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Displaying 1 - 72 of 72ADDERLEY, Rex Alsager
No 3 Commando
Sapper Rex Adderley died during operations at Dieppe.
ALEXANDER, John Moir
40RM Commando
Marine John Alexander was reported missing presumed killed during operations at Dieppe. He has no known grave [1][1a].
Extract from the Dundee Courier
"Royal Marine Commando J. M. Alexander, 58 Mains Road, Dundee, has been reported missing whilst on combined operation. Aged 21, he joined up three years ago. His brother William is in the Royal Navy" [2].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
ANDERSON, Andrew Alexander
No 3 Commando
Private Andrew Anderson died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
BARRETT, Cyril Ernest
No 3 Commando
Private Cyril Barrett died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
BEESLEY, Jack
40RM Commando
Sergeant Jack Beesley died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/127.
BISHOP, John
No 4 Commando
Lance Corporal John Bishop died during operations at Dieppe.
BROADBENT, Fred Stanley
No 3 Commando
Private Fred Broadbent died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
BROSTER, John
No 3 Commando
Private John Broster died as a result of operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
BRYAN, John Robert
No 3 Commando
Private John Bryan died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
CALLOW, Arthur John
40RM Commando
Marine Arthur Callow died during operations at Dieppe.
Notes
Escalles Churchyard
Escalles is a village and commune on the coast road (N.40) from Calais to Boulogne, 8 miles (14 kilometres) south-west of Calais, whence there is a bus service. The British grave is in the southern part of the churchyard, some 20 yards south of the main path. (Source: CWGC.)
CATTERALL, John
40RM Commando
Marine John Catterall died during operations at Dieppe.
COMYN, Alan Douglas
40RM Commando
Captain Alan Comyn died during operations at Dieppe.
COOPER, George William
No 3 Commando
Gunner George Cooper died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
CORRY, Samuel David
No 3 Commando
Captain Samuel Corry died during operations at Dieppe. He had been Mentioned in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in successful combined operations against the enemy at Vaagso and Maaloy.
Sources
CWGC
London Gazette 35510, page 1506.
DUERDEN, Alfred
40RM Commando
Corporal Alfred Duerden died during operations at Dieppe.
EVERALL, Henry John
40RM Commando
Corporal Henry Everall died during operations at Dieppe.
FISHER, Douglas Morton
No 3 Commando
Private Douglas Fisher died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
GARTHWAITE, William Owen
No 4 Commando
Private William Garthwaite, 'C' troop, died during operations at Dieppe.
GERRARD, Thomas Cecil
No 3 Commando
Corporal Thomas Gerrard died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC
Image: His great niece Ann Wilkinson.
GOOCH, Frederick Maurice
No 4 Commando
Private Frederick Gooch died during operations at Dieppe.
GOTTS, Eric William
40RM Commando
Marine Eric Gotts died during operations at Dieppe.
HARDING, Ernest Frank
No 3 Commando
Private Ernest Harding died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
HARDING, Richard
No 3 Commando
Lance Corporal Richard Harding died operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
HARRISON, Norman
No 3 Commando
Private Norman Harrison died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
HARWOOD, Frederick Charles William
40RM Commando
Colour Sergeant Frederick Harwood died during operations at Dieppe.
HEATH, Albert Stuart
40RM Commando
Corporal Albert Heath died at Rouen, France after the Dieppe raid.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.
Notes
Many of the Dieppe raid casualties were taken to hospitals in Rouen.
HECKMAN, Edward Percy Henry
No 4 Commando
Lance Corporal Edward Heckman died during operations at Dieppe.
HILLERNS, Michael Guy
No 3 Commando
Lieutenant Michael Hillerns died during operations at Dieppe. He was a Phantom patrol commander attached to No 3 Commando at the time.
JACKMAN, Leonard Thomas
No 3 Commando
Private Leonard Jackman died during operations at Dieppe.
The following is from a CVA forum message, "I believe that Len Jackman and my Grandfather Stan Hailes joined No. 3 Commando on its first day. Stan once told me that a small group of volunteers from the Duke of Wellington's were marched to the parade by Sgt Hobson. The group included:
KEENAN, James
No 4 Commando
Lance Corporal James Keenan died during operations at Dieppe.
KENWARD, Peter John
No 3 Commando
Lieutenant Peter Kenward, B.A., died during operations at Dieppe [1].
Gunner Peter John Kenward, late Cadet Sgt. Bradfield College contingent June Div., OTC, was commissioned on the 2nd September 1939 [2].
He joined No 3 Commando on the 17th August 1942, embarked with them for Dieppe on the 18th, and was killed in his landing craft on the 19th. Brigadier Durnford-Slater described him as "A fine young officer."[3].
LACEY, John Anthony
No 3 Commando
Private John Lacey died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
Notes
Follow this link to an image in our gallery of No 3 Commando 5 troop Dec.1941 where there is a possible photo of him.
LEDDINGTON, Edward Roy
No 3 Commando
Private Edward Leddington died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
LOUSTALOT, Edward Vincent
No 3 Commando
Second Lieutenant Edward Loustalot, 1st US Ranger Bn., died during operations at Dieppe. He was the first American soldier to die on European soil in WW2.
Posthumous Mention in Despatches
MACDONALD, John Alexander
No 4 Commando
Lieutenant John Macdonald, 'F' troop, died during operations at Dieppe.
MACKINSTRY, John
40RM Commando
Marine John Mackinstry died during operations at Dieppe, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
McDONALD, Norman
40RM Commando
Corporal Norman McDonald died during operations at Dieppe.
McGANN, Stanley
No 4 Commando
Private Stanley McGann died in the UK of wounds received during operations at Dieppe.
MERCER, Duncan Thompson
No 4 Commando
Lance Corporal Duncan Mercer died 5 days after operations at Dieppe. He has no known grave.
Stephen, son of Bill Lewis 3 Commando, adds, "Duncan was in 4 Commando on the Varengeville Battery Raid. He is commemorated at the Brookwood Memorial in Surrey and at the little church in Varengeville- sur-Mer. He worked with my mother as a greengrocers delivery boy and then joined the Kings Regiment. He was very popular and terribly missed."
Stephen, son of Bill Lewis 3 Commando, adds, "Duncan was in 4 Commando on the Varengeville Battery Raid. He is commemorated at the Brookwood Memorial in Surrey and at the little church in Varengeville- sur-Mer. He worked with my mother as a greengrocers delivery boy and then joined the Kings Regiment. He was very popular and terribly missed."
MILLS, Alexander
No 4 Commando
Lance Corporal Alexander Mills died during operations at Dieppe.
MILLS, Joseph Wallace
No 3 Commando
Lance Sergeant Joseph Mills died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
MORGAN, Henry William
40RM Commando
Lance Corporal Henry Morgan died during operations at Dieppe.
MOSS, John
No 4 Commando
John Moss, serving under the alias of Taylor, died during operations at Dieppe.
MOUTAILLIER, Louis Serge
No 10 Commando
Private Louis Moutaillier, 1st Batallion Fusiliers Marins Commando, was missing presumed killed during operations at Dieppe.
He is named here in a Letter from the Base of 1st Batallion Fusiliers Marins Commando, FNGB, to the Central Service of the Etat Civil in Paris.
There is also information confirming his full name here Louis Serge Moutaillier.
NEWELL, Leslie Scott
No 3 Commando
Lance Corporal Leslie Newell died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
NORTHERN, Samuel Bernard
40RM Commando
Marine Samuel Northern died during operations at Dieppe.
The CWGC shows his unit as HMS Locust. This was the name of the ship that carried about 200 Royal Marine Commandos on the raid at Dieppe.
OPPELT, Gustav
No 10 Commando
Gustav Oppelt was a refugee from Czechoslavakia (Sudeten German) and was killed during operations at Dieppe. For this raid he was attached to 'X' troop, of No 10.
ORMAN, Peter William
40RM Commando
Marine Peter Orman died during operations at Dieppe.
OVER, Derrick George
40RM Commando
Lieutenant Derrick Over died during operations at Dieppe.
PETTIWARD, Roger Gamelyn
No 4 Commando
Captain Roger Pettiward, 'F' troop, died during operations at Dieppe in 1942.
Born in 1906 and educated at Eton and Christchurch, Oxford, Roger Pettiward was a painter and well known comic artist in the 1930's. He used the signature of 'Paul Crum' on his cartoons, many being published in periodicals such as 'Punch' [view some of his cartoons].
Sources
CWGC.
PHILLIPPS, Joseph Picton
40RM Commando
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Picton Phillipps, Officer Commanding 40RM Commando, died during operations at Dieppe. [Source: CWGC].
PICKERSGILL, Ernest
No 3 Commando
Fusilier Ernest Pickergill died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
POWELL, Wallace William Alfred
40RM Commando
Marine Wallace Powell died during operations at Dieppe.
RHODES, Francis Mons
No 3 Commando
Private Francis Rhodes, known as 'Snowy', died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
Notes
Reference is made to him in our entry for Captain Richard Wills.
RHODES, William Henry
40RM Commando
Marine William Rhodes died during operations at Dieppe.
RICE, C.
No 10 Commando
Pte. Rice served in 3 troop, also known as 'X' troop, of the inter allied commando. There is little known of him apart from a reference in the 10(IA) Commando War Diary for the 19th August 1942 recording the fact that he went on the Dieppe raid and did not return. We have yet to find an official record of his birth name nor any confirming his death.
RIDDLE, Albert Harrison Invincible
40RM Commando
Marine Albert Riddle died during operations at Dieppe.
SHARP, Thomas Robert
No 3 Commando
Fusilier Thomas Sharp died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
SINGLETON, Ronald Barry
40RM Commando
Marine Ronald Singleton died during operations at Dieppe. He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished services during the attack.
SMITH, J.
No 10 Commando
Pte. Smith served in 3 troop, also known as 'X' troop, of the inter allied commando.
SUTTON, George Henry
No 4 Commando
Private George Sutton, from Hull, died during operations at Dieppe. In a letter to his parents Lord Lovat wrote, " Your son fought magnificently and died in the hour of victory. No man can do more. He is a credit to his Commando and his Country. "
A former pupil of Scarborough Street School, he had been in the Army for over 2 years.
Sources
CWGC.
Newspaper article in the No.4 Commando gallery.
TEASDALE, Fred
No 3 Commando
Sergeant Fred Teasdale died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
THOMAS, James Howard
Captain James Thomas, 1st Forward Observation Unit Royal Artillery, was attached to No 3 Commando for the Dieppe raid when he was killed.
Sources
CWGC.
Grave Registration Report on the CWGC database.
THORP, Thomas Edward
40RM Commando
Corporal Thomas Thorp died during operations at Dieppe.
TUCKER, George Arthur
No 4 Commando
Signalman George Tucker died during operations at Dieppe.
Commonwealth War Grave Commission inscription
"Killed in action and buried at the time in Ste. Marguerite-Sur-Mer Churchyard whose grave is now lost. Their glory shall not be blotted out."
"Killed in action and buried at the time in Ste. Marguerite-Sur-Mer Churchyard whose grave is now lost. Their glory shall not be blotted out."
WADSWORTH, Hubert Samuel
No 3 Commando
Gunner Hubert Wadsworth, known as 'Micky', died during operations at Dieppe.
Gunner Wadsworth was attached to No 3 Commando on the 4th July 1942. Having survived the attack from German convoy and landing at Berneval (Yellow Beach 1) with Capt R. L. Wills of the Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry they reached the cliffs when Capt Wills was shot in the throat and passed out. Captain Wills, who was taken prisoner, the following year wrote to family to explain that Gunner Wadsworth's dead body was bought into a dressing station the morning after the raid.
WALKER, Percy Edward
40RM Commando
Marine Percy Walker died during operations at Dieppe.
WALL, William
No 3 Commando
Gunner William Wall died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
WATTERS, Joseph
No 4 Commando
Rifleman Joseph Watters died during operations at Dieppe.
WHATLEY, John
No 4 Commando
Lance Corporal John Whatley died during operation at Dieppe.
His brother Flying Officer William Denman Whatley also died in the war.
WHITTAKER, Jack
No 4 Commando
Guardsman Jack Whittaker died during operations at Dieppe.
WIGMORE, Harold Arthur
40RM Commando
Marine Harold Wigmore died during operations at Dieppe.
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