Sector of Juno Beach, alongside the Canadians. Commando casualties during the landings were very high and included most of the Troop Commanders. They continued with the offensive taking the enemy strongpoint at Langrune. After being reinforced a few days later, the next few months would see the Commando participating in the fighting during the allied advance inland, and they would continue in this role until mid September.

It was at this time that they begain training for the landings that were to take place at Walcheren.  Having left Ostend on the 31st October 1944, 48RM Commando, as part of 4 Special Service Brigade, assaulted the beaches at Westkapelle with No.41RM Commando the following day. Their role was to destroy gun batteries and enemy coastal defences. The Commando would continue in operations in The Netherlands over the next few months.

In March 1945 with the promotion of Lt Col Moulton to Brigadier i/c 4 Special Service Brigade, Lt Col Martin Price took command of No.48 RM Commando.

After the surrender of Germany in May, the Commando was moved to Minden in Germany in a policing and security role that would take them to different locations around North Germany.

Having returned to the UK in November, No. 48 Royal Marine Commando RM, was disbanded the following year at Beeding, near Horsham, on 31 January 1946.

Sources
The Official History of 48RM Commando publsihed in 1946.

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Below is an A-Z view of the Roll of Honour with information about each of the Fallen. Displaying 1 - 103 of 103

AMATO, Denis

Sergeant
CH/X1615
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant Denis Amato died during operations at Normandy, France. He had served in the Royal Marines for over 5 years. Son of Mrs Charlotte Amato of Manor Park, London E12.
 
Sources
CWGC

APPLEYARD, Frank

Lance Corporal
PLY/X 106192
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Military Medal (MM)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Frank Appleyard MM died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Charles and Bessie Appleyard, of Shaw, Lancashire.
July 1943 (Marine) (7th Bn. Royal Marines) awarded the Military Medal.
​Recommendation

BEAN, William George

Marine
CH/X 103570
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine William Bean died during operations in Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.

BISHOP, Timothy Roland

Sergeant
PO/X101978
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant Timothy Bishop died of wounds received at Normandy, France. Son of Timothy Smith Bishop and Mildred Gladys Bishop, of Dosthill. N W. corner.
 
Sources
CWGC.

BOARDMAN, William

Marine
PO/X102664
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine William Boardman died at Normandy, France. Son of William Henry and Martha Ann Boardman, of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent; husband of Nina Boardman, of Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent. 

BOTLEY, Albert George

Marine
CH/X101475
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Albert Botley died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/127.

BROWN, William

Private William Brown RAMC
Private
7404141
48RM Commando
Royal Army Medical Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private William Brown, Royal Army Medical Corps, died during operations at Walcheren. Son of George and Jeannie Lawrence Brown, of Aberdeen; husband of Mary Brown. 
 
Sources
[1] CWGC.

BULL, Robert Roy

Marine
PO/X 109104
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Died in service
Marine Robert Bull died from injuries sustained in a traffic accident at Cootham. He was a passenger in a jeep that crashed on the Pullborough Road outside the Crown Inn at Cootham. Son of Frank and Minnie Bull, of Brierley Hill.
 
Sources

BURGESS, Norman

Marine
PO/X 108636
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Norman Burgess died during operations at Walcheren, Holland.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/128.

BURKE, James Michael

Marine
PO/X115910
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine James Burke died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Frederick and Florence Bourne, of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/128.

CAPPLEMAN, John

Sergeant
CH/X109637
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
York City Police
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant John Cappleman died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Barker and Beatrice Ann Cappleman, of York; husband of Dorothy Vera Cappleman, of York. 

CLARK, Herbert

Marine
PLY/X103629
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Herbert Clark died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Sydney James Clark, and of Matilda Winifred Clark, of Bootle, Lancashire.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.

COLLINS, Peter Stratford

Lieutenant
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Military Cross (MC)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Peter Collins M.C., 'A' troop, died during operations against the German held island of Schouwen, Holland. He had been awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

COULSON, Reginald

Marine
PLY/X120489
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Reginald Coulson died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Robert and Doris Myers, of Leeds, Yorkshire.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.

COULTER, William Knowles

Sergeant
CH/X102466
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant William Coulter died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Robert John and Jane Smith Coulter, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire; husband of Margaret Coulter, of Bainsford, Falkirk.
 
Sources
CWGC.

CURTIS, Edward Geoffrey

Lieutenant
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Edward Curtis, 'B' troop, died of wounds received during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Edward James Curtis and Jane Curtis, of Frizinghall, Bradford, Yorkshire.

DAVIS, Anthony David

Sergeant
CH/X 107012
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant Anthony Davis died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of John and Elizabeth Jane Davis, of Watford, Hertfordshire.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/129.

De STACPOOLE, Derek Roderick

Major de Stacpoole
Acting Major
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Major Derek Roderick de Stacpoole, 'Y' troop,  was shot and killed during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of George 5th Duke de Stacpoole and of the Duchess de Stacpoole (nee Palmer), of Tobertynan, Enfield, Co. Meath, Irish Republic.

DEWHURST, Francis Joseph

Marine
PLY/X109309
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Francis Dewhurst died during operations at Normandy, France.

A former pupil of the English Martyrs School in Preston, Francis enlisted aged 17 and had served in Africa and Sicily.

DORMAN, John

Marine
CH/X103744
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine John Dorman died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.

EDWARDS, Gerard

Marine
CH/X111667
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Gerard Edwards died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.

ENGLAND, Walter Hugh

Lieutenant
92327V
48RM Commando
South African Tank Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Walter England, South African Forces attached to 48RM Commando, died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of Henry W. T. and Janet K. England, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.

FINDLAY, Martin

Martin
CH/X 106200
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Martin Findlay died during operations in Holland. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in holding a section of the line along the Maas. 
Extract from the Brechin Advertiser 10 April 1945

FOGG, Dennis

Lance Corporal
PO/X 115897
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Dennis Fogg died during operations in Holland. Son of Thomas Harvey Fogg and Lydia Maria Fogg, of Alum Rock, Birmingham.

FORD, William Henry

Marine
PLY/X104842
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine William Ford died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.

FOX, Walter

Marine
PO/X110652
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Walter Fox died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.

FULHAM, William Frederick

Private
14567562
48RM Commando
Royal Army Medical Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds

Private William Fulham, RAMC, died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of Frederick and Annie Fulham, of St. Phillip's Marsh, Bristol; husband of H. M. E. Fulham, of Itchen, Southampton.

GIBBS, Robert Maurice

Marine
PO/X 121475
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Robert Gibbs died during operations at Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.

GODKIN, Noel Herbert

Captain Noel Godkin 48RM Commando
Captain
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Noel Godkin, the administration officer, died during operations at Walcheren. Son of Herbert and Emily Mary Godkin, of Loughborough, Leicestershire. A.C.A. Appointed MBE (Military Division) for distinguished service during the landing of Allied Forces in Normandy.
 

HAINES, Leslie James

Marine
PLY/X104936
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Leslie Haines died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of James and Ethel Haines, of Radstock, Somerset.
 

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.

HALL, Tom

Marine
PLY/X 110485
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Tom Hall died and is buried at Antwerp, Belgium.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.

HEDLEY, Stanley

Marine Stanley Hedley 48RM Commando
Marine
CH/X 106534
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Stanley Hedley died at the Royal South Hants. and Southampton Hospital of wounds inflicted during operations in Normandy, France. Son of Amos and Mary Ann Hedley, of North Shields.
 
Sources
CWGC.

HILLS, Henry Joseph

Marine
PO/X 110743
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Henry Hills died of wounds at the 16th Canadian General Hospital, France.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.

HILTON, Arthur

Corporal
PLY/X120196
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Corporal Arthur Hilton died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.

HOSKINS, Edgar John

Marine
CH/X113425
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Edgar Hoskins died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Gerald and Laura Mary Hoskins, of Boughton, Norfolk.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.

HUGHES, Harold

Marine
PLY/X 109789
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Harold Hughes died at sea during operations at Walcheren, Holland. He has no known grave. Son of Harold and Ada Hughes, of Hanley, Staffordshire.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/132.

JEHU, Edward Alcuin

Sergeant
PLY/X101133
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant Edward Jehu died during operations at Normandy, France.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/132.
 

JOHNSON, Alfred George

Marine
PO/X108641
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Alfred Johnson died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/132.
 

JORDAN, Kenneth Joseph

Marine
PLY/X 113603
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Kenneth Jordan died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Husband of Kitty Evelyn Jordan, of Ashton, Lancashire.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.

LARKIN, Joseph Thompson

Joseph Larkin 48RM Commando
Lance Corporal
PLY/X 104620
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Joseph Larkin died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Joseph Thompson Larkin and Matilda Larkin, of Belfast, Northern Ireland; nephew of Mary Agnew, of Belfast.
 
Sources
CWGC.

LAW, James Ernest

Corporal
CH/X 105624
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal James Law died during operations in Holland. Son of Arthur Law, and of Annie Millicent Law, of Ashwell, Hertfordshire.

LEE, Reginald John

Marine
PO/X117881
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Reginald Lee died and is buried at Antwerp, Belgium.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.

LINDREA, Cyril Brian

Lieutenant Cyril Brian Lindrea RM
Lieutenant
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Cyril Brian Lindrea died during operations at Walcheren when enemy mortar bombs exploded amongst a group of officers. Son of John Graham Lindrea and Mary Lindrea, of Clifton, Bristol.
 
Sources
CWGC

MACKENZIE, Roderick Gimson

Captain
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Leicester City Police
Military Cross (MC)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Roderick Mackenzie MC,  'X' troop, died in hospital in Belgium from wounds caused by enemy mortar fire during operations at Walcheren. Son of John Ross Mackenzie, and of Elizabeth Mackenzie (nee Gimson); nephew of Alice M. Gimson, of Leicester.

MCARTHUR, James

Marine James McArthur 48RM Commando
Marine
CH/X 107114
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine James McArthur, 'S' Troop, was reported missing presumed died when his landing craft struck a mine during the assault on Walcheren, Holland. Son of William and Isabelle McArthur of Oatlands, Glasgow.
 
Sources
CWGC.

MCCAIN, Gerald

Marine
PLY/X110443
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Gerald McCain died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.

MCLAUGHLAN, John

Marine John McLaughlin 48RM Commando
Marine
PO/X108694
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine John McLaughlan died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of William Barrie McLaughlan and Hannah McLaughlan, of Ruchill, Glasgow.

MEE, Alfred John

Marine
CH/X 105114
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Alfred Mee died during operations at Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.

MOSS, Albert Ronald

Corporal
EX/ 861
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Corporal Albert Moss died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.

O'BOYLE, Bernard

Corporal
PLY/X 106902
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Bernard O'Boyle died during operations at Normandy, France.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/135.
 

PEACE, Harold

Sergeant Harold Peace 48 Commando
Sergeant
PLY/X 104977
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant Harold Peace died during operations in Holland. Son of William Bryan and Rebecca Peace, of Beeston, Nottinghamshire.

PERRY, James Lawry

Captain
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain James Perry was killed by a sniper's bullet during operations at Langrune, Normandy. 
Son of Sydney Beecher Perry and Evelyn Perry, of St. Austell, Cornwall.
There is a street called Rue du Capitaine Perry named in his memory in the village.
 

POOLE, Arthur

Arthur Poole 48RM Commando
Corporal
CH/X 101159
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Arthur Poole died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Arthur and Gertrude Poole from Coventry; husband of Joyce Edna Poole, of Acock's Green, Birmingham.
Extract from the Coventry Evening Telegraph

PUGH, Harold

Marine Harold Pugh 48 Commando
Marine
PO/X 112224
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Died on active service
Marine Harold Pugh died when the jeep he was in skidded off the road into a dyke in Belgium.
Newspaper extract
Killed in Skidding Jeep.

REEVES, Jonathan Albert

Marine Jonathan Reeves 48 Commando
Marine
CH/X 105599
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Jonathan Reeves, 'Y' Troop, died during operations near Dunkirk, France. Prior to his service in 48RM Commando he had served in 17 Platoon 7th RM Battalion.
 
Extract from source at [1] below

RICHARDSON, Stanley

Marine
PLY/X 107046
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Stanley Richardson, from Stainton in Yorkshire, died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.

RIGBY, Frederick Ralph

Lieutenant
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Frederick Rigby, 'Z' troop,  died when his Landing Craft struck beach defences at Normandy on D Day. He drowned attempting to swim to the shore under heavy enemy fire.
 
Sources
CWGC

SAGE, William Colston

Marine
PLY/X 106647
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine William Sage died at Ostend, Belgium. Son of Edward Colston Sage and Ethel Elizabeth Sage, of Bristol.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.

SAMWELL, Lawrence Arthur

Marine
CH/X 106993
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Lawrence Samwell, 48RM Commando, died during operations in Holland. His brother 19062711 Private Vernon James Samwell, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, aged 19, died in 1947. Sons of Arthur Alfred and Violet Emily Samwell, of Lodge Hill, Rochester, Kent. 
 

SHEARS, Philip Desmond

Marine
PO/X 116356
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Philip Shears died during operations at Walcheren Island, Holland.

Sources
CWGC
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.

SHRIGLEY, Ernest

Corporal
PLY/X 120590
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Corporal Ernest Shrigley died during operations in Holland. Son of Thomas Arthur and Emma Jane Shrigley, of Talke, Staffordshire.

SILK, Eric John

Sergeant
PO/X 107314
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Sergeant Eric Silk died of wounds at the 6th Canadian General Hospital, Douvres, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/137.

SIMPSON, Harold

Lance Corporal
EX/ 2938(T)
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Lance Corporal Harold Simpson ;died of wounds inflicted at Normandy, France. Son of John and Nora Simpson, of Witney.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/137.

SIMPSON, Thomas

Marine
PO/X 112911
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Thomas Simpson died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Dinah Simpson, of Swalwell, Co. Durham[1]. He is recorded as dying on board HMCS Agonquin [2] which on D Day was stationed off the coast of St.

SKELLAND, Colin

Marine
PLY/X 1909
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Colin Skelland died during operations at Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.
 

STANLEY, James Edward

Marine
PLY/X 109310
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine James Stanley died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/137.

STEPHENS, Kenneth William

Marine
PLY/X 108058
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Kenneth Stephens died during operations at Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device. 
 

STEVENS, Cyril Ernest

Marine
CH/X 108711
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Cyril Stevens died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/137.

STEVENTON, Thomas

Corporal
PO/X 117135
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Corporal Thomas Steventon was reported missing presumed died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. He has no known grave. Son of Thomas Steventon, and of Florence Steventon, of Wednesbury, Staffordshire.

STEWART, John

John Stewart 48RM Commando
Marine
PLY/X 100796
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine John Stewart, born Monkstown Co. Antrim, died during operations in Holland. Son of David and Mary Stewart; husband of Ellen Pauline Marjorie Stewart, of Stoke, Plymouth.
 
Sources
CWGC.

UPTON, Leslie

Corporal
PLY/X 104980
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Corporal Leslie Upton died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.

WARDLE, George

George Wardle 48RM
Marine
PLY/X 109760
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine George Wardle died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Robert Watson Wardle and Irene Wardle, of Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester (late of Seghill).
 
Sources
CWGC.

WARE, Charles John

Marine
PO/X 100016
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Charles Ware died during operations in Holland. Son of James and Anne Ware, of Copnor, Hampshire.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.

WHITE, Anthony Alban

Marine
PLY/X 104833
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Anthony White died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.

WILLIAMS, Cyril Jesse

Marine
CH/X 3264
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Cyril Williams died during operations at Normandy, France [1]. He is recorded as dying on board HMCS Agonquin [2] which on D Day was stationed off the coast of St.

WISE, Derrick George

Corporal
CH/X 109480
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Corporal Derrick Wise died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/139.

WOODBINE, Bert

Marine
PO/X 110733
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Bert Woodbine died following the explosion of a mine during operations at Normandy [1][2][3].
Extract from the 48 RM Commando War Diary [3].
St. Maclou, 27-29 August 1944. 

YATES, Thomas David

Lieutenant Thomas David Yates 48 Commando
Lieutenant
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Thomas Yates, 'Y' troop,  died when his Landing Craft struck beach defences at Normandy on D Day. He drowned attempting to swim to the shore under heavy enemy fire.
 
Sources
CWGC

48RM Commando Commanders

MOULTON, James Louis

Rank: 
Major General
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
'3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines'
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Died : 
Monday, November 22, 1993
Lt. Col James Louis Moulton
Lieutenant Colonel James Louis Moulton, Commanding Officer 48RM Commando until March 1945, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for gallant and distinguished services while operating with the Army during the successful landings in Normandy. [1] . 
  • Mentioned in Despatches for good services with the British Army of the Rhine [1A]
  • November 1944 Commanding Officer 48RM Commando during the assault on Walcheren.
Post war he commanded 3rd Commando Brigade RM in the Mediterranean, and subsequently became Chief of Amphibious Warfare.
  • 1950 - New Year's Honours list Lt. Col. Moulton was appointed OBE. [2]
  • 1952 - Officer Commanding 3rd Commando Brigade.  He was later appointed Chief of Amphibious Warfare. [3]
  • 1956 -  New Year's Honours list Maj. Gen. Moulton OBE, DSO, was appointed CB. [4]
  • 1st January 1971 - Appointed Colonel Commandant Royal Marines. [5]
His death was announced in Commando Association newsletter 98 issed March 1994 where their General Secretary Henry Brown OBE wrote this obituary: 
"As many comrades will already have read the excellent detailed obituary notices which appeared in the national press, there is little to be added to the long list of accomplishments of our esteemed late Patron, General James Louis Moulton, CB., DSO., OBE., RM., or General 'Jim', as he was affectionately known to most of us. 
Although only privileged to enjoy his patronage in recent years, it was a period in which many of our events were greatly enhanced by his presence, and it is indeed so sad that we are now denied the joy of inviting him again to come amongst us. He was at all times so kind, considerate and helpful, and it is most satisfying to know that he much prized his appointment as a Patron of our Association.
Our deepest sympathy has been conveyed to Mrs. Barbara Moulton and her family in their great loss."
 
Sources
[1] London Gazette 36676, page 4008.
[1A] London Gazette 37519, page 1631.
[2] London Gazette 38797, page 6.
[3] IWM interview with him. IWM Catalogue number 6930.
[4] London Gazette 40669, page 2.
[5] Globe and Laurel Oct 1970.
[Image] Haste to the Battle, author Maj. Gen Moulton.
 

PRICE, Martin

Rank: 
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
47RM Commando
40 Commando RM
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Martin Price D.S.O., R.M., was posted Commanding Officer 48RM Commando in March 1945 [1]. He had previously been Second in Command of 47RM Commando [1A].
  • By February 1946 Lt. Colonel Price had replaced Lt. Colonel Komrower as Commandant of the Commanding Basic Training Centre [1B].
  • (Captain) (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) (D.S.O.) Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in North West Europe [2].
  • 12 June 1951 posted Commanding Officer 40 Commando RM [3].
  • 1 June 1953 appointed O.B.E. (Military Division) [4].
Sources
[1] D Day Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RM Commando, author Ken Ford.
[1A] Haste to the Battle, author Maj. Gen. J.L. Moulton.
[1B] Globe and Laurel February 1946 edition.
[2]  London Gazette 37464, page 910.
[3] The Light Blue Lanyard, author Maj. J.C. Beadle MBE, MC, RM.
[4] London Gazette 39863, page 2947.
 
Additional content: 

48RM Commando Nominal Roll

Below is a nominal roll of those whom we know of who served in No.48 Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines. It is listed by order of surname and may not be complete. 
In the absence of any detail on our website, If you wish a name added to this Nominal Roll, you must first provide to us evidence that establishes Commando service. Not all Royal Marines were Commando trained in WW2. Methods of establishing such service can be varied from service records, official letter or other document where it is mentioned, a photo showing commando insignia, books, etc.  Anecdotal evidence is not sufficient.

 

48RM Cdo Nominal Roll A-L

Nominal Roll for No.48 Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines.
© Commando Veterans Archive 2018. All Rights Reserved. No Reproduction Permitted.
 
Notes
Read how to have a name included on this nominal roll [HERE].
Click on highlighted surnames for more information.
Index to abbreviations at foot of page.
 
NAME
FORENAMES
RANK
NUMBER
ADDITIONAL
SOURCE
ABRAM
 
MNE
PO/X 116843
 
PA WD48
AIRD
William
MNE
 
 
ADM/202/111, (CA RMs); plaque SB
ALBISTON
Stanley
SGT
PO/X102631
 
CA 99,CA RMs
Michael, Mancell
CAPT/MAJ
 
MID
PG 48
ALLBUTT
P.H
LT
 
 
HTTB
ALLEN
 
MNE
 
 
HTTB
Denis
SGT
CH/X 1615
 
CWGC
ANGUS
 
 
 
 
PG 48
Frank
LCPL
PLY/X 106192
MM
CWGC
ARMSTRONG
John
REV
 
 
PG 48
BARKER
 
RSM
 
 
ADM 202/111
BARNES
William
MNE
PO/X103834
 
CARMs, CA115
BARRIE
J.M.
MNE
PO/X112658
 
LL1, CARMs
BAXTER
 
SGT
 
 
CARMs
William, George
MNE
CH/X 103570
 
CWGC
BENTLEY
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
Alfred, William
CPL
 
'X' tp
PG 48
Timothy Roland
SGT
PO/X 101978
 
CWGC
James, William
TSM
PLY/X 102166
MM, MiD
LG, PG 48, PB
BLAKEMAN
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
BLYTH
William 
SGT
 
 
PG 48
William
MNE
PO/X 102664
 
CWGC
John
CAPT
 
MBE
PG 48
BOREHAM
H.B.
LT
 
 
PA WD 48
Albert, George
MNE
CH/X 101475
 
CWGC
Frederick, E.D.
MNE
PLY/X 106168
 
CWGC
BRADLEY
F.
 
 
 
PG 48 
George, L. 'Percy' 
SGT
 
MBE,BEM
PG 48
BRITTON
Geoffrey
SGT
 
 
PG 48
John, Edward
MNE
CH/X 111555
 
PG 48
BROOKS
R.
 
 
 
PG 48 
BROWN
 
CAPT
 
 
ADM 202/111
BROWN
Leslie
MNE
 
 
CA 110
John, Edward
SGT
CH/ X907
MM
LG & NA
BRYANT
P.R.
MNE
CH/X111695
 
(PG);(CARMs) fromHythe (CA112)
Robert, Roy
MNE
PO/X 109104
 
CWGC
BULLOUGH
Gordon
MNE
 
 
CA88; PB
Sidney, Charles
MNE
PLY/ X120533
MM
CA70
Norman
MNE
PO/X 108636
 
CWGC
James, Michael
MNE
PO/X 115910
 
CWGC
BURKE
G.L.
 
 
 
PG 48 
BURTON
Frank, H.
SGT
 
CinC Cert.
PB, PG 48
BYHURST
R.C.
 
 
 
PG 48 
CAMPBELL
A.R.
MNE
 
 
LL 3
CANNING
Evan
MNE
 
 
CA 87
CANNOCK
Richard
MNE
 
& 46RM
LL 3
John
SGT
PLY/X109637
 
CWGC
CARRICK
J.C.
MNE
 
 
LL 3
CHILTON
William
MNE
 
 
CA 87
CHRISP
Charles, Frederick
MNE
PO/X104219(T) 
 
ADM 202/111
CHRISTOPHER
H.
 
 
 
PG 48 
Rutter,Thomas
TSM
PO/X 100345
MM
LG & NA, PB
Herbert
MNE
PLY/X103629
 
CWGC
CLARKE
F.S.
MNE
 
 
LL 3
Thomas
MNE
PO/X 116107 
Signaller; to 46RM 1945
PG
Arthur, Douglas
MNE
PLY/X120111
 
CWGC
COLES
R.W.
SPR
 
 
lka Sussex (LL3)
Harold, Norman, Francis 
MNE
CH/X
 
Cdo Serv.Cert; ADM202/111
Peter, Stratford
LT
 
MC
CWGC
C.G.L.
MNE
CH/X 106558
 
CWGC
COOK
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
COOPER
George
LCPL
 
 
CA 79
COSNETT
William, Charles
LCPL
 
 
PA WD 48
COSTIN
 
Mne
 
 
Bograt Patrol photo in PB
Reginald
MNE
PLY/X120489
 
CWGC
William, Knowles
SGT
CH/X 102466
 
CWGC
CROCKFORD
P.F.C.
 
 
 
PG 48 
CROSS
D.C.
 
 
 
PG 48 
CUFF
Kenneth
MNE
PO/X118188
 
CA93 and 108
CUNNINGTON
K.
MNE
PO/X112621
 
CA RMs
Edward,Geoffrey
LT
 
 
CWGC
CUTTS
W
Cpl
 
CinC Cert
PB
DALLYN
M.P.
 
 
 
PG 48 
Anthony, David
SGT
CH/X 107012
 
CWGC
DEERY
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
DELISLE
F.H.C.
MNE
PO/X120866
 
CA RMs
De MOULPIED
O.
CPL
PLY/X112690
& 45RM
CA 93,CA RMs
DENNESS
N.H.
MNE
 
 
PG 48 
DENNIS
D.F.
CPL
PO/X101236
 
CA RMs
DESMOND
Jack, A.
MNE
PO/X114098
 
LL 4, CA RMs
Derek, Roderick
MAJOR
 
MiD
CWGC
Roy, Seton
MNE
PO/X115892
 
CARMs;DDCdo; (CA116)
Francis, Joseph
MNE
PLY/X 109309
 
CWGC
DICK
James
LT
 
RAMC
HTTB,  DDCdo
DIXON
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
DORMAN
John
MNE
CH/X 103744
 
CWGC
John, George, Henry
LCpl
CH/X 106821
 
PG, SR
Edwin
CAPT
PLY 1382
MC, & 43RM 
NA, CA RMs
DYE
Ralph
 
 
 
DD CDO
EARL
Sam
MNE
 
 
PG 48CDO
EASTON
H.C.
 
 
 
PG 48 
EDMUNSON or EDMONDSON
 
SGT
 
Seriously wounded
HTTB; PA WD 48
Gerard
MNE
CH/X 111667
 
CWGC
EDWARDS
V.
MNE
PO/X101298
 
CA RMs
ELLIS
David, A.
LT. later LT COL
 
&45RM
CA52, CA RMs
W. H.
LT
92327V
SAUDF
CWGC
ENGLEFIELD
Owen, Frederick
MNE
PO/X121777
 
CA75, CA RMs
ENGLISH
H.W.
MNE
CH/X112914
 
CA RMs; PB; from Dover Kent (CA120)
EVANS
 
MNE
 
 
ADM202/111
FARRELL
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
William, T.G.
MNE
PO/X 110732
 
CWGC
FERGUSON
George
SGT
 
 
PG48
Martin
MNE
CH/X 106200
 
CWGC
James, Maul
MNE
CH/X 107561
OBE,BEM, MiD
PG 48,CA RMs
Daniel, John
MAJOR
P0 515
OBE,MC, VRD
PG 48
Dennis
LCPL
PO/X 115897
 
CWGC
William, Henry
MNE
PLY/X 104842
 
CWGC
FORD
S.L.
LT
SAUDF
 
PG 48
FOSTER
F.D.
SGT
EX/3335
 
CA RMs,PG48, CA7
Stefanus, Louis
LT
 
SAUDF; & 44RM
PG 48; HTTB
Arthur, Thomas
MNE
PLY/X108266
 
CWGC
William
MNE
PO/X 110652
 
CWGC
John, Haughton
MAJOR
 
S.A.U.D.F MBE, MID
LG; PG 48
FURGUSSON
 
CPL
CH/X 110237
 
DEFE2/49
GALLAGHER
P.J.
 
 
 
PG 48
GARDINER
'Sandy'
Cpl
 
 
Photo in PB; (PG)
GARRETT
C.E.S.
MNE
CH/X108463
 
LL 5, CA RMs
Robert, Maurice
MNE
PO/X 121475
 
CWGC
GILLINGHAM
H.C.
MNE
 
 
PG 48
GLASS
 
CPL
 
Driver
HTTB
GODDARD
R.D.
MNE
PO/X116641
 
CA RMs
Noel, Herbert
CAPT
 
MBE
CWGC
GOODE
WIilliam
MNE
 
 
CA 93
GOODE
A.W.
MNE
PLY/X105508
 
CARMs, PG48 
GOODLET
D.G.
LT
 
 
PG 48
Thomas,George
MNE
CH/X1047974
 
CWGC
GOSLING
J.
 
 
 
PG 48
GRADY
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
Leslie, Ronald
CAPT
 
MBE, MID
LG; CA70
GRAY
Dougie, H.
MNE
PLY/X111605
 
'B' Tp (CA93); CA RMs, PG48
GRAYSON
C.V.
CPL
PO/X3680
Signals Sec;
& CMWTC
CA RMs, PG48, HTTB
GRIFFITHS
Bryn, E
MNE
PLY/X120040
 
CA RMs, PG48
Leslie,  James
MNE
PLY/X 104936
 
CWGC
HALL
D
 
 
 
PG48
HALL
Douglas
MNE
 
 
CA94
L.J.A.
MNE
CH/X 106543
 
CWGC
Tom
MNE
PLY/X 110485
 
CWGC
HAMILTON
G.W.
 
 
 
PG 48 
HAMILTON
William
MNE
 
 
CA 86
Harold
MNE
PO/X109077
Z Tp.
PG 48
HANDFORD
 
LT
 
 
PG 48
HANSON
J.G.
Later COL
 
 
PG 48 
HARDY
Ken
MNE
PO/X115075
 
& 41RM; CA99, CA RMs, PG 48
HARPER
S.
MNE
PO/X113717
 
CA RMs, LL 6
HARRIS
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
HARRIS
G.G.
SGT
PO/X105843
 
CA RMs
HARRISON
H.L.G.
CPL
CH/X3713
& 45RM
CA RMs
John
MNE
PLY/X112761
 
PG 48
HASSALL
Frank
Cpl
 
MiD
PB
HAWKINS
George
MNE
 
 
DD CDO
HAY
Richard, H.
CSM or RSM
PLY/X102014
 
PA WD48, CA RMs
HAYNES
Ronald,Frederick
LCPL
CH/X105984
 
CA75, CA RMs
HAYWARD
 
MNE
PLY/X 108461
 
PA WD 48
Stanley
MNE
CH/X 106534
 
CWGC
HERBERT
N.
 
 
 
PG 48 
HESKETH
H.
CPL
PO/X108622
&41RM
CA RMs, PG48
HEWITT
L.E.
 
 
 
PG 48 
Henry, Joseph
MNE
PO/X 110743
 
CWGC
HILTON
A.
CPL
PLY/X120196
 
CA RMs
HOARE
W.F
LT
 
 
PG 48
HOBDAY
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
HOGG
J.W.
CPL
CH/X3910
& 46RM, 45RM
CA RMs
Jack
CPL
PLY/X113580
& CMWTC
CA 119, CA RMs
Kenneth, John
TSM
EX/3215
MID
CA RMs, PG48,PB 
HOPKINS
T.K.
MNE
PLY/X113848
 
CA RMs, PG48
HOPPER
Donald, Wallis
MNE
CH/X115637
&41RM, 44RM
CA RMs,CA 76
HORTON
Vince
MNE
 
wounded Normandy
DDCDO; (Blesma site)
 HOSKING
Geoffrey, Robert, d'Aubrey
CAPT     'Y' troop
 
England Rugby player
PB, CA RMs
Edgar, John
Mne
CH/X 113425
 
CWGC
HOWL
Francis, H.
MNE
PO/X116848
Serously wounded
HTTB, CA RMs, CA91
HUDSON
William , J.
SGT
PO/X102201
 
CA RMs, PG48
Harold
MNE
PLY/X 109789
 
CWGC
Charles, Harry
MNE
PLY/X 120196
 
CWGC
HUSBAND
A.P.
 
 
 
PG 48 
HYTNER
Cyril, Lionel
LCpl
7364289
RAMC
PG /Cas. Lists
IRELAND
Trevor, J.
MNE
 
 
PG 48 
JACKSON
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
JAMES
Herbert
MNE
 
 
PG 48
F
Pte
97000913
RAMC
CasList 1/11/44
Edward, A.
SGT
PLY/X101133
 
CWGC
JENKINS
 
MNE
 
 
HTTB
Alfred, George
MNE
PO/X 108641
 
CWGC
Charles, Stephen
MNE
PO/X 113092
 
CWGC
JOHNSON
L.B.
 
 
 
PG 48 
JONES
B.E.
Sgt
 
MiD (Maas)
PB
JONES
 
TSM
 
BEM
NAVY LIST 44
JONES
Herbert
MNE
 
 
CVA 48
Ivor
LCPL
7360153 RAMC
MID
DD CDO, PB
Kenneth, Joseph
MNE
PLY/X 113603
 
CWGC
George,Lamb
SGT
PO/X 102383
MM
DD CDO
KERN
 
SGT
 
 
PA WD 48
KILLEN
Oscar, Henry 'Doc'
MNE
PLY/X103943
later Doctor, B.A., M.B.
CA109, PG48
KING
R.A.
MNE
CH/X3531
 
CA RMs
KINGSLEY
R.J
LT
 
R.Fus.
PB
KIRBY
A.A.
MNE
??/X107409
died 1950 Industrial Acc
CA RMs
KIRTON
C. A. 'Arthur'
MNE
 
 
CA  89
KIRWAN
Thomas, 'Jock'
MNE
 
 
plaque
John, M.K.
MNE
EX/ 5054
 
CWGC
LANE
Harry
CPL
PLY/X112681
 
CARMs,DDCdo
Joseph, Thompson
LCPL
PLY/X 104620
 
CWGC
LATTON
W.E.
 
 
 
PG 48 
James, Ernest
CPL
CH/X 105624
 
CWGC
LAWS
K.
MNE
PO/X110727
 
CA RMS
LAYTON
F.J.
 
 
 
PG 48 
Reginald, John
MNE
PO/X 117881
 
CWGC
F.C.L.
CAPT
 
 
CWGC
LEWIS
R.V.
 
 
 
PG 48
LEWIS
Victor, Charles
SGT
PO/X4858
 
CA RMs, CA71
Cyril, Brian
LT
 
 
CWGC
Thomas, Geoffrey
CAPT
 
 
CA RMs, PG48, IWM Interview
LISHMAN
D.
 
 
 
PG 48 
LLOYD
H.S
LT
 
 
1956 Kenya (CA22) (LL 8)
LLOYD
R.H.
 
 
 
PG 48 
LOCK
T.A.G.
CPL
PO/115814
 
woundd 25/6/44 (WD); (CA89)
LOWE
H.
CPL
PLY/X104804
 
CA RMs, CA87
John, Thomas
RQMS
 
MiD
PB Awards
Abbreviations used
ADM = National Archives records of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, etc.
CWGC = Commonwealth War Graves Commission
CA (with number) = Commando Association newsletter.
CA RMs = Commando Association list of 2000+ Royal Marine Commandos.
Cas. Lists = Official Casulaty Lists
DDCDO = D Day Commando, author Ken Ford
DEFE = National Archives records of the Ministry of Defence.
HTTB = Haste to the Battle, author Maj. Gen. J.L.Moulton.
LG = London Gazettes reference.
LL = Commando Association Lost Legion lists.
PA WD48 = Pegasus Archive website 48RM Cdo War Diary.
PB = The Story of 48RM Cdo (written for Vets)
PG = Commando Veterans Archive Photo Gallery (Photo or List of names)
SR = Service Record
WO = National Archives records of the War Office.
 

48RM Cdo Nominal Roll M-Z

Nominal Roll for No.48 Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines.
© Commando Veterans Archive 2018. All Rights Reserved. No Reproduction Permitted.
 
Notes
Read how to have a name included on this nominal roll [HERE].
Click on highlighted surnames for more information.
Index to abbreviations at foot of page.
 
SURNAME
FORENAMES
RANK
NUMBER
ADDITIONAL
SOURCE
Roderick, G.
CAPT
 
MC
CWGC, PG48
MACKINNON
D.T.T
LT
 
&41RM, CBTC
CA RMs
MACLEAN
 
LT
 
 
ADM 202/111
MACLEOD
Donald, W.
CPL
CH/X100406
 
CA RMs, CA89
MAGOWAN
 
TSM
 
 
PA WD 48
MAIR
I.D.
TSM
CH/X101088
 
CA RMs, PG 48
MAIR
J.M.
 
 
 
PG 48
MALAN
D.J.
LT 
 
SAUDF           (& HOC)
ADM 202/111, NAVY LIST 45
MANLEY
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
MARKS
Edward
C/SGT
PLY/X101381
& HQ Cdo Gp
CA RMs,CA106
MARSHALL
Gordon
MNE
 
 
CA 53
MARSHALL
J.E.
MNE
PLY/X102768
 
CA RMs, LL 8
MARTIN
E.C.R.
CPL (MOA to Lt Kingsley)
 
CinC Cert.
PB, PG 48
MARUS
 
 
 
 
PG 48
Richard, Lloyd
Cpl
PLY.X.3995
MiD
PB, HTTB
MATHIESON
A. 
MNE
CH/X106334
 
CA RMs, PG 48
MATTHEW
T.J.J.
CPL
CH/X112584
&46RM,45RM
CA RMs
MATTHEWS
Robert, G.
SGT
CH/X2326
BEM (Police)
CA 63, CA72
MAWHINNEY
James, W.
MNE
PLY/X105843
 
CA RMs, PG 48
James
MNE
CH/X 107114
 
CWGC
Gerald
MNE
PLY/X110443
 
CWGC
McCAINE
'Ginger'
SGT
 
 
DD,CDO
McELHONE
 
CPL
 
Signals Sec.
DD,CDO; HTTB
Gordon, M.C.
LT
110297V
attd 4 SS Bde
CWGC
John
MNE
PO/X 108694
 
CWGC, PG48
MCLEAN
A. N. F.
LT
 
 
PG 48
MCLELLAN
K.W.
SGT
 
 
CA 101
MCMULLEN
James, A.
MNE
CH/X107574
 
CA RMs, CA 93
MEADOWS
H.
 
 
 
PG 48
Alfred, John
MNE
CH/X 105114
 
CWGC
Alan, Eveleigh
MNE
PLY/X113006 (& 45RM)
1953 Malaya Police Lt. kia 
CA20, CA RMs
MILLIGAN
Robert, Scott 
MNE
PLY/X114117
& CMWTC
CA RMs, PG48
MOLE
W.L.
MNE
 
CinC Cert
PB
MORGAN
T.
 
 
 
PG 48
MORLAND
 
LT
 
 
NAVY LIST44
MORRIS
R.
MNE
CH/X108722
 
CA RMs
Albert, Ronald
CPL
EX/ 861
 
CWGC
MOULPIED
see DeMoulpied
 
 
 
 
James, Louis
LT COL, 
 
CB,DSO,OBE
PG 48
MYERS
Michael
MNE
 
 
PG 48
NASH
J.L.
MNE
 
 
LL 9
NEARY
Tom, P.
MNE
CH/X109143
 
CA RMs, CA76
Donald
MNE
CH/ X106544
MM
LG, NA, PB, DDCdo
James, Thomas
CAPT
164483
MiD, BX STAR, Devonshires 
LG, HTTB, PA WD 48
Bernard
CPL
PLY/X106902
 
CWGC
OVER
G.W.
CSgt
 
CinC cert.
PB, HTTB
Harold
SGT
PLY/X104977
 
CWGC
PEPPER
W
Mne
 
CinC Cert
PB
James, Lawry
CAPT
 
 
CWGC, PG48
PHILLIPS
Hedley, J.
CAPT
 
OBE, & 44RM
CA RMs, Obits
PINCOTT
J.R.
MNE
CH/X115571
 
CA RMs, LL 9
PITT
Chic
MNE
PO/X105751
 
CA RMs, PG48
PITT
Charles, L.
MNE
EX/2479
 
CA RMs,CA116
POLLARD
Geoffrey
SGT
 
RAMC
CA88
Joseph, James
MNE
PO/X 111675
 
CWGC
Arthur
CPL
CH/X 101159
 
CWGC
PORTER
V.
CPL
CH/X104135
 
CA RMs, LL 9
POTTER
D.
 
 
 
PG 48
Frederick
MNE
PLY/X107809
 
CWGC
PRATT
Anthony
MNE
PLY/X107129
 
CA RMs, PG48
PRENDERGAST
Sydney
LT
 
 
PG 48
PRESTON
R.H.
TSM
EX/658
& HOC
CA RMs,PG48
PRICE
Martin
LT COL
 
 
PB
PRICE
Ron
 
 
 
DD,CDO
Harold
MNE
PO/X 112224
 
CWGC
PUGH
R.
MNE
PO/X118996
& 45RM
CA RMs, PG48
RADLEY
R.E.G.
SGT
 
CinC Cert
PB, HTTB
RAFTER
H.F.
Lt
 
Kings Regt
PB
REDDEN
T.A.
MNE
CH/X107071
 
CA RMs, LL 9
Jonathan, A, 
MNE
CH/X 105599
 
CWGC, PG48
RELPH
R.G.
MNE
PO/X109336
 
CA RMs
REYNOLDS
Michael, Boyd
MAJ
 
CdG silver
CA 119, PG48
Stanley
MNE
PLY/X107046
 
CWGC
Frederick, R.
LT
 
 
CWGC, PG48
RISDON
G.H.
MNE
PLY/X109977
CinC Cert
PB, CA RMs, PG 48
ROBERTS
Derek
MNE
PO/X122721
Signaller
DD,CDO; email
ROBINSON
 
CAPT
 
 
NAVY LIST 44
ROBINSON
Gordon, George
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111; plaque SB
RODGERS
F.
CPL
PLY/X104606
 
CA RMs,PG 48
ROSS
Alexander
SGT
CH/X3156
 
PG 48; email
RUBINSTEIN
A.
2/LT
 
 
PG 48
Dennis, H.G.
MNE
PO/X 4819
 
CWGC
RUMMING
John
MNE
PLY/X106122
'S' troop
CA116,CA RMs
Kenneth, John
MNE
PO/X109903
MM
DD,CDO, PB
William, C.
MNE
PLY/X111315
 
CA RMs,PG 48
William, Colston
MNE
PLY/X106647
 
CWGC
Lawrence, A.
MNE
CH/X106993
 
CWGC
Donald, Harry, William 
MAJ (later Lt Col)
 
MiD, OBE, 
& 41RM 1945; (CA92); PG48
SANDS
 
SGT
 
 
CA RMs,PG 48
SANHAM
W.C.
MNE
CH/X102135
 
CA RMs
Cyril, Charles
MNE
PLY/X110740
 
CWGC
SCOOT
 
MNE
PO/X 115935
 
(WD) wounded 25/6/44;(PG48)
Arthur, Daniel
Mne
 
MiD
PB, LG
SEARLE
William, John
CAPT
 
RA
(CA68)
SHARMAN
 
MNE
 
 
HTTB
SHARP
 
Mne
 
 
Bograt Patrol photo in PB
SHAW
 
CPL
 
 
ADM 202/111
Phillip, D.
MNE
PO/X 116356
 
CWGC
SHERRARD
 
 
 
 
PG 48
Ernest
CPL
PLY/X120590
 
CWGC
SIGSWORTH
Joseph
MNE
PO/X109391
 
(LL10) (CA87)
Eric, John
SGT
PO/X 107314
 
CWGC
Harold
LCPL
EX/ 2938T
 
CWGC
Thomas
MNE
PO/X 112911
 
CWGC
Colin
MNE
PLY/X 1909
 
CWGC
SKINNER
Bert
CPL
 
 
DDCdo
SKINNER
H.F.
CPL
CH/X104279
& 45RM
CA RMs,PG 48
SLATER
H.
CPL
PO/X115319
 
CA RMs, LL10
SMALL
Victor
MNE
CH/X103716
& CBTC
CARMs,CA119
SMEDLEY
Harold
LT
 
KCMG,MBE (Intel Officer)
CARMs;DDCdo
SMITH
A.A.
CPL
CH/X111175
 
CA RMs
SMITH
Dennis
MNE
 
Radio Op.
CA96, DDCdo
SMITH
D.W.
MNE
PO/X120264
Sigs. 3&4 Bdes
CA RMs
SMITH
Edward
MNE
PO/X110083 ?
 
CA RMs,CA87
SMITH
E.S.
 
 
 
PG48
SMITH
Frederick, Alexander, John
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
SMITH
K
MNE
PO/X109175
 
CA RMs,PG 48
SOLBE
W.A.G.
CAPT
 
& 47RM
CA RMs,PG 48
SPILLER
 
LT
 
 
NAVY LIST 44
Reginald, G.
MNE
PLY/X112735
 
CWGC
John, Joseph, Elliot
CAPT
 
MiD, BX STAR
PG 48
James, Edward
MNE
PLY/X109310
 
CWGC
STAPLETON
J.D.
 
 
 
PG 48
STEEL
W.
 
 
 
PG 48
Kenneth, W.
MNE
PLY/X108058
 
CWGC
STERRY
R.J.
MNE
PLY/X10637
 
CA RMs,PG 48
Cyril, Ernest
MNE
CH/X 1-8711
 
CWGC
Donald, Henry
SGT
PLY/X 3839
 
CWGC, PG48
Thomas
CPL
PO/X 117135
 
CWGC
John
MNE
PLY/X100796
 
CWGC
STONE
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
Lewis
CPL
PO/X 100218
 
PG48; (CA116);
(CA RMs)
John,  Clive
TSM
PO/X 112235
MM
PG 48, PB
Frank, Ernest
MNE
PO/X 111650
 
CWGC
Joseph,  A.
CPL
EX/ 1975
 
CWGC
TAYLOR
Ernie
LCPL
 
 
DDCdo
TAYLOR
Leonard
MNE
 
'X' tp
CVA, CA103
TAYLOR
R.M.
LT
 
Sigs Officer
CA 87
Robert, William
MNE
CH/X 107296
 
CWGC
TAYLOR
W.E.
CPL
PLY/X111125
 
CA RMs, PG48
TELFORD
J.E.
SGT
CH/X109123
 
CA RMs, PG48
TERRY
Francis, John 
CPL
CH/X105606
 
CA RMs, PG48
THOMAS
Evan, H.
CAPT
 
 
HTTB, DDCdo
THOMAS
O.
MNE
PO/X101033
 
CA RMs,CA119
THOMPSON
H.A.
CPL
CH/X105607
 
CA RMs, LL 11
THOMPSON
Richard, Ceerl, Vernon
CAPT
 
& 40RM
CA RMs, CA24
Arthur
CPL
CH/X 105108
MiD
PB, CA RMs, CA85
THORP
 
Mne
 
 
Bograt Patrol photo in PB
Frederick, B.
LCPL
 
MM
LG, NA, PB.
TIMMINS
Harry
MNE
 
 
PG 48
Philip, George
MNE
PLY/X108464
 
CWGC
TOPLISS
Stanley,Gordon
MNE
PO/X116306
 
CA RMs, CA83
TRAVERS
Colin
RSM
PLY/ X 1936
MiD, CdG silver (&40RM)
CA RMs, PG 48, PB
TROTT
K.
 
 
 
PG 48
TURNER
Derek
MNE
 
 
DD,CDO
Leslie
CPL
PLY/X104980
 
CWGC
WAKEFIELD
Leonard, W.
SGT
EX/4408
& 42RM
CA RMs,CA102
Patrick, Henry, Bligh
MAJ
 
MC, VRD
PG 48
Norman, F.
MNE
PLY/X 4240
 
CWGC
WALLACE
 
MAJOR
 
 
CA RMs
WARD
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
WARD
J.T.B.
SGT
CH/X102379
 
CA RMs
George
MNE
PLY/X109760
 
CWGC
Charles, John
MNE
PO/X 100016
 
CWGC
WATSON
William
MNE
PO/X115760
 
CA RMs, CA94
WATT
 
MNE
 
 
ADM202/111
WELLS
Harold 'Sam'
Cpl
PO/X 107289
 
PG48 / SR
WEST
 
MNE
 
 
ADM 202/111
WEST
Kenneth, William
MNE
 
 
PG48
WHITBY
H
MNE
EX/1500
 
CA RMs
Anthony, Alban
MNE
PLY/X104833
 
CWGC
WHITE
Francis, J 'Frank'.
CPL
PLY/X107678
 
CA RMs,(CA100)(PG48)
Robert, Desmond
MNE
PLY/X108404
 
CWGC
WILKINSON
F.H.
Cpl
 
CinC Cert
PB
Walter, Henry
LCPL
7518277
RAMC
CWGC
WILLIAMS
C.E.
SGT
PO/X105235
 
CA RMs
Cyril, Jesse
MNE
CH/X 3264
 
CWGC
WILLIAMS
W.A. 'Bungy'
MNE
 
 
CA 77
WILLIAMSON
John, Robert
MNE
 
 
PG48
WILLMOTT
J.E.
CPL
CH/X105008
 
CA RMs, PG48
WILSON
Allan
LCPL
7349629
RAMC
CA11; wounded WO417/90
WILSON
G.C.
LT
 
 
CA 87
D. M. de REUDA 
LT
305697
MC
CWGC
WINSLADE
Ronald, V.
SGT
PO/X110659
 
CA RMs,CA108
Derrick, George
CPL
CH/X 109480
 
CWGC
James, Herbert 
MNE
PLY/X 3377
MM
LG, NA, PB
Maurice, A.P.
REVD PADRE
 
DSC
DDCdo, PG48
Bert
MNE
PO/X 110733
 
CWGC
Harry,Desmond 'Peter'
SGT
PO/X110111
MiD, &45RM, CBTC
CA RMs, CA88, PB
WORSLEY
Wilfred, Thomas
SGT
CH/X 100720
 
PG
WYATT
Fred
MNE
PO/X109707
 
CA RMs, PG 48
Thomas, David
LT
 
 
CWGC, PG48
Abbreviations used
ADM = National Archives records of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, etc.
CWGC = Commonwealth War Graves Commission
CA (with number) = Commando Association newsletter.
CA RMs = Commando Association list of 2000+ Royal Marine Commandos.
DD CDO = D Day Commando, author Ken Ford
DEFE = National Archives records of the Ministry of Defence.
HTTB = Haste to the Battle, author Maj. Gen. J.L.Moulton.
LG = London Gazettes reference.
LL = Commando Association Lost Legion lists.
PA WD48 = Pegasus Archive website 48RM Cdo War Diary.
PB = The Story of 48RM Cdo (written for Vets)
PG = Commando Veterans Archive Photo Gallery (Photo or List of Names)
SR = Service Record seen.
WO = National Archives records of the War Office.
 

'D Day' - 48RM Commando Officers

  The Officers Teams
Commanding Officer
Second in Command
Adjutant
A.O.
M.O.
S.O.
Chaplain
Rev. John Armstring OBE, RN
I.O.
Attached
RSM
'A' Troop
'B' Troop
Captain M.B. Reynolds RM
Lieutenant Q.S. Ford RM (SAUDF)
Lieutenant A. Rubinstein RM
'X' Troop
Captain F. W. Hoare RM
Lieutenant R.N.F. McLean RM
Lieutenant D.G. Goodlet RM
'Y' Troop
'Z' Troop
'S' (Heavy Weapons) Troop
Source: The Official History of 48RM Commando (1946).  

48RM Commando Organisation

Royal Marine Commandos in 1944 were on the same War Establishment as  Army Commandos.

Commando Headquarters.

Signal Section 

Administration Section.

Five (5) Fighting Troops ( normally A, B, X, Y, and Z Troop ) each with three officers and 65 other ranks. 

Heavy Weapon Troop ( S  Troop ) consisting of two officers and 40 other ranks armed with two Vickers machine guns and two three inch mortars, although 48 increased these to four of each after June, manning them alternatively as the situatiion required.

[Source: Haste to the Battle, author J.L. Moulton].

Veere Patrol 8th November 1944

On the 8th November 1944 a patrol from 48RM Commando was sent to Veere on the North East of the island of Walcheren travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes. The second Buffaloe with Lieutenant England in command struck a submerged 11 inch shell rigged up to a post as a mine causing many casualties. There is a Memorial to those who died near the Protestant Church of Serooskerke which lists names of the casualties.
 
Those who died from 79 Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers.
 
Sources
CWGC
Haste to the Battle, author Maj. Gen. J.L. Moulton.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
Traces of War website.
 
Those who died from 48RM Commando are below. 
 

BEAN, William George

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X 103570
Born: 
Tuesday, August 30, 1921
Birthplace: 
Ashwell, Hertfordshire
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
23
Local Roll of Honour: 

Marine William Bean died during operations in Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
Linked Content below.

Primary Roll of Honour: 
Additional content: 

BRANCH, Walter James

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Army Medical Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
7387468
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Local Roll of Honour: 
Walter Branch, Royal Army Medical Corps
Private Walter Branch, Royal Army Medical Corps, died during operations in Holland. He had volunteered to be a Medical Orderly for a 48RM Commando patrol to Veere on the North East of the island of Walcheren, and was one of twenty fatal casualties when one of their Buffalo amphibious vehicles struck a submerged explosive device.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/85.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/86.
Linked Content below.

[Image] Colin Branch, nephew.

Notes
His name is on the 48RM Commando Memorial at the RM Commando Museum, Portsmouth. 

Primary Roll of Honour: 
Additional content: 

ENGLAND, Walter Hugh

Rank: 
Lieutenant
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
South African Tank Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
92327V
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
25
Local Roll of Honour: 
Lieutenant Walter England, South African Forces attached to 48RM Commando, died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of Henry W. T. and Janet K. England, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Lieutenant England was in command of one of four amphibious Buffaloes sent in convoy on a patrol to Veere on the North East of the island. His vehicle struck a submerged 11 inch shell rigged up to a post as a mine causing many casualties.
 
Sources
CWGC
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
Linked Content below.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 

FOGG, Dennis

Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PO/X 115897
Born: 
Tuesday, October 16, 1923
Birthplace: 
Washwood Heath, Birmingham
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
21
Local Roll of Honour: 
Lance Corporal Dennis Fogg died during operations in Holland. Son of Thomas Harvey Fogg and Lydia Maria Fogg, of Alum Rock, Birmingham. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
See Linked Content below.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 

GIBBS, Robert Maurice

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PO/X 121475
Born: 
Saturday, June 27, 1925
Birthplace: 
Hungerford, Berkshire
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
19
Local Roll of Honour: 

Marine Robert Gibbs died during operations at Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
Linked Content below.

Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 

LAW, James Ernest

Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X 105624
Born: 
Wednesday, June 1, 1921
Birthplace: 
Halesowen, Warwickshire
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
23
Local Roll of Honour: 
Corporal James Law died during operations in Holland. Son of Arthur Law, and of Annie Millicent Law, of Ashwell, Hertfordshire. Corporal Law was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and he was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device. 
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
Births registered Jul, Aug, Sept. 1921 - Stourbridge.
England and Wales Government Probate Deaths Index 1945.
See Linked Content below.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Additional content: 

MEE, Alfred John

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X 105114
Born: 
Tuesday, August 2, 1921
Birthplace: 
St. Pancras, London
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
23
Local Roll of Honour: 
Marine Alfred Mee died during operations at Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Jewell, of Kentish Town, London.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
See Linked Content below.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 

PEACE, Harold

Rank: 
Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X 104977
Born: 
Saturday, January 10, 1920
Birthplace: 
Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
24
Local Roll of Honour: 
Sergeant Harold Peace 48 Commando
Sergeant Harold Peace died during operations in Holland. Son of William Bryan and Rebecca Peace, of Beeston, Nottinghamshire. He was on a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device. Before enlisting in 1938 Harold was employed by Ericsson Telephones Ltd., of Beeston. 
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/135.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
Image and report in the Derby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 13 January 1945.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Additional content: 

POTTER, Frederick

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X 107809
Born: 
Thursday, April 19, 1923
Birthplace: 
Hull, Yorkshire
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
21
Local Roll of Honour: 

Marine Frederick Potter died during operations at Holland. Son of Fred and Mary E. Potter, of Hull. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/135.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
See Linked Content below.

Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 

SAVAGE, Cyril Charles

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X 110740
Born: 
Sunday, August 12, 1923
Birthplace: 
Patchway, nr. Bristol, Gloucestershire
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
21
Local Roll of Honour: 

Marine Cyril Savage died during operations in Holland. Son of Kate Savage, of Patchway, Gloucestershire. Marine Savage was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.

Sources
CWGC
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
See Linked Content below.

Primary Roll of Honour: 
Additional content: 

SHRIGLEY, Ernest

Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X 120590
Born: 
Saturday, November 13, 1915
Birthplace: 
Talke, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Local Roll of Honour: 

Corporal Ernest Shrigley died during operations in Holland. Son of Thomas Arthur and Emma Jane Shrigley, of Talke, Staffordshire. Corporal Shrigley was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/137.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
See Linked Content below.

Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 

SKELLAND, Colin

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X 1909
Born: 
Wednesday, May 28, 1919
Birthplace: 
Doncaster, Yorkshire
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
25
Local Roll of Honour: 

Marine Colin Skelland died during operations at Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.
 
Sources
CWGC
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/137.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
See Linked Content below.

Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 

STEPHENS, Kenneth William

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X 108058
Born: 
Wednesday, June 28, 1922
Birthplace: 
Ashwater, Devon
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
22
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Local Roll of Honour: 
Marine Kenneth Stephens died during operations at Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device. 
 
Sources
CWGC
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/137.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
See Linked Content below.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Additional content: 

TITMUSS, Philip George

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X 108464
Born: 
Tuesday, February 10, 1925
Birthplace: 
Lilley, Luton, Bedfordshire
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
19
Local Roll of Honour: 
Marine Philip Titmuss died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of James and Violet Mary Titmuss, of Lilley, Bedfordshire. Marine Titmuss was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.
 
Sources
CWGC
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
See Linked Content below.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 

WALL, Norman Frederick

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X 4240
Born: 
Tuesday, December 23, 1924
Birthplace: 
Islington, London
Died : 
Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
19
Local Roll of Honour: 
Marine Norman Wall died during operations in Holland. Son of Frederick and Daisy Wall. Marine Wall was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.
 
Sources
CWGC
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.
Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.
Linked Content below.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 

48RM Cdo. Officers, June 1944

Extract from the Navy Lists

June 1944 Volume 1 Pages 1101  (pages 1015 on N.L.S. website page list)
 
Source: National Library of Scotland website.
 
Commanding Officer —  Act. Lieut.-Col. J. L. Moulton.
 
2nd in Command 
Act. Maj. D. H. W. Sanders.
Act. Maj. D. R. de Stacpoole.

Captains
Act Capt. M. B. Reynolds.
 
Act. Tempy. Capts.
T. G. Linnell.
J. L. Perry.
W. E. Robinson.
E. Dunn.
W. F. Hoare.
F. C. L. Lennard.
 
Lieutenants 
 
Tempy. Lieuts.
T. D. Yates.
A. N. F. McLean.
M. M. Aldworth.
E. G. Curtis.
H. Smedley.
J. K. Morland.
J. J. E. Square.
G. S. Spiller,
F. R. Rigby.
R. G. Mackenzie.
D. G. Goodlet.
L. R. Grant.
J. W. Bonner.
Q. S. Ford, S.A.U.D.F.
 
Tempy. 2nd Lieut.
A. B. J. S. Rubinstein.
 
Administrative Officer —  Act. Tempy. Capt. N. H. Godkin.
 
Signal Officer
 
Medical Officer —  Lieut. D. M. de R. Winser, R.A.M.C.
 
Chaplain
 
Sergeant Major —   Act. Sergt. Maj. B. Jones, B.E.M.
 
Notes
Highlighted names contain more information.
 

48RM Cdo. Officers, Oct.'44

Extract from the Navy Lists

October 1944 Volume 2 Page 1105.  (page 261 on N.L.S. website page list)
 
Source: National Library of Scotland website.
 
2nd in Command —  Act. Maj. D. H. W. Sanders.
 
Captains 

Act. Tempy. Capts.
T. G. Linnell.
W. E. Robinson.
E. Dunn.
Lieutenants 

Tempy. Lieuts.
M. M. Aldworth.
H. Smedley.
J. K. Morland.
J. J. E. Square.
G. S. Spiller.
R. G. Mackenzie.
D. G. Goodlet.
L. R. Grant.
J. W. Bonner.
H. B. Boreham.
E. H. Thomas.
P. S. Collins.
C. B. Lindrea.

Tempy. 2nd Lieut.
H. J. Phillips.
 
Administrative Officer —  Act. Tempy. Capt. N. H. Godkin.
 
Signal Officer 
 
Medical Officer —  Lieut. D. M. de R. Winser, R.A.M.C.
 
Chaplain 
 
Sergeant-Major —  Act. Sergt.-Maj. R. H. Hay.
 
Notes
Highlighted names contain more information.
 

'48RM Cdo. Officers - Operation Infatuate'

Headquarters
Commanding Officer - Lt. Col. J.L. Moulton, DSO, RM.
Second in Command - Maj. D.H.W. Sanders RM.
Adjutant and S.O. - Captain L.R. Grant RM.
Chaplain - Revd. M.A.P. Wood DSC, RNVR
Source
The Official History of 48 RM Commando - published 1946.