Military Medal (MM)
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ADDERTON, Victor
ADLAM, William George Henry
Sergeant William Adlam was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the Glosters as part of the British Expeditionary Force 1939-40 [1].
AIRD, William
ALDIS, Alec George
ALLEN, Edward Patrick
ALLENDER, James
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ALMONDS, John Edward
AMESBURY, Alfred Edmund
Alfred Amesbury, formerly No.2 Commando 3 Troop, was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy serving with the Reconnaisance Regiment having left the Commando.
ANCHOR, John Robert
ANDREWS, Albert Mailly
APPLEYARD, Frank
July 1943 (Marine) (7th Bn. Royal Marines) awarded the Military Medal.
AUBERTIN, Jack Stanley
AUSTIN, Raymond Charles
AYLETT, Basil McGonigle
BAINES, James
1 January 1949, Acting Staff Sergeant, awarded the British Empire Medal (Military Division) [1].
BALOCHE, Francois
BANKS, Ronald Douglas
BARKER, Alfred
BARKS, Wilfred John
BARNES, Ernest
BARNES, George
BARR, Edward
BARTON, Harold
BEATTIE, James Simpson
BEAVEN, Harwood Frederick George
- 1946/47 serving in a Commando Training team attached to the French Commando School in Algiers*.
BENNETT, Henry
BENNETT, Robert
BERRISFORD, Peter John
BEVAN, George Reginald
BISHOP, Andrew Ronald
BLACK, James William
BLUNDEN, Charles Harold
BOLDEN, Stanley
BOSTOCK, Thomas
BRADLEY, Richard
BRADSHAW, Leslie Charles
BRAMBLE, George
BREEN, Terence Edward
BREMNER, George
BRODISON, Samuel James
BROUGH, William Gordon
BROWN, Albert
BROWN, James
BROWN, Robert Hall
BROWNFIELD, John Edward
BRYCE, Cyril Kenneth
BURFORD, Norman Alan
BURGESS, Sidney Charles
BURTON, Francis Gerard
BUTLER, Howard Herbert Cosens
BUTLER, Ronald Herbert
BUTTERY, George Desmond
Quartermaster Sergeant George Buttery, 40 Commando RM, who had served as a Marine in 46RM Commando during WW2, was awarded the Military Medal for gallant and distinguished services on the 6th November 1956 during Operation Musketeer, the Anglo-French Invasion of Port Said, Egypt.
BYRNE, Patrick Joseph
CHAPMAN, Kenneth Harold
CHAPPELL, Aubrey Bertram
CHARLWOOD, Harry
Harry Charlwood was a Labourer from Redhill, Surrey, who enlisted into the Royal Marines on 28 August 1941. Marine Charlwood, 'B' troop, 45RM Commando, was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry during the attack on Rots, Normandy, 11 June 1944. Wounded, captured and a prisoner of war until lib
CHRISTOPHER, Robert William
CLARK, James
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CLARK, Rutter Thomas
CLARK, Sidney Charles
COKER, James Thomas
COLE, Roland William
COLEMAN, Nicholas John
COLLINS, Michael
COLLINS, Thomas
CONNOLLY, John Henry
Sergeant John Connolly was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service. He had been captured at Bizerta on the 15 December 1942 and taken via Palermo to Campo 70 at Monturano, Italy. He and 2 other NCO's escaped on 12 July 1943, and made their way towards Switz
COOPER, Charles
COOPER, Dudley Edward
COOPER, Samuel
COUTTS, John Davies
CRAFT, Alfred James
Lance Corporal Alfred Craft MM was killed in action during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge) [1][1a].
CRAMER, John
CROOKS, James
CROSSLAND, James Willie
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[1] London Gazette 41092, page 3418.
CROWE, James
CRUSE, Ernest
CUNNINGHAM, Harry
CUNNINGHAM, James
DAB, Jakob
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DALE, Peter Edward
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London Gazette 39507, page 1880.
National Archives file WO 373/130/124.
DANIELS, Samuel
Lance Bombardier Samuel Daniels was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy.
The death of LBdr. Samuel Daniels, MM. (9 Cdo) of Billinge, Lancs. was announced in Commando Association newsletter 83 issued September 1986.
DARLINGTON, Kenneth Carr
DAVIDSON, David Kelly
Marine David Davidson was awarded the Military Medal for gallant and distinguished services on the 6th November 1956 during Operation Musketeer, the Anglo-French Invasion of Port Said, Egypt [1].
DAVIS, Thomas
DAVISON, John Cyril
DEACON, William George
DEERY, Stewart
DENHAM, Joah Selwyn
DOBBS, Cyril
DODDS, Roy Reginald
DOUGLAS, Edward
DOWLING, John
DOWNEY, John Joseph
DRANSFIELD, George David
DUNBAR, W.
DYKE, Ralph Charles
EARP, Dennis Roland
ECCLES, Michael
ELLIS, Derek Charles
ELLIS, William Eifion
Lance Sergeant William Ellis was awarded the Military Medal for gallant and distinguished services while operating with the Army in Normandy.
Sources
London Gazette 36697, page 4218.
National Archives file WO373/47/24.
EMSLEY, Roy
Marine Roy Emsley, 'B' troop, was awarded the Military Medal for gallant and distinguished services while operating with the Army in Normandy.
ESTHER, Raymond William Wade
EVANS, Arthur Walter
EVANS, Clifford Gregory
FAIRCLOUGH, John
FARQUHAR, John Kiel
FENTON, Ernest
FENWICK, John Lindsay
FERGUSON, John MacKintosh McLaren
FERGUSON, John Ronald Alexander
FINDLEY, Frederick George
FINNEY, William
FITZPATRICK, Michael Benedict
FLYNN, John
FRASER, George
FRENCH, Richard Douglas
GADSDEN, Derek Roy
Marine Derek Gadsden was awarded the MM for gallant and distinguished services while operating with the Army in Normandy.
GALLAGHER, Edward Logan
GALLON, Thomas Christopher Dennison
Sergeant Thomas Gallon was awarded the Military Medal for great courage and exemplary behaviour whilst carrying out commando operations under heavy enemy fire off the Yugoslavian coast.
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Operation Flounced, ref Map Yugoslavia 1/100000 sheet 109.
GARDNER, Donald Hugh Godfrey
GELDER, John Willie
GIBSON, George MacDonald
GIBSON, Neil
GILL, Richard
GILMOUR, John
GOLDSMITH, Ernest Edward William Frederick
GOODALL, William
GORMAN, James John Thomas
GORNALL, James
GOUGE, Edward Charles Raymond
GRAY, Andrew
GRAY, Patrick Edward
GREEN, Norman
GRIFFIN, James Alfred
GROVES, Eric Richard Clifford
GUNN, David
HADFIELD, John William
HALLS, Albert Richard
HANNAH, James
HARDING, Victor Philip
HARPER, Arthur Alexander Henry
HARRINGTON, Jack Lonsdale
Lance Corporal Jack Harrington was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of distinguished services during Operation Chariot, the raid at St.
HARRIS, Ian Walter
HARRISON, Arthur Herbert
HARRISON, Thomas
HAWKINS, Kenneth Scott
HAZELL, James Henry
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HENDRY, Bernard
- 9 September 1943 wounded during operations in Italy (Salerno) [2].
HERBERT, Roy George
HERBERT, Thomas Henry
HINE, Malcolm
Marine Malcolm Hine was awarded the Military Medal for gallant and distinguished service during operations in Korea.
Sources
London Gazette 39230, page 2749.
HODGKISS, Richard George
HODGSON, George
HODKINSON, John
Lance Sergeant John Hodkinson was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.
Sources
London Gazette 36615, page 3376.
National Archives file WO373/6/578.
HOLT, Edward Morris
HONEY, Peter
HOPE, William Morgan
HOPKINS, Frederick Walter
Corporal Frederick Hopkins MM died during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). Son of Henry and Dorothy K. Hopkins; husband of Mary Bisset Hopkins, of Largs, Ayrshire.
HORSFIELD, Harry
HOWARD, John Denis
HOWE, Gilbert Rex
HUGHES, Desmond Anthony
HUGHES, George William Stanley
HUGHES, Richard Glanville
HUGHES, Stanley Raymond
Fusilier Stanley Hughes M.M., SBS, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached to 2 Commando Brigade, died during operations at Lake Comacchio. Son of Edward Lloyd Hughes and Bertha Hughes; husband of Hilda May Hughes, of Stoneycroft, Lancashire.
HUMBLE, William McLean
HUNT, Darren
IRVINE, Donald
IRVING, William Henry
JACKSON, Harry Charles
JAMES, Reginald William David
JENNINGS, Thomas Sidney
JESNEY, John Arthur Leadbeater
Lance Corporal John Jesney, RAMC attached to 47RM Commando, was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe. He was a Medical Orderly in 'A' Troop.
JOHNSON, George Albert Thomas William
Corporal George Johnson was awarded the MM for leadership, gallantry and devotion to duty while serving with Royal Marine Commandos in Italy.
JOHNSON, James
JONES, Colin
JONES, Harold
Marine (Acting Temororary Corporal) Harold Jones, 4 Commando Brigade Signal Troop, was awarded the MM for "gallantry, determination and great devotion to duty during assault operations at Walcheren and Flushing whilst attached to No 4 Commando. "
JONES, James
Marine James Jones was awarded the Military Medal for gallant and distinguished service in 3 Commando Brigade operations at Perak, Malaya during the period 1st January to 30th June, 1952.
KEMP, George Lamb
KEMSLEY, George William
KENDALL, Harold Robert Francis
Sergeant Harold Kendall was awarded the MM in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North-West Europe.
The death of Sergeant Harold Robert Francis Kendall of Plumstead London was announced in Commando Association newsletter 93 issued September 1991.
KENDRICK, Percy George
KENNY, Brian Charles
KHYTOVITCH, Eric
KING, Edward George
Troop Sergeant Major Edward 'Lofty' King, at the time a Lance Sergeant, was awarded the MM in recognition of gallant and distinguished services at Agnone, Sicily.
KING, Leonard Sydney
KING, Robert
KINGSBURY, Harold Sidney
KINNEAR, Ernest Arthur
KOONS, Franklin Marion
LANDLER, Sandor
LANGTON, Henry
LANYON, Frederick Woodman
LEECH, John Ernest
LEES, James Sykes
LESTER, William John
LEWIS, Hugh Howell
LEYLAND, Samuel Joseph
Lance Sergeant Samuel Leyland, HQ Troop, from St Helens Lancashire, was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy [1][3].
1938 attested into the Royal Artillery [2].
LISTER, William
LITHERLAND, Harry
LITTLEWOOD, Peter
LORAINE, Paul Peter
LOWSON, Robert Charles
LUCAS, William Frederick
Sergeant Major William Lucas was awarded the MM for distinguished services during the war in the Far East.
MACDONALD, William
Marine William Macdonald was awarded the MIlitary Medal for gallant and distinguished service while operating with the Army in Normandy.
Sources
London Gazette 36697, page 4218.
Award Recommendations / National Archives file WO373/47/29.
MACKIE, Alastair
MACNISH, Charles James
MAINDONALD, Gersham
MALCOLM, George
MALLORIE, Herbert
MANN, Richard
MARSHALL, Gary William
MCCARTHY, Peter Francis
MCCARTHY, Richard
MCDONOUGH, Thomas
MCGLONE, Andrew
MCGOLDRICK, James William
Gunner McGoldrick from Ashton under Lyne was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service whilst serving as part of the British Expeditionary Force in France. After volunteering for No.3 Commando he took part in Operation Ambassador at Guernsey July 1940.
MCGUIGAN, Patrick Anthony
MCNINCH, William Matthew
Lance Sergeant William McNinch died during operations at Termoli Italy with the Special Raiding Squadron having left the Commando. A veteran of the Litani River raid he died when a shell hit the truck that he was sitting in.
MCPHERSON, George McGregor Fraser
MEAD, Michael Edward
MELLOR, Peter Joseph
MESSANOT, Georges
MORGAN, Francis Cecil
MORGAN, Thomas
MORRIS, Luke John
MORRIS, Matthew Frank
MULCAHY, Thomas Joseph
MULLARD, Sidney John
MURPHY, Dennis Eric
Dennis Murphy was serving as a Guardsman in the 1st Bn of the Irish Guards in 1938 when he was awarded the Military Medal for his " conspicuous gallantry during an engagement with an armed band in the vicinity of Deir Bejjala o the 18th August 1938", Recommended by the Officer Commanding British
MUSGROVE, Leslie
MYRAM, Albert Edward
NASH, Douglas James
NEWLAND, Stephen Charles
NICHOLLS, Charles
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NICHOLSON, Donald
NOAKES, William James
NORRIE, Alexander
Sergeant Alexander Norrie, 6 Troop, was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in North West Europe.
NOTLEY, Gordon Leslie
O'BRIEN, Richard
OLVER, Leslie Cyril
OSBORNE, Vincent Arthur
PACKER, Mark Charles
PALMER, Ernest Edward
PANTALL, Richard William White
PARSONS, Cecil Douglas
PATERSON, George Begg
PATON, Charles White
PATRICK, Neil
PATRICK, Neil John
PEACHEY, Frederick
- 27 December 1941 Pte. Peachey was one of the No.2 Commando detachment who took part in Operation Archery at Vaagso.
PENN, Leonard William
PERKINS, Leonard
PICKERING, Kenneth Richard
PIRIE, Alexander Beverley
POLLARD, Gordon
POMFORD, Douglas
PORTMAN, Irving
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PRYOR, Frederick William
Sergeant Frederick Pryor, M.M., died on board HMCS Algonquin during operations at Normandy, France. He was awarded the Military Medal for leadership, gallantry and devotion to duty while serving with Royal Marine Commandos in Italy.
PYMM, Arthur Leslie
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RABBITT, Eric William
RADFORD, Douglas John
RAE, Walter
RALPHS, Edward
RAWLINSON, Robert Croft
REES, Cecil Thomas
REID, William
Colour Sergeant William Reed was awarded the MM for leadership, gallantry and devotion to duty while serving with Royal Marine Commandos in Italy.
RENNIE, William
Marine William Rennie was awarded the MM for distinguished service whilst attached to the Allied Armies in the invasion operations in North West Europe.
RIGG, Pearson
Sergeant Pearson Rigg was awarded the MM whilst a Private in No 3 Commando for his courage under fire between 3rd and 6th October 1943 at Termoli (Operation Devon).
ROAST, Stanley Albert
ROGERS, Joseph Gerard Anthony
Lance Sergeant Joseph Rogers, 5 troop, was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service during operations at Spilje Albania on 28/29 July 1944.
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ROZEN, B.J.
RUSSELL, Ronald Frank
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RYALLS, Kenneth John
Marine Kenneth Ryalls was awarded the MM for gallantry, leadership and undaunted devotion to duty during the assault on the Island of Walcheren.
SABERTON, Edward Charles
Lance Corporal Edward Saberton was awarded the Military Medal for outstanding courage, determination and devotion to duty in operations during the campaign in Italy.
SAERENS, Robert
SCANLON, George
Sergeant George Scanlon, RAMC attached to No.4 Commando, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe. Post war George Scanlon, a resident of Troon, was an active member of the Troon and District Branch (lat
SCANTLEBURY, John
SCOTT, Andrew
Private Andrew Scott was awarded the MM in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.
SCULLION, James Patrick
SEARSON, Alfred Clarence
SEEKINGS, Albert Reginald
SHAW, Ashley George
SHERWOOD, James Barlow Brookes
SHORT, Bert
SIDDALL, Harry
SIMISTER, Charles Arnold
SIMPSON, Peter Leash
Extract from the Aberdeen Evening Express - Monday 14 April 1952
SIMS, Richard William
SMITH, Clifford William
SMITH, Harold
SMITH, Robert William
SMITH, Thomas
SMITH, William Thomas
SNOW, Henry Thomas
SOUTHWORTH, John Charles Hughes
SPEAKE, Terence
SPEARS, Thomas
SQUIRE, John Robert
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